United Rentals (URI)
Rents general and specialty equipment for construction, infrastructure, and industrial work.
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United Rentals is a giant equipment library for contractors and industrial operators: it buys machines, rents them by the hour or month, then sells them used. The broad construction fleet still pays most of the bills, while faster-growing specialist systems for power, water, trench safety and site access are pulling the company toward larger, more complex projects.
Item facts: FY2025 · year ended Dec 31, 2025, from filings, earnings calls and company pages.
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General Construction and Industrial Equipment
The biggest pool is earthmovers, forklifts and other machines for building sites and factory work, producing about $5.38 billion in FY2025 rental revenue. Watch project starts, how often machines are rented and used-equipment prices.
Competes with Earth Moving and Material Handling (Sunbelt Rentals) · Earthmoving and Site Development / Material Handling (Herc Rentals)
In plain English
Picture a giant tool library stocked with the machines that move dirt, lift materials and keep factories running. Contractors and industrial operators borrow what a job needs without buying equipment that may sit idle afterward.
They pay by the hour, day, week or month, with delivery and pickup adding to the bill. A wide branch network keeps machines close to jobs and lets large customers draw from one shared pool. They return because the right machine must arrive quickly and work when the schedule says it should.
Power and HVAC Equipment
Temporary generators and heating or cooling systems produced about $1.52 billion in FY2025 rental revenue. Data centers, factories and utilities pay for planned capacity or emergency backup; project timing and access to fuel or the power grid matter.
Competes with Temporary Power and Temperature Control (Aggreko) · Power & HVAC Services (Sunbelt Rentals)
In plain English
A factory loses power, a data center needs cooling before opening, or a building project needs electricity before permanent lines are ready. United Rentals brings in generators and temperature-control units sized for the site, then helps set them up in the field.
The customer pays rent for the equipment and also pays for delivery, installation and support. Specialist staff matter because this is closer to assembling a temporary utility than dropping off a single machine. Customers come back when outages, weather or new construction create another short-term gap.
Fluid Solutions Equipment
Pumps, tanks and filters for moving or cleaning water produced about $966 million in FY2025 rental revenue. Infrastructure and factory work keep demand broad, while permits, environmental rules and emergency jobs shape each project.
Competes with Temporary Liquid Handling Solutions (Rain for Rent) · Pump Solutions (Sunbelt Rentals)
In plain English
Water in the wrong place can stop an entire job. This business supplies the pumps, tanks, hoses and filters needed to drain an excavation, move liquid through a factory process or contain dirty water.
Customers pay for a working arrangement, not merely a loose pump: field crews choose the pieces, deliver them and connect them for the site. The rental lasts while the water problem lasts, and service fees grow with the setup. Reliable capacity and correct handling bring customers back, especially when a failure cannot wait.
Trench Safety Equipment
Protective boxes and supports for underground work produced about $690 million in FY2025 rental revenue. Water, sewer, road and utility projects diversify demand; safe sizing and accurate site work are the make-or-break details.
Competes with Trench Safety Rental and Engineering (National Trench Safety) · Trench Safety / Trench and Shoring (Sunbelt Rentals)
In plain English
Digging a trench leaves heavy walls of earth that can collapse. United Rentals provides metal boxes, braces and shields that hold those walls back while crews install pipes, cables or foundations, along with specialists who choose the right protection.
Civil and utility contractors rent the system for the length of the excavation job and pay for delivery and field help. They keep using a specialist because every trench differs, safety rules are strict, and a badly fitted support can halt the work entirely.
Surface Protection Mats
Temporary roads and work pads produced about $552 million in FY2025 rental revenue. Yak grew roughly thirty percent on a comparable full-year basis, but a delayed large project showed how sharply timing can move results from one quarter to another.
Competes with DURA-BASE (Newpark Mats & Integrated Services) · Ground Protection and Site Access Matting (Sunbelt Rentals)
In plain English
Soft, muddy or protected ground cannot always carry trucks and cranes. These heavy mats lock together into a temporary road or flat work pad, then come apart when the project moves on. United Rentals gained a large mat fleet and its transport crews by buying Yak Access.
Energy, utility and infrastructure contractors pay to rent the mats and have them hauled, laid and removed. One deployment can be enormous, which makes large projects valuable but uneven: a permit or schedule slip can move a lot of work into a later period.
Mobile Storage Equipment and Modular Office Space
Storage containers and movable offices produced about $414 million in FY2025 rental revenue. It is small but among the fastest-growing specialty businesses; long stays make repeat rent attractive, while permits, transport and depot space constrain growth.
Competes with Mobile Offices and Storage Containers (WillScot) · Storage Containers and Mobile Offices (Sunbelt Rentals)
In plain English
Before a large site can run, it needs places to store materials and house the people managing the work. This business delivers lockable containers, mobile offices and rooms assembled from movable sections.
Construction and industrial customers pay rent for as long as the temporary space stays onsite, often adding delivery and setup. That longer stay creates a steadier stream than a tool borrowed for a day. Customers can add units as a project expands, and United Rentals can bundle them with the machines already arriving from nearby branches.
Aerial Work Platforms
Boom lifts and scissor lifts that carry crews safely upward produced about $3.04 billion in FY2025 rental revenue. Demand was described as strong; maintenance schedules, trained technicians and resale prices remain the pressure points.
Competes with Aerial Work Platforms, Scaffolding and Ladders (Sunbelt Rentals) · Aerial Work Platforms and Access Equipment (Herc Rentals)
In plain English
When work is several stories up, crews need a stable platform that can rise to the spot instead of a ladder. Boom lifts reach outward and upward; scissor lifts move straight up. Builders, factories and maintenance teams rent them for each job.
Payment runs with time, plus delivery and pickup. The network earns more when each lift spends more days on a paying site and less time waiting in a yard or repair bay. Customers return for a nearby machine that is inspected, ready and sized to the height and reach they need.
Total Control
A customer dashboard for reserving equipment, finding machines, assigning costs and checking bills. It brings in no separate subscription revenue; watch whether easier oversight keeps large customers loyal and puts more fleet to work.
Competes with T3 (EquipmentShare) · ProControl (Herc Rentals)
In plain English
The screen behind the equipment yard is Total Control. A customer with many jobs can use it to reserve a machine, see where rented and owned equipment sits, decide which job should bear the cost and check bills in one place.
United Rentals does not charge a separate subscription. The payoff comes when customers place more rentals through the same account, waste less time hunting for equipment and hesitate to leave a system woven into their daily work. Better information can also help branches move idle machines toward jobs that need them.
General Tools and Light Equipment
Small jobsite tools and light machines produced about $1.24 billion in FY2025 rental revenue. Their strength is convenience: customers can add many short, inexpensive needs to the same account and delivery network used for larger equipment.
Competes with General Tool & Equipment (Sunbelt Rentals) · ProContractor / Trade and Contractor Tools (Herc Rentals)
In plain English
The unglamorous pieces keep a job moving: saws, compact machines and other tools needed for a day or a stage of work. Trades and maintenance crews rent them rather than store, repair and replace a deep cupboard of occasional-use gear.
Each order is smaller, so the business works by making many quick transactions cheap and dependable. United Rentals can place these tools on the same order or truck as larger machines, while its Tool Solutions service can organize a customer's onsite tool room. Availability, loss control and fast repairs decide whether that convenience pays.
General Construction and Industrial EquipmentThe biggest pool is earthmovers, forklifts and other machines for building sites and factory work, producing about $5.38 billion in FY2025 rental revenue. Watch project starts, how often machines are rented and used-equipment prices.The biggest pool is earthmovers, forklifts and other machines for building sites and factory work, producing about $5.38 billion in FY2025 rental revenue. Watch project starts, how often machines are rented and used-equipment prices.
In plain English
Picture a giant tool library stocked with the machines that move dirt, lift materials and keep factories running. Contractors and industrial operators borrow what a job needs without buying equipment that may sit idle afterward.
They pay by the hour, day, week or month, with delivery and pickup adding to the bill. A wide branch network keeps machines close to jobs and lets large customers draw from one shared pool. They return because the right machine must arrive quickly and work when the schedule says it should.
Competes with Earth Moving and Material Handling (Sunbelt Rentals) · Earthmoving and Site Development / Material Handling (Herc Rentals)
Power and HVAC EquipmentTemporary generators and heating or cooling systems produced about $1.52 billion in FY2025 rental revenue. Data centers, factories and utilities pay for planned capacity or emergency backup; project timing and access to fuel or the power grid matter.Temporary generators and heating or cooling systems produced about $1.52 billion in FY2025 rental revenue. Data centers, factories and utilities pay for planned capacity or emergency backup; project timing and access to fuel or the power grid matter.
In plain English
A factory loses power, a data center needs cooling before opening, or a building project needs electricity before permanent lines are ready. United Rentals brings in generators and temperature-control units sized for the site, then helps set them up in the field.
The customer pays rent for the equipment and also pays for delivery, installation and support. Specialist staff matter because this is closer to assembling a temporary utility than dropping off a single machine. Customers come back when outages, weather or new construction create another short-term gap.
Competes with Temporary Power and Temperature Control (Aggreko) · Power & HVAC Services (Sunbelt Rentals)
Fluid Solutions EquipmentPumps, tanks and filters for moving or cleaning water produced about $966 million in FY2025 rental revenue. Infrastructure and factory work keep demand broad, while permits, environmental rules and emergency jobs shape each project.Pumps, tanks and filters for moving or cleaning water produced about $966 million in FY2025 rental revenue. Infrastructure and factory work keep demand broad, while permits, environmental rules and emergency jobs shape each project.
In plain English
Water in the wrong place can stop an entire job. This business supplies the pumps, tanks, hoses and filters needed to drain an excavation, move liquid through a factory process or contain dirty water.
Customers pay for a working arrangement, not merely a loose pump: field crews choose the pieces, deliver them and connect them for the site. The rental lasts while the water problem lasts, and service fees grow with the setup. Reliable capacity and correct handling bring customers back, especially when a failure cannot wait.
Competes with Temporary Liquid Handling Solutions (Rain for Rent) · Pump Solutions (Sunbelt Rentals)
Trench Safety EquipmentProtective boxes and supports for underground work produced about $690 million in FY2025 rental revenue. Water, sewer, road and utility projects diversify demand; safe sizing and accurate site work are the make-or-break details.Protective boxes and supports for underground work produced about $690 million in FY2025 rental revenue. Water, sewer, road and utility projects diversify demand; safe sizing and accurate site work are the make-or-break details.
In plain English
Digging a trench leaves heavy walls of earth that can collapse. United Rentals provides metal boxes, braces and shields that hold those walls back while crews install pipes, cables or foundations, along with specialists who choose the right protection.
Civil and utility contractors rent the system for the length of the excavation job and pay for delivery and field help. They keep using a specialist because every trench differs, safety rules are strict, and a badly fitted support can halt the work entirely.
Competes with Trench Safety Rental and Engineering (National Trench Safety) · Trench Safety / Trench and Shoring (Sunbelt Rentals)
Surface Protection MatsTemporary roads and work pads produced about $552 million in FY2025 rental revenue. Yak grew roughly thirty percent on a comparable full-year basis, but a delayed large project showed how sharply timing can move results from one quarter to another.Temporary roads and work pads produced about $552 million in FY2025 rental revenue. Yak grew roughly thirty percent on a comparable full-year basis, but a delayed large project showed how sharply timing can move results from one quarter to another.
In plain English
Soft, muddy or protected ground cannot always carry trucks and cranes. These heavy mats lock together into a temporary road or flat work pad, then come apart when the project moves on. United Rentals gained a large mat fleet and its transport crews by buying Yak Access.
Energy, utility and infrastructure contractors pay to rent the mats and have them hauled, laid and removed. One deployment can be enormous, which makes large projects valuable but uneven: a permit or schedule slip can move a lot of work into a later period.
Competes with DURA-BASE (Newpark Mats & Integrated Services) · Ground Protection and Site Access Matting (Sunbelt Rentals)
Mobile Storage Equipment and Modular Office SpaceStorage containers and movable offices produced about $414 million in FY2025 rental revenue. It is small but among the fastest-growing specialty businesses; long stays make repeat rent attractive, while permits, transport and depot space constrain growth.Storage containers and movable offices produced about $414 million in FY2025 rental revenue. It is small but among the fastest-growing specialty businesses; long stays make repeat rent attractive, while permits, transport and depot space constrain growth.
In plain English
Before a large site can run, it needs places to store materials and house the people managing the work. This business delivers lockable containers, mobile offices and rooms assembled from movable sections.
Construction and industrial customers pay rent for as long as the temporary space stays onsite, often adding delivery and setup. That longer stay creates a steadier stream than a tool borrowed for a day. Customers can add units as a project expands, and United Rentals can bundle them with the machines already arriving from nearby branches.
Competes with Mobile Offices and Storage Containers (WillScot) · Storage Containers and Mobile Offices (Sunbelt Rentals)
Aerial Work PlatformsBoom lifts and scissor lifts that carry crews safely upward produced about $3.04 billion in FY2025 rental revenue. Demand was described as strong; maintenance schedules, trained technicians and resale prices remain the pressure points.Boom lifts and scissor lifts that carry crews safely upward produced about $3.04 billion in FY2025 rental revenue. Demand was described as strong; maintenance schedules, trained technicians and resale prices remain the pressure points.
In plain English
When work is several stories up, crews need a stable platform that can rise to the spot instead of a ladder. Boom lifts reach outward and upward; scissor lifts move straight up. Builders, factories and maintenance teams rent them for each job.
Payment runs with time, plus delivery and pickup. The network earns more when each lift spends more days on a paying site and less time waiting in a yard or repair bay. Customers return for a nearby machine that is inspected, ready and sized to the height and reach they need.
Competes with Aerial Work Platforms, Scaffolding and Ladders (Sunbelt Rentals) · Aerial Work Platforms and Access Equipment (Herc Rentals)
Total ControlA customer dashboard for reserving equipment, finding machines, assigning costs and checking bills. It brings in no separate subscription revenue; watch whether easier oversight keeps large customers loyal and puts more fleet to work.A customer dashboard for reserving equipment, finding machines, assigning costs and checking bills. It brings in no separate subscription revenue; watch whether easier oversight keeps large customers loyal and puts more fleet to work.
In plain English
The screen behind the equipment yard is Total Control. A customer with many jobs can use it to reserve a machine, see where rented and owned equipment sits, decide which job should bear the cost and check bills in one place.
United Rentals does not charge a separate subscription. The payoff comes when customers place more rentals through the same account, waste less time hunting for equipment and hesitate to leave a system woven into their daily work. Better information can also help branches move idle machines toward jobs that need them.
Competes with T3 (EquipmentShare) · ProControl (Herc Rentals)
General Tools and Light EquipmentSmall jobsite tools and light machines produced about $1.24 billion in FY2025 rental revenue. Their strength is convenience: customers can add many short, inexpensive needs to the same account and delivery network used for larger equipment.Small jobsite tools and light machines produced about $1.24 billion in FY2025 rental revenue. Their strength is convenience: customers can add many short, inexpensive needs to the same account and delivery network used for larger equipment.
In plain English
The unglamorous pieces keep a job moving: saws, compact machines and other tools needed for a day or a stage of work. Trades and maintenance crews rent them rather than store, repair and replace a deep cupboard of occasional-use gear.
Each order is smaller, so the business works by making many quick transactions cheap and dependable. United Rentals can place these tools on the same order or truck as larger machines, while its Tool Solutions service can organize a customer's onsite tool room. Availability, loss control and fast repairs decide whether that convenience pays.
Competes with General Tool & Equipment (Sunbelt Rentals) · ProContractor / Trade and Contractor Tools (Herc Rentals)
Named in filings, launches and programs
- Worksite Performance SolutionsEcosystemAdvisers study a customer's equipment use, labor and safety practices, then suggest ways to reduce waste and delays.
- WEDGEPlatformUnited Rentals' own site-assessment and planning tool, used by its Worksite Performance advisers.
- Reliable Onsite ServicesServicePortable sanitation and temporary site services managed for construction projects and operating facilities.
- CommunicationsServiceTemporary communications equipment and support for jobsites, offered through the specialist network.
- Industrial BlindsServiceProducts and field service that isolate parts of industrial systems during maintenance shutdowns.
- Scaffolding & Shoring SolutionsServiceEngineered access and structural support remain on offer after United Rentals sold part of the scaffolding operation in the second quarter of 2026.
- Flooring SolutionsServiceTemporary floors and surface coverings supplied through the specialist network.
- Commercial TrucksProduct lineWork trucks and other commercial vehicles rented through specialist branches.
- Sales of Rental EquipmentProduct lineUsed fleet sales brought in $1.41 billion, or 8.8% of FY2025 revenue, recycling money from older machines into the business.
- Sales of New EquipmentProduct lineCustomer purchases of new machines brought in $348 million, or 2.2% of FY2025 revenue.
- Contractor Supplies SalesProduct lineTools, parts and everyday supplies sold to customers brought in $163 million, or 1.0% of FY2025 revenue.
- Customer Equipment SolutionsServiceInspection, maintenance and repair for customer-owned machines; most of the money sits within $369 million of service and other sales.
- Re-rent RevenueServiceWhen its own fleet lacks the right machine, United Rentals rents one from someone else and passes it on; FY2025 revenue was $275 million.
- National Account ProgramCustomer programCoordinated prices and service for large or multi-state customers accounted for 46% of FY2025 equipment-rental revenue.
- Consolidated Rental ProgramCustomer programUnited Rentals coordinates onsite equipment and purchasing across several suppliers, giving a customer one place to manage the whole rental pool.
Worksite Performance SolutionsEcosystem
Advisers study a customer's equipment use, labor and safety practices, then suggest ways to reduce waste and delays.
WEDGEPlatform
United Rentals' own site-assessment and planning tool, used by its Worksite Performance advisers.
Reliable Onsite ServicesService
Portable sanitation and temporary site services managed for construction projects and operating facilities.
CommunicationsService
Temporary communications equipment and support for jobsites, offered through the specialist network.
Industrial BlindsService
Products and field service that isolate parts of industrial systems during maintenance shutdowns.
Scaffolding & Shoring SolutionsService
Engineered access and structural support remain on offer after United Rentals sold part of the scaffolding operation in the second quarter of 2026.
Flooring SolutionsService
Temporary floors and surface coverings supplied through the specialist network.
Commercial TrucksProduct line
Work trucks and other commercial vehicles rented through specialist branches.
Sales of Rental EquipmentProduct line
Used fleet sales brought in $1.41 billion, or 8.8% of FY2025 revenue, recycling money from older machines into the business.
Sales of New EquipmentProduct line
Customer purchases of new machines brought in $348 million, or 2.2% of FY2025 revenue.
Contractor Supplies SalesProduct line
Tools, parts and everyday supplies sold to customers brought in $163 million, or 1.0% of FY2025 revenue.
Customer Equipment SolutionsService
Inspection, maintenance and repair for customer-owned machines; most of the money sits within $369 million of service and other sales.
Re-rent RevenueService
When its own fleet lacks the right machine, United Rentals rents one from someone else and passes it on; FY2025 revenue was $275 million.
National Account ProgramCustomer program
Coordinated prices and service for large or multi-state customers accounted for 46% of FY2025 equipment-rental revenue.
Consolidated Rental ProgramCustomer program
United Rentals coordinates onsite equipment and purchasing across several suppliers, giving a customer one place to manage the whole rental pool.