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Top 25 Construction equipment rental companies based in the United Kingdom

Name: Construction equipment rental companies based in the United Kingdom
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 6, 2026 288 companies tracked

This directory lists 288 construction equipment rental companies based in the United Kingdom, with 3,363 business contacts and 974 email addresses. London is the single most-represented city among the companies listed. The directory was updated in September 2026.

Construction equipment rental companies provide excavators, loaders, cranes, lifts, earthmoving machinery, and other jobsite equipment for temporary use, typically with rental terms, delivery, maintenance, and related support. This list covers companies that rent construction equipment directly to contractors, builders, infrastructure firms, and other commercial customers. Ranked by team size, largest first. Data current as of September 6, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 6, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

288Companies

3,363Contacts tracked

974Verified emails

188Mobile numbers

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The 25 largest construction equipment rental companies based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 288 construction equipment rental companies based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 6, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to construction equipment rental companies: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	GAP Group Limited	Strong evidence	Glasgow, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,080 contacts →
	Strong evidence “GAP Hire Solutions is the UK’s largest independent equipment rental company, hiring out an extensive range of equipment to industries including construction, utilities, civil…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
2	Actavo Hire & Sales	Indirect evidence	Birmingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	1,001-5,000	185 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Actavo Hire & Sales Solutions is now Altrad Generation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
3	H. E. Services Plant Hire LTD	Indirect evidence	Rochester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	51-200	89 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “H.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
4	Smiths Equipment Hire	Indirect evidence	Blackpool, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	51-200	87 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Smiths Hire, we believe in high quality service and pride ourselves on offering a level of service that separates us from our competition.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
5	Jarvie Plant LTD	Partial evidence	Grangemouth, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	51-200	79 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Jarvie Plant is a successful family owned business with 60 years of trading and is one of the leading independent plant hire companies within the construction sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
6	KDM Hire	Strong evidence	Cookstown, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	201-500	76 contacts →
	Strong evidence “KDM Hire is a professional and dynamic family-run business which has grown to become one of the UK and Ireland’s leading equipment rental companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
7	Blackwood Plant Hire Limited	Indirect evidence	Kilmarnock, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	51-200	66 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Blackwood Plant Hire is one of Scotland’s leading plant hire companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
8	Buckhurst Plant Hire	Strong evidence	Waterfoot, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	51-200	64 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Buckhurst specialises in the supply of construction & utility industry equipment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
9	AGD Equipment LTD	Indirect evidence	Stratford Upon Avon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	51-200	60 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Specialists in crawler cranes, mini cranes, telescopic crawler cranes, bored piling rigs, CFA piling rigs, sheet piling rigs, telescopic leader rigs, air hammers, side grip vibro…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
10	Balloo Hire Centres	Partial evidence	Belfast, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	51-200	50 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Balloo Hire Centres was established in 1987 and is one of Ireland’s leading specialist plant, tool and equipment hire providers to numerous sectors throughout Ireland with our…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
11	Fairfax Plant Hire LTD	Indirect evidence	Hemingbrough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	51-200	32 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Family run company for over 40 years, Fairfax Plant Hire Ltd has been one of the leading independent plant hire companies in Yorkshire and the North of England.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
12	Coppard Plant Hire Limited	Strong evidence	Crowborough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	51-200	29 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Coppard Plant Hire \| Coppard Civil Engineering \| Coppard Concrete \| Coppard Crane Services \| Coppard Construction Equipment Sales.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
13	Warwick Ward Machinery LTD	Partial evidence	Barnsley, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	51-200	29 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Over 50 years of industry expertise makes Warwick Ward (machinery) Ltd a total one-stop-shop solution for all your Earthmoving and Recycling Equipment needs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
14	Ashtead Group PLC	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	n/a	26 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “About us.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
15	Ruttle Plant	Partial evidence	Chorley, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	501-1,000	26 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We offer a vast range of plant hire equipment and services from strategically located branches throughout the UK, including Plant Hire Chorley, Chesterfield and Preston.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
16	Lomond Plant Limited	Indirect evidence	Falkirk, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	51-200	26 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “By utilising our key supply chain we can source any product which we cannot provide and hire this for you ensuring a one stop shop for your hire needs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
17	Essential Site Services	Partial evidence	Worsley, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	11-50	19 contacts →
	Partial evidence “At Essential Site Services we provide reliable, efficient, and nationwide solutions for all site equipment requirements.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
18	Contract Plant	Indirect evidence	Welingborough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	51-200	19 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Contract Plant offers nationwide plant hire and sales, with a broad range of machinery from well-known OEM's.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
19	Meynell Plant Hire LTD	Indirect evidence	Leicester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	11-50	17 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Meynell Plant Hire Ltd.\| Established in 1956 For over six decades, Meynell Plant Hire Ltd.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
20	Velocity Platforms LTD	Strong evidence	Stoke-on-trent, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	11-50	16 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Velocity is a premier equipment rental and plant hire company dedicated to supporting the construction, renovation, and maintenance industries.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
21	Boss Plant Sales LTD	Indirect evidence	Long Marston, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	11-50	15 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Reliable Plant.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
22	FGS Plant LTD	Partial evidence	Aylesford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	51-200	15 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Established in 2004, FGS Plant have become a major force in the South East, supplying wide range of equipment to major contractors throughout the area.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
23	Pioneer Plant LTD	Strong evidence	Corby, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	1-10	14 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Pioneer Plant is the latest addition to the Develon Construction Equipment UK dealer Network.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
24	Stevens Equipment Rental LTD	Indirect evidence	Silloth, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Celebrating 50 years of trusted plant hire.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026
25	Sleator Plant LTD	Indirect evidence	Newtownabbey, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Sany Dealer for All Ireland Rokbak Dealer for All Ireland Genie Dealer for All Ireland Mecalac Dealer for N Ireland” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 6, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: construction equipment rental companies. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names construction equipment rental companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of construction equipment rental companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name construction equipment rental companies. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Construction equipment rental companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 6, 2026

29.0%Verified-email coverage

5.6%Mobile-number coverage

11.7Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

4.2%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 6, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

134

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

10001+

Freshness & accuracy

How recently the business emails on this list were verified

Email last verified

9050–30

6431–60

061–90

090–180

5180+

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among construction equipment rental companies, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in the United Kingdom whose own description of what they do matches “construction equipment rental companies”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names construction equipment rental companies), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among construction equipment rental companies, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside United Kingdom are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 974 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 6, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

Frequently asked

How many construction equipment rental companies are in the directory?

The directory includes 288 construction equipment rental companies based in the United Kingdom.

Where are most construction equipment rental companies located?

London is the single most-represented city among the companies on the list.

How many contacts and email addresses are available for construction equipment rental companies?

The directory includes 3,363 business contacts and 974 email addresses for the listed companies.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.