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Top 25 Construction machinery rental companies based in the United Kingdom

Name: Construction machinery rental companies based in the United Kingdom
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026 384 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 384 construction machinery rental companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 4,259 professional contacts across them, including 1,432 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers construction machinery rental companies headquartered in the United Kingdom, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 16, 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 16, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

384Companies

4,259Contacts tracked

1,432Verified emails

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

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 384 construction machinery rental companies based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to construction machinery 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 16, 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 16, 2026
2	Actavo Hire & Sales	Indirect evidence	Birmingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	1,001-5,000	185 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Actavo Hire & Sales Solutions is now Altrad Generation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
3	Hitachi Construction Machinery UK	Strong evidence	Hebburn, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	175 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Hitachi Construction Machinery UK (HCMUK) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Hitachi Construction Machinery Europe and is responsible for the supply of mini, medium, large and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
4	Plantforce	Partial evidence	Weston-super-mare, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	125 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Plantforce is a national hire provider of plant and machinery.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
5	Tru7 Group	Partial evidence	Ipswich, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	201-500	102 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Tru7 Group are pleased to offer the widest range of plant machinery and equipment available nationwide- whatever the size, wherever you need it and professionally operated, if…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
6	H. E. Services Plant Hire LTD	Indirect evidence	Rochester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	89 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “H.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
7	Smiths Equipment Hire	Indirect evidence	Blackpool, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 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 16, 2026
8	Jarvie Plant LTD	Partial evidence	Grangemouth, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 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 16, 2026
9	Blackwood Plant Hire Limited	Indirect evidence	Kilmarnock, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	66 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Blackwood Plant Hire is one of Scotland’s leading plant hire companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
10	Clee Hill Plant Limited	Partial evidence	Chesterfield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	65 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Clee Hill Plant is a leading Construction Plant Hire Company and the largest Compaction and Surface Dressing Hire Company in the UK.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
11	Buckhurst Plant Hire	Partial evidence	Waterfoot, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	64 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Buckhurst specialises in the supply of construction & utility industry equipment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
12	AGD Equipment LTD	Indirect evidence	Stratford Upon Avon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 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 16, 2026
13	Banner Plant	Indirect evidence	Dronfield, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	58 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Banner Plant is where great places start.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
14	JMS Powered Access	Indirect evidence	Harpenden, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	41 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “JMS is a nationwide powered access comapny offering a comprehensive range of powered access inlcuding Booms, Scissors, Low Level Access, Track mounted booms, Telehandlers…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
15	Fairfax Plant Hire LTD	Indirect evidence	Hemingbrough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 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 16, 2026
16	Altrad Belle	Partial evidence	Sheen, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	30 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Altrad Belle is an established manufacturer of light equipment for the Building and Construction markets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
17	Coppard Plant Hire Limited	Partial evidence	Crowborough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	29 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Coppard Plant Hire \| Coppard Civil Engineering \| Coppard Concrete \| Coppard Crane Services \| Coppard Construction Equipment Sales.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
18	Warwick Ward Machinery LTD	Partial evidence	Barnsley, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 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 16, 2026
19	Ashtead Group PLC	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	n/a	26 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “About us.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
20	Ruttle Plant	Indirect evidence	Chorley, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	26 contacts →
	Indirect 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 16, 2026
21	Lomond Plant Limited	Indirect evidence	Falkirk, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 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 16, 2026
22	Versatile Equipment LTD	Indirect evidence	Borough Green, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	25 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Versatile Equipment sell, hire, support and service a comprehensive range of Bobcat Compact Equipment and Mecalac Site Dumpers & Rollers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
23	Omnia Machinery Group	Strong evidence	Billingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	24 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Omnia Machinery Group are international traders of used construction equipment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
24	Essential Site Services	Indirect evidence	Worsley, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	19 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At Essential Site Services we provide reliable, efficient, and nationwide solutions for all site equipment requirements.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
25	Gordon BOW Plant Hire LTD	Indirect evidence	Broxburn, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	19 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “GORDON BOW PLANT HIRE LTD is a Plant Hire company based out of 6 YOUNG'S ROAD EAST MAINS INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, BROXBURN, United Kingdom.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 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 machinery 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 machinery rental companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of construction machinery 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 machinery 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 machinery rental companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 16, 2026

33.6%Verified-email coverage

11.1Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

4.2%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 16, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

174

11-50

140

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

10001+

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for United Kingdom, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for United Kingdom, over 384 companies.

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 machinery 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 machinery 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 machinery 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 machinery 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, 1,432 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 16, 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

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its 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 the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names construction machinery rental companies, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many construction machinery rental companies are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 384 construction machinery rental companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

GAP Group Limited, headquartered in Glasgow, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most construction machinery rental companies?

London leads with 16 headquartered companies, followed by Glasgow (6) and Manchester (5).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,432 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 384 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 16, 2026.

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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.