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Top 25 Crane rental and heavy lifting services based in the United Kingdom

Name: Crane rental and heavy lifting services based in the United Kingdom
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026 577 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 577 crane rental and heavy lifting services headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 6,102 professional contacts across them, including 2,044 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers crane rental and heavy lifting services 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 19, 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 19, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest crane rental and heavy lifting services based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 577 crane rental and heavy lifting services based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 19, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to crane rental and heavy lifting services: 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	Ainscough Crane Hire	Strong evidence	Standish, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	1,001-5,000	627 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Ainscough Crane Hire is the market leader for lifting solutions and services to the infrastructure, construction, power generation, and industrial markets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
2	Hewden	Indirect evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	501-1,000	203 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Hewden was established in 1968 and is one of the largest hirers in the industry, providing on-site solutions for customers working in the Construction, Industrial, Events and…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
3	King Lifting	Strong evidence	Avonmouth, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	196 contacts →
	Strong evidence “After four decades of providing excellent service and value for money, King Lifting is today the leading Crane Hire, Heavy Lift, Machinery Movement and Transport specialist in the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
4	GGR Group	Partial evidence	Oldham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	160 contacts →
	Partial evidence “GGR Group is the UK’s leading specialist lifting solutions provider, trusted by industries nationwide for over 30 years.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
5	Falcon Tower Crane Services LTD	Partial evidence	Thetford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	201-500	158 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are the largest tower crane supplier in the United Kingdom.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
6	Hiab UK	Indirect evidence	Ellesmere, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	10001+	103 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Hiab is a leading provider of smart and sustainable load handling solutions.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
7	Osprey Group	Indirect evidence	Portishead, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	101 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Osprey believes that integrated engineered logistics, on land and by water, can transform the way critical UK infrastructure is built.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
8	Baldwins Crane Hire Limited	Partial evidence	Slough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	82 contacts →
	Partial evidence “BALDWINS CRANE HIRE LIMITED is a construction company based out of Station Yard Compound, SLOUGH, BERKSHIRE, United Kingdom.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
9	Emerson Crane Hire LTD	Partial evidence	Dagenham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	73 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Emerson is the leading mobile crane hire company in the South of UK.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
10	Street Crane	Partial evidence	High Peak, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	69 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Street Crane is the UK’s largest overhead crane and hoist manufacturer, established in 1946.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
11	London Tower Cranes	Partial evidence	Borehamwood, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	68 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Established in 2003, London Tower Crane Hire and Sales Limited (LTC) offers a comprehensive tower crane service which encompasses every aspect of crane management and is tailored…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
12	Radius Group	Partial evidence	Northampton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	66 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Radius Group is a premium service-oriented lifting solutions provider, based in Northampton, UK.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
13	Pro-Lifting UK LTD	Strong evidence	Wyboston, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	65 contacts →
	Strong evidence “CPA Contract Lifting / Crane Management / Crane Lifting Consultant / Pro-Lifting UK / Lifting Management / Lifting Experts Pro-Lifting UK Ltd is a leading contractor in lifting…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
14	Hird LTD	Partial evidence	Hull, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	61 contacts →
	Partial evidence “HIRD Ltd have extensive experience in many forms of lifting & moving equipment hire and sales.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
15	AGD Equipment LTD	Partial evidence	Stratford Upon Avon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	60 contacts →
	Partial 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 19, 2026
16	City Lifting Limited	Strong evidence	Purfleet, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	59 contacts →
	Strong evidence “City Lifting is a specialist crane hire company, with an enviable reputation for providing high quality equipment and machinery, alongside excellent customer service.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
17	Southern Cranes & Access LTD	Partial evidence	Southwater, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	58 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Welcome to Southern Cranes & Access Ltd.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
18	Bryn Thomas Cranes LTD	Strong evidence	Flint, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	58 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Bryn Thomas Cranes provides a one-stop-shop for all your lifting requirements.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
19	Davies Crane Hire LTD	Partial evidence	Carmarthen, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	48 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in 1979, Davies Crane Hire Ltd is a family run business and one of the largest independent crane hire companies in Wales.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
20	Commhoist	Partial evidence	Warrington, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	45 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Welcome to Commhoist, a leading provider of innovative lifting and logistics solutions in the infrastructure and telecommunications sectors.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
21	RRS Group	Partial evidence	Portsmouth, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	43 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Rapid Response Solutions Ltd was formed to find safe and effective solutions to the machinery moving, technical lifting, engineering and transportation needs of its customers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
22	Reco Hoist Hire & Sales	Indirect evidence	St. Ives, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	40 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “RECO Hoist has more than sixty years of experience in construction hoists.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
23	Brimmond	Strong evidence	Kintore, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	39 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Brimmond provides lifting, mechanical and hydraulic equipment and services to industry across four divisions- Rental Equipment - Design & Manufacture - Refurbishment & Service -…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
24	Trident Lifting Solutions LTD	Partial evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	51-200	39 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Trident Lifting Solutions Ltd offers highly integrated lifting solutions to the UK construction industry.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 2026
25	Tusk Lifting	Partial evidence	Stockton On Tees, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 19, 2026	11-50	37 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Tusk is the new Lifting Equipment and Inspection division of the First Tech Group As a standalone entity Tusk will service all of your day to day Lifting & Testing requirements…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 19, 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: crane rental and heavy lifting services. 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 crane rental and heavy lifting services.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of crane rental and heavy lifting services, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name crane rental and heavy lifting services. 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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Crane rental and heavy lifting services based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 19, 2026

33.5%Verified-email coverage

10.6Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

4.9%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 19, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

259

11-50

227

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 577 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 crane rental and heavy lifting services, 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 “crane rental and heavy lifting services”. 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 crane rental and heavy lifting services), 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 crane rental and heavy lifting services, 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, 2,044 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 19, 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.

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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 crane rental and heavy lifting services, 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 crane rental and heavy lifting services are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 577 crane rental and heavy lifting services 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?

Ainscough Crane Hire, headquartered in Standish, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most crane rental and heavy lifting services?

London leads with 28 headquartered companies, followed by Aberdeen (13) and Manchester (9).

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 2,044 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 577 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 19, 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.