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Top 25 Equipment rental for construction based in the United Kingdom

Name: Equipment rental for construction based in the United Kingdom
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 16, 2026 259 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 259 equipment rental for construction headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 3,350 professional contacts across them, including 927 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers equipment rental for construction 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

259Companies

3,350Contacts tracked

927Verified emails

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

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 259 equipment rental for construction 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 equipment rental for construction: 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	Hewden	Partial evidence	Manchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	501-1,000	203 contacts →
	Partial 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 16, 2026
3	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
4	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
5	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
6	City Hire	Strong evidence	Feltham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	84 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We are on a mission to become the most reputable equipment hire company, supporting the construction industry with the fastest response times and best equipment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
7	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
8	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
9	Buckhurst Plant Hire	Strong evidence	Waterfoot, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	64 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Buckhurst specialises in the supply of construction & utility industry equipment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
10	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
11	Altrad Belle	Strong evidence	Sheen, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	30 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Altrad Belle is an established manufacturer of light equipment for the Building and Construction markets.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
12	Coppard Plant Hire Limited	Strong evidence	Crowborough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 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 16, 2026
13	Mainline Group	Indirect evidence	Swadlincote, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	29 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Mainline has been a key player in the Hire Industry since 1982.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
14	Ruttle Plant	Partial evidence	Chorley, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 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 16, 2026
15	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
16	Essential Site Services	Partial evidence	Worsley, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 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 16, 2026
17	Morris Machinery	Strong evidence	Shrewsbury, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	18 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Discover a huge range of construction site machinery and site equipment, including Italtower mobile lighting towers, ArcGen welders, Denyo generators, AEM generators, and Hilta…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
18	PRO Mech Ground Support Systems	Partial evidence	Fareham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	51-200	17 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Founded in Pro Mech is a leading specialist in the hire of ground and excavation support equipment across the South of England.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
19	Meynell Plant Hire LTD	Indirect evidence	Leicester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 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 16, 2026
20	Four Jays Group	Indirect evidence	Maidstone, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	16 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “A family owned and run business specialising in the provision of services for events and commercial long term hire across the South East.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
21	Velocity Platforms LTD	Strong evidence	Stoke-on-trent, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 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 16, 2026
22	Pioneer Plant LTD	Strong evidence	Corby, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 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 16, 2026
23	Stevens Equipment Rental LTD	Indirect evidence	Silloth, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	14 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Celebrating 50 years of trusted plant hire.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
24	Astley Hire	Indirect evidence	Leigh, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	13 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Astley Hire is an independent hire specialist and a growing company with a track record of excellence dating back to 1966.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 16, 2026
25	Robert Purvis Plant Hire Limited	Partial evidence	Lochgelly, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 16, 2026	11-50	12 contacts →
	Partial evidence “ROBERT PURVIS PLANT HIRE LIMITED is a construction company based out of Lochgelly, Scotland, 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: equipment rental for construction. 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 equipment rental for construction.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of equipment rental for construction, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name equipment rental for construction. 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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Equipment rental for construction based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 16, 2026

27.7%Verified-email coverage

12.9Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

3.9%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 16, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

123

11-50

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

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 259 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 equipment rental for construction, 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 “equipment rental for construction”. 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 equipment rental for construction), 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 equipment rental for construction, 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, 927 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 equipment rental for construction, 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 equipment rental for construction are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 259 equipment rental for construction 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 equipment rental for construction?

London leads with 10 headquartered companies, followed by Glasgow (5) 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 927 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 259 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.