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Top 25 Machinery rental companies based in the United Kingdom

Name: Machinery rental companies based in the United Kingdom
Creator: RevenueBase
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 30, 2026 332 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 332 machinery rental companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 3,763 professional contacts across them, including 1,013 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers 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 30, 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 30, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

332Companies

3,763Contacts tracked

1,013Verified emails

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The 25 largest machinery rental companies based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 332 machinery rental companies based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 30, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to 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	Partial evidence	Glasgow, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	1,001-5,000	1,080 contacts →
	Partial 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 30, 2026
2	Loxam Access	Indirect evidence	Nottingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	1,001-5,000	301 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Loxam Access Limited, formed in March in the UK following the acquisition of one of the leading Powered Access companies which has its origins from 1958.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
3	Actavo Hire & Sales	Indirect evidence	Birmingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	1,001-5,000	185 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Actavo Hire & Sales Solutions is now Altrad Generation.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
4	H. E. Services Plant Hire LTD	Indirect evidence	Rochester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	51-200	89 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “H.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
5	Smiths Equipment Hire	Indirect evidence	Blackpool, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 30, 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 30, 2026
6	Jarvie Plant LTD	Indirect evidence	Grangemouth, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	51-200	79 contacts →
	Indirect 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 30, 2026
7	KDM Hire	Partial evidence	Cookstown, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	201-500	76 contacts →
	Partial 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 30, 2026
8	Blackwood Plant Hire Limited	Indirect evidence	Kilmarnock, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	51-200	66 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Blackwood Plant Hire is one of Scotland’s leading plant hire companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
9	Buckhurst Plant Hire	Indirect evidence	Waterfoot, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	51-200	64 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Buckhurst specialises in the supply of construction & utility industry equipment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
10	AGD Equipment LTD	Indirect evidence	Stratford Upon Avon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 30, 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 30, 2026
11	JMS Powered Access	Indirect evidence	Harpenden, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 30, 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 30, 2026
12	Fairfax Plant Hire LTD	Indirect evidence	Hemingbrough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 30, 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 30, 2026
13	Ashtead Group PLC	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	n/a	26 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “About us.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
14	Lomond Plant Limited	Indirect evidence	Falkirk, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 30, 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 30, 2026
15	Versatile Equipment LTD	Indirect evidence	Borough Green, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 30, 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 30, 2026
16	Essential Site Services	Indirect evidence	Worsley, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 30, 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 30, 2026
17	Gordon BOW Plant Hire LTD	Indirect evidence	Broxburn, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 30, 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 30, 2026
18	Rockcastle	Indirect evidence	Newtownabbey, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	19 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are in the business of providing fast and efficient solutions for accessing high buildings for new build and existing buildings for maintenance refurbishment and repair.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
19	Contract Plant	Partial evidence	Welingborough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	51-200	19 contacts →
	Partial 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 30, 2026
20	Morris Machinery	Partial evidence	Shrewsbury, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	51-200	18 contacts →
	Partial 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 30, 2026
21	Meynell Plant Hire LTD	Indirect evidence	Leicester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 30, 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 30, 2026
22	Hather Plant Hire Limited	Indirect evidence	London, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	16 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “HATHER PLANT HIRE LIMITED is a construction company based out of 60 Windsor Ave, London, United Kingdom.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
23	Velocity Platforms LTD	Partial evidence	Stoke-on-trent, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	16 contacts →
	Partial 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 30, 2026
24	Boss Plant Sales LTD	Indirect evidence	Long Marston, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	11-50	15 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Reliable Plant.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 30, 2026
25	FGS Plant LTD	Indirect evidence	Aylesford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 30, 2026	51-200	15 contacts →
	Indirect 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 30, 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: 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 machinery rental companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of 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 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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Machinery rental companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 30, 2026

26.9%Verified-email coverage

11.3Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

3.9%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 30, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

164

11-50

117

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 332 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 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 “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 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 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, 1,013 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 30, 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 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 machinery rental companies are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 332 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 machinery rental companies?

London leads with 13 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (5) and Glasgow (4).

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 1,013 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 332 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 30, 2026.

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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.