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Top 25 Safety equipment rental companies based in the United Kingdom
RevenueBase identified 175 safety equipment rental companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 4,722 professional contacts across them, including 1,826 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.
This list covers safety equipment 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 22, 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.
The 25 largest safety equipment rental companies based in the United Kingdom
Ranked by team size| # | Company | Contacts | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 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 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 2 | 505 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Specialist in equipment rental since 1954.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 3 | 206 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Built on Trust.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 4 | 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 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 5 | 167 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “As part of the Altrad Group, Generation are trusted experts in the hire and sale of Scaffolding, Fencing, Groundworks, Edge Protection, Safety, and Light Access products for…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 6 | 155 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At the AFI group of companies we are raising standards in powered access hire, sales and industry & construction training.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 7 | 128 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “RVT Group are not your average hire company, we work with you to understand the full scope of your activities on site before recommending a fully compliant health hazard control…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 8 | 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 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 9 | 84 contacts → | ||||
Partial 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 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 10 | 67 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “OnSite Support is the trusted safety, welfare and site equipment supplier, to the built environment and a leading supplier to the sector.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 11 | 64 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Marwood Group Limited is a well-established and respected company specialising in Non-Mechanical plant.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 12 | 61 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “HIRD Ltd have extensive experience in many forms of lifting & moving equipment hire and sales.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 13 | 54 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Get your next project off the ground with Pulse Hire.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 14 | 51 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Broughton Plant Hire was formed in 1984 as a trading division of Michael Broughton Ltd and specialises in the hire and sale of plant and equipment to the mechanical, electrical…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 15 | 48 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “We provide products from a network of 1,500+ suppliers across depots, covering everything from plant and powered access to welfare units, site accommodation, barriers, lighting…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 16 | 44 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Specialising in services in relation to Respiratory Protective and Confined Space Equipment, our aim is to provide whatever is required in relation to these areas of safety…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 17 | 41 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Advanced Access Platforms are a leading Powered Access company, supplying a wide range of Powered Access solutions and services.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 18 | 41 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Kelling Group is a leading provider of specialist equipment, with the UK’s most contemporary, youngest and largest fleet of innovative Vehicle Mounted Access Platforms, Welfare…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 19 | 38 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “At Leach's, we understand working at height is risky business.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 20 | 36 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “HSS Hire is the UK’s original tool and equipment hire company; we’ve come a long way since we were founded in 1957.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 21 | 34 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Bringing together a wealth of experience within construction, engineering, fit-out, events and more.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 22 | 33 contacts → | ||||
Strong evidence “Facelift Access Hire is the UK's leading independent supplier of powered access equipment, providing equipment hire, sales and training to ensure safe access to working at height.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 23 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Alliance Tool Hire is one of the South of England's top five independent tool hire companies.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 24 | 29 contacts → | ||||
Indirect evidence “Mainline has been a key player in the Hire Industry since 1982.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
| 25 | 27 contacts → | ||||
Partial evidence “Established in the UK as a Rigging equipment supplier for the entertainment industry including CONCERTS & EVENTS, EXHIBITIONS, CORPORATE, FILM, TV, THEATRE & SPORT.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026Thanks. The Data Team will review it. | |||||
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: safety 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 safety equipment rental companies.
- Partial evidence
- Its own public description names part of safety 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 safety 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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Safety equipment rental companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance
As of Sep 22, 2026Companies by employee count
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 175 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 safety 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 “safety 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 safety 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 safety 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, 1,826 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 22, 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 safety equipment 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 safety equipment rental companies are there based in the United Kingdom?
RevenueBase identified 175 safety equipment 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 safety equipment rental companies?
London leads with 13 headquartered companies, followed by Leeds (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 1,826 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 175 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 22, 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.
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