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Top 25 Tool rental platforms based in the United Kingdom

RevenueBase identified 348 tool rental platforms headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 5,843 professional contacts across them, including 1,298 with verified work emails and 302 with mobile numbers. London is the largest hub.

This list covers tool rental platforms 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 6, 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 6, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review
348Companies
5,843Contacts tracked
1,298Verified emails
302Mobile numbers
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The 25 largest tool rental platforms based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size
Top 25 of 348 tool rental platforms based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 6, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to tool rental platforms: 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.
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1Partial evidenceGlasgow, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 20261,001-5,0001,080 contacts →

“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: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
2Indirect evidenceNottingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 20261,001-5,000301 contacts →

“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: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
3Indirect evidenceHarpenden, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026201-500206 contacts →

“Built on Trust.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
4Indirect evidenceBirmingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 20261,001-5,000185 contacts →

“Actavo Hire & Sales Solutions is now Altrad Generation.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
5Partial evidenceFarnborough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026201-500138 contacts →

“Established in 1981 and still a family run business today, FTH Hire Group has built a strong reputation as the fastest growing plant, tool and equipment hire provider in the UK.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
6Partial evidenceDunstable, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-20093 contacts →

“Star Platforms offer a UK wide powered access hire service including a comprehensive range of scissor lifts, cherry pickers and low-level platforms.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
7Indirect evidenceBlackpool, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-20087 contacts →

“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: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
8Indirect evidenceFeltham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-20084 contacts →

“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: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
9Partial evidenceCookstown, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026201-50076 contacts →

“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: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
10Indirect evidenceWaterfoot, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-20064 contacts →

“Buckhurst specialises in the supply of construction & utility industry equipment.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
11Partial evidenceBelfast, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-20050 contacts →

“Balloo Hire Centres was established in 1987 and is one of Ireland’s leading specialist plant, tool and equipment hire providers to numerous sectors throughout Ireland with our…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
12Strong evidenceLeigh, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-20048 contacts →

“APL (Aerial Platforms Ltd) are a privately owned powered access rental business determined to offer the highest levels of customer service in the industry, serving the North West…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
13Indirect evidenceHarpenden, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-20041 contacts →

“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: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
14Partial evidenceBradford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-20039 contacts →

“Blade Access are a national premium market leader in the Powered Access Platform hire market with specific focus on; • Truck Mounted Platforms from 20m up to 103m • Track Mounted…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
15Partial evidenceManchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 20261,001-5,00036 contacts →

“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: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
16Indirect evidenceFareham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5035 contacts →

“One Call, One Solution.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
17Partial evidenceHemel Hempstead, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5033 contacts →

“Smart Platforms is the UK's specialist in self-drive truck- and van-mounted cherry picker hire (powered access / MEWPs), with operated hire, an IPAF-approved training centre and…”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
18Partial evidenceIrvine, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5031 contacts →

“Specialising in delivering excellence in powered access equipment rental.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
19Partial evidencePoole, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5029 contacts →

“Alliance Tool Hire is one of the South of England's top five independent tool hire companies.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
20Indirect evidenceSwadlincote, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5029 contacts →

“Mainline has been a key player in the Hire Industry since 1982.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
21Partial evidenceOxford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5029 contacts →

“2 Cousins Powered Access Limited provide powered access platform hire, sales of new and used equipment, as well as training conducted by registered IPAF and PASMA instructors.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
22Indirect evidenceTrafford Park, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-20028 contacts →
Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
23Indirect evidenceLondon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 2026n/a26 contacts →

“About us.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
24Partial evidenceNormanton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202611-5026 contacts →

“Access Hire is the UK’s leading provider of Vehicle Mounted Access Platforms for hire and lease, boasting the market’s largest and most modern fleet with over 1,500 vehicles.”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026
25Indirect evidenceCwmbran, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 6, 202651-20026 contacts →

“Phoenix Hire and Sales are now part of the FTH Hire Group!”

Source: company website · checked Sep 6, 2026

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Tool rental platforms based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 6, 2026
22.2%Verified-email coverage
5.2%Mobile-number coverage
16.8Average contacts per company
1-10Median size (employees)
6.6%Largest-city concentration · London
Sep 6, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10
176
11-50
108
51-200
40
201-500
8
501-1,000
1
1,001-5,000
7
10001+
1

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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 tool rental platforms, 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 “tool rental platforms”. 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 tool rental platforms), 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 tool rental platforms, 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, 1,298 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 6, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections
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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 tool rental platforms, 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 tool rental platforms are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 348 tool rental platforms 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 tool rental platforms?

London leads with 23 headquartered companies, followed by Manchester (9) and Nottingham (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 1,298 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 348 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 6, 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.