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Top 25 Tower crane rental companies based in the United Kingdom

Name: Tower crane rental companies based in the United Kingdom
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026 187 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 187 tower crane rental companies headquartered in the United Kingdom as of September 2026 and tracks 2,953 professional contacts across them, including 889 with verified work emails. London is the largest hub.

This list covers tower crane 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.

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The 25 largest tower crane rental companies based in the United Kingdom

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 187 tower crane rental companies based in the United Kingdom, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to tower crane 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	Ainscough Crane Hire	Partial evidence	Standish, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1,001-5,000	627 contacts →
	Partial 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 22, 2026
2	Loxam Access	Indirect evidence	Nottingham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 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 22, 2026
3	Falcon Tower Crane Services LTD	Strong evidence	Thetford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	158 contacts →
	Strong evidence “We are the largest tower crane supplier in the United Kingdom.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
4	Ardent Hire Solutions	Partial evidence	Bedford, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	115 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Ardent Hire Solutions is THE leading specialist rental provider of material handling and lifting equipment, dedicated to delivering spectacular customer service and value.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
5	Smiths Equipment Hire	Indirect evidence	Blackpool, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 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 22, 2026
6	Baldwins Crane Hire Limited	Partial evidence	Slough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 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 22, 2026
7	Emerson Crane Hire LTD	Partial evidence	Dagenham, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 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 22, 2026
8	London Tower Cranes	Strong evidence	Borehamwood, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	68 contacts →
	Strong 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 22, 2026
9	AGD Equipment LTD	Partial evidence	Stratford Upon Avon, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 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 22, 2026
10	City Lifting Limited	Partial evidence	Purfleet, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	59 contacts →
	Partial 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 22, 2026
11	Reco Hoist Hire & Sales	Indirect evidence	St. Ives, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	40 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “RECO Hoist has more than sixty years of experience in construction hoists.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
12	London Hoist Limited	Partial evidence	Ongar, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	37 contacts →
	Partial evidence “London Hoist Ltd, established in 1986, is the UK’s leading construction hoist rental company.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
13	Global Port Services	Partial evidence	Ross-shire, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	36 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Global Port Services is recognised as the crane hire company of choice, with a growing fleet of the most technologically advanced mobile heavy cranes in the industry, operated by…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
14	Mantis Cranes LTD	Strong evidence	Rushden, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	33 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Mantis Cranes Hire Mantis Cranes has the largest and most diverse fleet of pedestrian operated self erecting tower cranes available throughout the UK, with more than 25 years of…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
15	John Sutch Cranes LTD	Partial evidence	Bootle, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	30 contacts →
	Partial evidence “John Sutch Cranes can integrate seamlessly into your planning and design process, from tender through to completion.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
16	Coppard Plant Hire Limited	Partial evidence	Crowborough, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	29 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Coppard Plant Hire \| Coppard Civil Engineering \| Coppard Concrete \| Coppard Crane Services \| Coppard Construction Equipment Sales.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
17	Mainline Group	Indirect evidence	Swadlincote, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	29 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Mainline has been a key player in the Hire Industry since 1982.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
18	DM Cranes LTD	Partial evidence	Goole, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	28 contacts →
	Partial evidence “DM Cranes, offering nationwide 24/7 coverage for all your crane hire and lifting requirements.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
19	Dewsbury & Proud LTD	Partial evidence	Wolverhampton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	27 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Established in 1977 by Jerry Dewsbury and Tony Proud with a single 6-ton mobile crane, Dewsbury & Proud has grown to become the largest independent crane hire company in the…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
20	BOB Francis Crane Hire LTD	Partial evidence	Rhuddlan, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	26 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Bob Francis Crane Hire Limited is a experienced crane hire company located in United Kingdom.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
21	Sparrow Crane Hire LTD	Strong evidence	Bristol, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	25 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Sparrow Crane Hire Ltd is a family run business since 1949 crane rental solutions, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
22	Cadman Cranes	Partial evidence	Colchester, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	25 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Promptly, safely and with complete confidence” Cadman Cranes is the leading crane hire company in East Anglia with over 40 years experience and a reputation for quality…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
23	JR Crane Services LTD	Partial evidence	Linton, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	25 contacts →
	Partial evidence “JR Crane Services have access to every type of crane and lifting equipment available today in the UK.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
24	Bronzeshield Lifting LTD	Strong evidence	Crayford Mill, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	21 contacts →
	Strong evidence “Bronzeshield Lifting provides a first class crane rental service, either on a Contract Lift Basis or Hired and Managed, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
25	Leggat Plant Limited	Partial evidence	Barrhead, United KingdomHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	20 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Crane and Plant Hire Company serving West and Central Scotland, catering for Construction and Industrial Sectors, covering with our fleet of Mobile and All Terrain Cranes…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 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: tower crane 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 tower crane rental companies.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of tower crane rental companies, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name tower crane 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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Tower crane rental companies based in the United Kingdom at a glance

As of Sep 22, 2026

30.1%Verified-email coverage

15.8Average contacts per company

11-50Median size (employees)

5.3%Largest-city concentration · London

Sep 22, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

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11-50

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201-500

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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 187 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 tower crane 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 “tower crane 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 tower crane 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 tower crane 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, 889 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 tower crane 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 tower crane rental companies are there based in the United Kingdom?

RevenueBase identified 187 tower crane 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?

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

Which city has the most tower crane rental companies?

London leads with 10 headquartered companies, followed by Glasgow (3) and Manchester (3).

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 889 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 187 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.