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United Rentals - M&A Summary and Business Overview

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United Rentals M&A Summary

United Rentals has acquired 29 companies, including 5 in the last 5 years. A total of 9 acquisitions came from private equity firms. It has also divested 1 asset.

United Rentals’ largest acquisition to date was in 2012, when it acquired RSC Holdings for $4.2B. United Rentals has acquired in 13 different US states, and 3 countries. The Company’s most targeted sectors include retail (52%) and business services (30%).

United Rentals Business Overview

Where is United Rentals headquartered?

United Rentals is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

What is United Rentals’ revenue?

United Rentals disclosed revenue of 15,345M USD for 2024 and 14,332M USD for 2023.

How many employees does United Rentals have?

United Rentals has 27,900 employees.

What sector is United Rentals in?

United Rentals is a business services company.

When was United Rentals founded?

United Rentals was founded in 1997.

M&A Summary

  • M&A Total Activity28
    • M&A Buy Activity27
    • M&A Sell Activity1
  • Total Sectors Invested 6
  • Total Countries Invested 3
  • M&A Buy/Sell Connections 9
  • M&A Advisors 3

United Rentals

United Rentals, Inc.

100 First Stamford Place, Suite 700,
Stamford, Connecticut 06902
United States,
(203) 622-3131
www.unitedrentals.com

United Rentals is an equipment rental company, with an integrated network of rental locations in the US and Canada. The company serves construction and industrial customers, utilities, municipalities, homeowners and others. United Rentals was founded in 1997 and is based in Stamford, Connecticut.


M&A Summary

Buy vs Sell

Year ≤ '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25 T
Buy (1.0/yr) # 22 2 1 1 1 - 27
vol $13.4B $996M $2.0B $1.1B $17.4B
Sell (0.0/yr) # 1 - - - - - 1
  28

Most Recent M&A

Company Date Value Type
Yak Access LLC 2024-03-04 1.1B USD Add-on Acquisition
Columbia, Mississippi · www.yakaccess.com
EQIN BV 2023-12-20 - Add-on Acquisition
Botlek Rotterdam, Netherlands · www.eqin.nl
Ahern Rentals, Inc. 2022-11-14 2.0B USD Add-on Acquisition
Las Vegas, Nevada · www.ahern.com
General Finance Corp. 2021-04-15 996M USD Add-on Acquisition
Pasadena, California · www.generalfinance.com
Franklin Equipment LLC 2021-04-14 - Add-on Acquisition
Groveport, Ohio · www.franklinequipment.com
Thompson Pump - Rental Operations & Assets 2019-02-15 - Divestiture
Port Orange, Florida
WesternOne Rentals & Sales LP 2018-10-22 92M USD Divestiture
, British Columbia
BlueLine Rental LLC 2018-09-10 2.1B USD Add-on Acquisition
Shippensburg, Pennsylvania · www.bluelinerental.com
BakerCorp, Inc. 2018-07-02 715M USD Add-on Acquisition
Seal Beach, California · www.bakercorp.com
Service Radio Rentals, Inc. 2018-04-11 - Add-on Acquisition
Gonzales, Louisiana · www.serviceradiorentals.com
View All >>

Business Unit M&A

Company Acquired Add-On/Sale Date #
United Rentals (North America), Inc.    - Wynne Systems, Inc. 2012-05-17 1
Stamford, Connecticut · www.ur.com Irvine, California · www.wynnesystems.com

M&A by Sector

Sector Buy # Value Sell # Value
Retail 14 (52%) 6.2B (36%) - -
Business Services 8 (30%) 9.4B (54%) - -
Energy Services and Equipment 2 (7%) 780M (4%) - -
Building Materials 1 (4%) 1.1B (6%) - -
Consumer Services 1 (4%) - - -
Distribution 1 (4%) - - -
Safety/Security - - 1 (100%) -
Total 27 $17.4B 1 -

By Geo

State/Country Buy Value Sell Value
United States 23 17.4B 1 -
  Texas 3 780M 1 -
  Florida 3 2.6B - -
  Arizona 3 6.1B - -
  Pennsylvania 2 2.1B - -
  Ohio 2 - - -
  Louisiana 2 - - -
  California 2 1.7B - -
  North Carolina 1 - - -
  New York 1 - - -
  Nevada 1 2.0B - -
  Mississippi 1 1.1B - -
  Illinois 1 965M - -
  Georgia 1 - - -
Canada 3 92M - -
  New Brunswick 1 - - -
  British Columbia 1 92M - -
  Alberta 1 - - -
Netherlands 1 - - -
Domestic 23 (85%) 17.4B (99%) 1 (100%) -
Cross-border 4 (15%) 92M (1%) - -
Total 27 $17.4B 1 -

Top M&A Advisors

Financial Deals
Morgan Stanley
 6
Centerview Partners
 5
Legal Deals
Sullivan & Cromwell
 9

Deal Values

buy # Total
> $1B 7 $13.9B
$100M to $1B 4 $3.5B
< $100M 1 $92M
TOTAL $17.4B
Largest RSC Holdings, Inc.
$4.2B (2012-04-30)

M&A Connections

Deals
Acquired from
Investor(s)
26%
7 (26%)
Strategic(s)
7%
2 (7%)
Divested to
Investor(s)
100%
1 (100%)

Company Summary

SECTOR

Business Services

Revenue

15,345   8% 2024
14,332   24% 2023
11,642   20% 2022
9,716   14% 2021
8,530   9% 2020
9,351   17% 2019
8,047   22% 2018
6,641   16% 2017
5,762   1% 2016
5,817   3% 2015
5,685   15% 2014
4,955   21% 2013
4,117   2012
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Employees

27,900

Established

1997

Public

NYSE: URI

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