Monthly report
Colorado Equipment Finance Report, May 2026
Lenders filed 2,200 new UCC financing statements for business equipment in Colorado in May 2026, down 7% from the month before and down 6% on the same month a year earlier. Caterpillar Financial filed the most, 116. Caterpillar Financial grew fastest, from 102 to 116. Construction was the largest identified equipment category with 371 filings.
New equipment filings
Month over month
Year over year
New equipment filings, last 12 months
Colorado, businesses only
| 2025-06 | 2371 |
|---|---|
| 2025-07 | 2268 |
| 2025-08 | 2075 |
| 2025-09 | 2076 |
| 2025-10 | 2432 |
| 2025-11 | 2009 |
| 2025-12 | 2540 |
| 2026-01 | 2023 |
| 2026-02 | 2049 |
| 2026-03 | 2486 |
| 2026-04 | 2358 |
| 2026-05 | 2200 |
Top lenders
New filings in May 2026, change from the month before
- 1Caterpillar FinancialCaptive finance116 +14%
- 2WAGNER EQUIPMENT COMPANYCaptive finance65 +10%
- 3John Deere FinancialCaptive finance64 -24%
- 4Kubota CreditCaptive finance47 +38%
- 5U.S. Bank National AssociationBank45 +13%
- 6Wells Fargo Vendor Financial Services, LLCBank42 +40%
- 7CoreFirst Bank & TrustBank33 +32%
- 8JPMorgan Chase Bank, NABank32 -9%
- 9Bank of ColoradoBank26 -4%
- 10AGCO FinanceCaptive finance23 +92%
Equipment categories
New filings in May 2026
- Equipment, type not stated814 · 37.0%-17% month over month
- Blanket liens711 · 32.3%+4% month over month
- Construction371 · 16.9%-2% month over month
- Agriculture157 · 7.1%+11% month over month
- Vehicles51 · 2.3%+2% month over month
- Manufacturing31 · 1.4%-43% month over month
- Trucks & trailers26 · 1.2%0% month over month
- Medical15 · 0.7%+114% month over month
- IT & office14 · 0.6%-55% month over month
- Restaurant10 · 0.5%+25% month over month
By lender type
Share of filings with a named lender
- Bank787 · 36.3%
- Other698 · 32.2%
- Captive finance355 · 16.4%
- Independent329 · 15.2%
Busiest cities
New filings in May 2026
- Denver360 · 16.4%
- Colorado Springs135 · 6.1%
- Aurora69 · 3.1%
- Englewood52 · 2.4%
- Centennial48 · 2.2%
- Grand Junction44 · 2.0%
- Littleton44 · 2.0%
- Fort Collins39 · 1.8%
- Golden39 · 1.8%
- Greeley39 · 1.8%
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The businesses behind these filings
Every filing in this report is in the Radar with the business, the equipment and a score for when it's likely to finance again.