Monthly report
Connecticut Equipment Finance Report, February 2026
Lenders filed 1,077 new UCC financing statements for business equipment in Connecticut in February 2026, down 8% from the month before and up 0% on the same month a year earlier. Liberty Bank filed the most, 23. DLL grew fastest, from 6 to 20. Construction was the largest identified equipment category with 28 filings.
New equipment filings
Month over month
Year over year
New equipment filings, last 12 months
Connecticut, businesses only
| 2025-03 | 1423 |
|---|---|
| 2025-04 | 1406 |
| 2025-05 | 1338 |
| 2025-06 | 1240 |
| 2025-07 | 1249 |
| 2025-08 | 1134 |
| 2025-09 | 1203 |
| 2025-10 | 1281 |
| 2025-11 | 1818 |
| 2025-12 | 1544 |
| 2026-01 | 1168 |
| 2026-02 | 1077 |
Top lenders
New filings in February 2026, change from the month before
- 1Liberty BankBank23 +5%
- 2DLLIndependent20 +233%
- 3Webster Bank, N.A.Bank19 +171%
- 4WebBank, its successors and assigneesBank19 -47%
- 5M&T BankBank17 -11%
- 6Kubota CreditCaptive finance16 -65%
- 7Bankwell BankBank16 +14%
- 8Wells Fargo Vendor Financial Services, LLCBank13 -43%
- 9John Deere FinancialCaptive finance12 -54%
- 10JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NABank12 +100%
Equipment categories
New filings in February 2026
- Equipment, type not stated1,021 · 94.8%-4% month over month
- Construction28 · 2.6%-47% month over month
- Agriculture23 · 2.1%-54% month over month
- Trucks & trailers3 · 0.3%+50% month over month
- IT & office1 · 0.1%-50% month over month
- Manufacturing1 · 0.1%-50% month over month
By lender type
Share of filings with a named lender
- Other417 · 39.3%
- Bank358 · 33.7%
- Independent233 · 21.9%
- Captive finance54 · 5.1%
Busiest cities
New filings in February 2026
- Stamford49 · 4.5%
- Bridgeport36 · 3.3%
- New Haven28 · 2.6%
- Hartford27 · 2.5%
- Waterbury27 · 2.5%
- Manchester26 · 2.4%
- Norwalk26 · 2.4%
- Milford23 · 2.1%
- Danbury21 · 1.9%
- Hamden21 · 1.9%
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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.