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Connecticut Equipment Finance Report, March 2026

Lenders filed 1,467 new UCC financing statements for business equipment in Connecticut in March 2026, up 36% from the month before and up 3% on the same month a year earlier. Liberty Bank filed the most, 44. Caterpillar Financial grew fastest, from 9 to 42. Construction was the largest identified equipment category with 57 filings.

1,467

New equipment filings

+36%

Month over month

+3%

Year over year

New equipment filings, last 12 months

Connecticut, businesses only

1,818909Apr 2025: 1,406Apr 25May 2025: 1,338Jun 2025: 1,240Jul 2025: 1,249JulAug 2025: 1,134Sep 2025: 1,203Oct 2025: 1,281OctNov 2025: 1,818Dec 2025: 1,544Jan 2026: 1,168Jan 26Feb 2026: 1,077Mar 2026: 1,467Mar
New equipment UCC filings per month in Connecticut, 12 months to March 2026
2025-041406
2025-051338
2025-061240
2025-071249
2025-081134
2025-091203
2025-101281
2025-111818
2025-121544
2026-011168
2026-021077
2026-031467

Top lenders

New filings in March 2026, change from the month before

  1. 1Liberty BankBank44 +91%
  2. 2Caterpillar FinancialCaptive finance42 +367%
  3. 3Bankwell BankBank31 +94%
  4. 4M&T BankBank29 +71%
  5. 5Kubota CreditCaptive finance25 +56%
  6. 6Webster Bank, N.A.Bank18 -5%
  7. 7JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NABank17 +42%
  8. 8DLLIndependent16 -20%
  9. 9John Deere FinancialCaptive finance15 +25%
  10. 10TD BANK, N.A.Bank15 +67%

Equipment categories

New filings in March 2026

  1. Equipment, type not stated1,363 · 92.9%
    +33% month over month
  2. Construction57 · 3.9%
    +104% month over month
  3. Agriculture39 · 2.7%
    +70% month over month
  4. IT & office4 · 0.3%
    +300% month over month
  5. Manufacturing2 · 0.1%
    +100% month over month
  6. Trucks & trailers2 · 0.1%
    -33% month over month

By lender type

Share of filings with a named lender

  1. Other529 · 36.3%
  2. Bank522 · 35.9%
  3. Independent304 · 20.9%
  4. Captive finance101 · 6.9%

Busiest cities

New filings in March 2026

  1. Stamford62 · 4.2%
  2. New Haven49 · 3.3%
  3. Norwalk48 · 3.3%
  4. Bridgeport46 · 3.1%
  5. Greenwich41 · 2.8%
  6. Danbury40 · 2.7%
  7. Hartford32 · 2.2%
  8. Waterbury30 · 2.0%
  9. Manchester27 · 1.8%
  10. Milford27 · 1.8%

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New equipment UCC filings in Connecticut, 12 months to March 2026
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