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Connecticut Equipment Finance Report, May 2026

Lenders filed 1,232 new UCC financing statements for business equipment in Connecticut in May 2026, down 12% from the month before and down 8% on the same month a year earlier. Caterpillar Financial filed the most, 32. Caterpillar Financial grew fastest, from 22 to 32. Construction was the largest identified equipment category with 63 filings.

1,232

New equipment filings

-12%

Month over month

-8%

Year over year

New equipment filings, last 12 months

Connecticut, businesses only

1,818909Jun 2025: 1,240Jun 25Jul 2025: 1,249Aug 2025: 1,134Sep 2025: 1,203SepOct 2025: 1,281Nov 2025: 1,818Dec 2025: 1,544DecJan 2026: 1,168Feb 2026: 1,077Mar 2026: 1,467MarApr 2026: 1,393May 2026: 1,232May
New equipment UCC filings per month in Connecticut, 12 months to May 2026
2025-061240
2025-071249
2025-081134
2025-091203
2025-101281
2025-111818
2025-121544
2026-011168
2026-021077
2026-031467
2026-041393
2026-051232

Top lenders

New filings in May 2026, change from the month before

  1. 1Caterpillar FinancialCaptive finance32 +45%
  2. 2John Deere FinancialCaptive finance28 -28%
  3. 3Liberty BankBank28 -36%
  4. 4Sheffield Financial, A Division of Branch Banking and Trust CompanyBank27 +59%
  5. 5Kubota CreditCaptive finance19 -59%
  6. 6Webster Bank, N.A.Bank18 -25%
  7. 7WebBank, its successors and assigneesBank17 0%
  8. 8DLLIndependent15 -50%
  9. 9Wells Fargo Vendor Financial Services, LLCBank14 -46%
  10. 10TD BANK, N.A.Bank14 +40%

Equipment categories

New filings in May 2026

  1. Equipment, type not stated1,120 · 90.9%
    -10% month over month
  2. Construction63 · 5.1%
    -9% month over month
  3. Agriculture35 · 2.8%
    -41% month over month
  4. Manufacturing6 · 0.5%
    n/a month over month
  5. IT & office6 · 0.5%
    -25% month over month
  6. Trucks & trailers2 · 0.2%
    -50% month over month
  7. Blanket liens0 · 0.0%
    -100% month over month
  8. Vehicles0 · 0.0%
    -100% month over month

By lender type

Share of filings with a named lender

  1. Other446 · 36.4%
  2. Bank392 · 32.0%
  3. Independent275 · 22.5%
  4. Captive finance111 · 9.1%

Busiest cities

New filings in May 2026

  1. Stamford50 · 4.1%
  2. Norwalk36 · 2.9%
  3. Bridgeport35 · 2.8%
  4. New Haven29 · 2.4%
  5. Danbury27 · 2.2%
  6. Hartford27 · 2.2%
  7. Waterbury25 · 2.0%
  8. Wallingford22 · 1.8%
  9. Fairfield21 · 1.7%
  10. Middletown21 · 1.7%

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