Monthly report
Florida Equipment Finance Report, January 2026
Lenders filed 8,605 new UCC financing statements for business equipment in Florida in January 2026, down 41% from the month before and down 5% on the same month a year earlier. John Deere Financial filed the most, 305. CITY NATIONAL BANK OF FLORIDA grew fastest, from 81 to 219. Agriculture was the largest identified equipment category with 494 filings.
New equipment filings
Month over month
Year over year
New equipment filings, last 12 months
Florida, businesses only
| 2025-02 | 8010 |
|---|---|
| 2025-03 | 8940 |
| 2025-04 | 9506 |
| 2025-05 | 9622 |
| 2025-06 | 9530 |
| 2025-07 | 10039 |
| 2025-08 | 9858 |
| 2025-09 | 9818 |
| 2025-10 | 10216 |
| 2025-11 | 14338 |
| 2025-12 | 14682 |
| 2026-01 | 8605 |
Top lenders
New filings in January 2026, change from the month before
- 1John Deere FinancialCaptive finance305 0%
- 2Kubota CreditCaptive finance259 -2%
- 3CITY NATIONAL BANK OF FLORIDABank219 +170%
- 4Caterpillar FinancialCaptive finance130 -43%
- 5WEBBANK, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNEESBank114 -4%
- 6JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NABank101 -2%
- 7DLLIndependent92 -33%
- 8TD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONBank73 -11%
- 9PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONBank73 -15%
- 10SOUTHSTATE BANK, N.A.Bank70 +1%
Equipment categories
New filings in January 2026
- Equipment, type not stated7,727 · 89.8%-43% month over month
- Agriculture494 · 5.7%-7% month over month
- Construction303 · 3.5%-36% month over month
- Manufacturing40 · 0.5%+18% month over month
- IT & office28 · 0.3%+22% month over month
- Trucks & trailers9 · 0.1%+200% month over month
- Vehicles4 · 0.0%-20% month over month
By lender type
Share of filings with a named lender
- Other3,440 · 40.4%
- Bank2,453 · 28.8%
- Independent1,777 · 20.9%
- Captive finance848 · 10.0%
Busiest cities
New filings in January 2026
- Miami751 · 8.7%
- Orlando424 · 4.9%
- Tampa375 · 4.4%
- Jacksonville309 · 3.6%
- Naples155 · 1.8%
- Fort Lauderdale133 · 1.5%
- West Palm Beach128 · 1.5%
- Doral122 · 1.4%
- Boca Raton120 · 1.4%
- Hialeah115 · 1.3%
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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.