Monthly report
Florida Equipment Finance Report, February 2026
Lenders filed 8,705 new UCC financing statements for business equipment in Florida in February 2026, up 1% from the month before and up 9% on the same month a year earlier. John Deere Financial filed the most, 242. DLL grew fastest, from 92 to 223. Agriculture was the largest identified equipment category with 395 filings.
New equipment filings
Month over month
Year over year
New equipment filings, last 12 months
Florida, businesses only
| 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 |
| 2026-02 | 8705 |
Top lenders
New filings in February 2026, change from the month before
- 1John Deere FinancialCaptive finance242 -21%
- 2DLLIndependent223 +142%
- 3Kubota CreditCaptive finance195 -25%
- 4Caterpillar FinancialCaptive finance136 +5%
- 5JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NABank123 +22%
- 6WEBBANK, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNEESBank90 -21%
- 7ADVANTAFIRST CAPITAL FINANCIAL SERVICES LLCIndependent77 +1440%
- 8PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONBank75 +3%
- 9NEWTEK BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONBank72 +95%
- 10TD BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONBank71 -3%
Equipment categories
New filings in February 2026
- Equipment, type not stated8,001 · 91.9%+4% month over month
- Agriculture395 · 4.5%-20% month over month
- Construction259 · 3.0%-15% month over month
- IT & office31 · 0.4%+11% month over month
- Manufacturing17 · 0.2%-57% month over month
- Vehicles2 · 0.0%-50% month over month
- Trucks & trailers0 · 0.0%-100% month over month
By lender type
Share of filings with a named lender
- Other3,814 · 44.3%
- Bank2,222 · 25.8%
- Independent1,878 · 21.8%
- Captive finance686 · 8.0%
Busiest cities
New filings in February 2026
- Miami1,007 · 11.6%
- Orlando460 · 5.3%
- Tampa352 · 4.0%
- Jacksonville272 · 3.1%
- Fort Lauderdale170 · 2.0%
- Sarasota132 · 1.5%
- Boca Raton129 · 1.5%
- Hialeah128 · 1.5%
- Naples119 · 1.4%
- West Palm Beach116 · 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.