Monthly report
Florida Equipment Finance Report, April 2026
Lenders filed 9,473 new UCC financing statements for business equipment in Florida in April 2026, up 0% from the month before and up 0% on the same month a year earlier. John Deere Financial filed the most, 299. Kubota Credit grew fastest, from 172 to 247. Agriculture was the largest identified equipment category with 514 filings.
New equipment filings
Month over month
Year over year
New equipment filings, last 12 months
Florida, businesses only
| 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 |
| 2026-03 | 9457 |
| 2026-04 | 9473 |
Top lenders
New filings in April 2026, change from the month before
- 1John Deere FinancialCaptive finance299 +15%
- 2Kubota CreditCaptive finance247 +44%
- 3JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NABank140 +20%
- 4Caterpillar FinancialCaptive finance122 -12%
- 5WEBBANK, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNEESBank115 -1%
- 6FORBRIGHT BANK, AS AGENTBank108 n/a
- 7DLLIndependent103 -16%
- 8BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.Bank88 +40%
- 9PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONBank80 +7%
- 10SOUTHSTATE BANK, N.A.Bank70 +67%
Equipment categories
New filings in April 2026
- Equipment, type not stated8,594 · 90.7%-1% month over month
- Agriculture514 · 5.4%+27% month over month
- Construction269 · 2.8%-9% month over month
- IT & office53 · 0.6%+33% month over month
- Manufacturing34 · 0.4%+55% month over month
- Vehicles6 · 0.1%+20% month over month
- Trucks & trailers2 · 0.0%+100% month over month
- Medical1 · 0.0%n/a month over month
By lender type
Share of filings with a named lender
- Other3,715 · 39.6%
- Bank2,792 · 29.8%
- Independent2,025 · 21.6%
- Captive finance841 · 9.0%
Busiest cities
New filings in April 2026
- Miami891 · 9.4%
- Orlando491 · 5.2%
- Tampa404 · 4.3%
- Jacksonville279 · 2.9%
- Naples173 · 1.8%
- Fort Myers166 · 1.8%
- West Palm Beach166 · 1.8%
- Fort Lauderdale155 · 1.6%
- Sarasota133 · 1.4%
- Boca Raton127 · 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.
