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Florida Equipment Finance Report, August 2026

Lenders filed 16,141 new UCC financing statements for business equipment in Florida in August 2026, up 55% from the month before and up 64% on the same month a year earlier. John Deere Financial filed the most, 289. BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. grew fastest, from 91 to 112. Agriculture was the largest identified equipment category with 531 filings.

16,141

New equipment filings

+55%

Month over month

+64%

Year over year

New equipment filings, last 12 months

Florida, businesses only

16,1418,071Sep 2025: 9,818Sep 25Oct 2025: 10,216Nov 2025: 14,338Dec 2025: 14,682DecJan 2026: 8,605Feb 2026: 8,705Mar 2026: 9,457MarApr 2026: 9,473May 2026: 9,156Jun 2026: 9,729JunJul 2026: 10,408Aug 2026: 16,141Aug
New equipment UCC filings per month in Florida, 12 months to August 2026
2025-099818
2025-1010216
2025-1114338
2025-1214682
2026-018605
2026-028705
2026-039457
2026-049473
2026-059156
2026-069729
2026-0710408
2026-0816141

Top lenders

New filings in August 2026, change from the month before

  1. 1John Deere FinancialCaptive finance289 +1%
  2. 2Kubota CreditCaptive finance262 -13%
  3. 3Caterpillar FinancialCaptive finance138 -24%
  4. 4WEBBANK, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNEESBank134 +4%
  5. 5BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.Bank112 +23%
  6. 6DLLIndependent105 +5%
  7. 7JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NABank93 -11%
  8. 8PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONBank73 -29%
  9. 9VALLEY NATIONAL BANKBank67 -18%
  10. 10SOUTHSTATE BANK, N.A.Bank66 -10%

Equipment categories

New filings in August 2026

  1. Equipment, type not stated15,270 · 94.6%
    +61% month over month
  2. Agriculture531 · 3.3%
    -4% month over month
  3. Construction273 · 1.7%
    -14% month over month
  4. Manufacturing36 · 0.2%
    +33% month over month
  5. IT & office24 · 0.1%
    -17% month over month
  6. Vehicles5 · 0.0%
    +25% month over month
  7. Medical1 · 0.0%
    n/a month over month
  8. Trucks & trailers1 · 0.0%
    -67% month over month

By lender type

Share of filings with a named lender

  1. Other10,619 · 66.2%
  2. Bank2,719 · 17.0%
  3. Independent1,850 · 11.5%
  4. Captive finance848 · 5.3%

Busiest cities

New filings in August 2026

  1. Miami1,964 · 12.2%
  2. Orlando890 · 5.5%
  3. Tampa756 · 4.7%
  4. Jacksonville526 · 3.3%
  5. Fort Lauderdale324 · 2.0%
  6. Hialeah323 · 2.0%
  7. West Palm Beach223 · 1.4%
  8. Boca Raton223 · 1.4%
  9. Hollywood220 · 1.4%
  10. Naples216 · 1.3%

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New equipment UCC filings in Florida, 12 months to August 2026
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