Monthly report
Florida Equipment Finance Report, September 2026
Lenders filed 8,865 new UCC financing statements for business equipment in Florida in September 2026, down 45% from the month before and down 10% on the same month a year earlier. John Deere Financial filed the most, 270. VALLEY NATIONAL BANK grew fastest, from 67 to 172. Agriculture was the largest identified equipment category with 456 filings.
New equipment filings
Month over month
Year over year
New equipment filings, last 12 months
Florida, businesses only
| 2025-10 | 10216 |
|---|---|
| 2025-11 | 14338 |
| 2025-12 | 14682 |
| 2026-01 | 8605 |
| 2026-02 | 8705 |
| 2026-03 | 9457 |
| 2026-04 | 9473 |
| 2026-05 | 9156 |
| 2026-06 | 9729 |
| 2026-07 | 10408 |
| 2026-08 | 16141 |
| 2026-09 | 8865 |
Top lenders
New filings in September 2026, change from the month before
- 1John Deere FinancialCaptive finance270 -7%
- 2Kubota CreditCaptive finance232 -11%
- 3VALLEY NATIONAL BANKBank172 +157%
- 4WEBBANK, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNEESBank129 -4%
- 5Caterpillar FinancialCaptive finance120 -13%
- 6JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NABank102 +10%
- 7DLLIndependent87 -17%
- 8PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONBank82 +12%
- 9BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.Bank79 -29%
- 10SOUTHSTATE BANK, N.A.Bank75 +14%
Equipment categories
New filings in September 2026
- Equipment, type not stated8,078 · 91.1%-47% month over month
- Agriculture456 · 5.1%-14% month over month
- Construction266 · 3.0%-3% month over month
- Manufacturing32 · 0.4%-11% month over month
- IT & office27 · 0.3%+13% month over month
- Trucks & trailers4 · 0.0%+300% month over month
- Medical1 · 0.0%0% month over month
- Vehicles1 · 0.0%-80% month over month
By lender type
Share of filings with a named lender
- Other3,572 · 40.6%
- Bank2,612 · 29.7%
- Independent1,839 · 20.9%
- Captive finance765 · 8.7%
Busiest cities
New filings in September 2026
- Miami790 · 8.9%
- Orlando488 · 5.5%
- Tampa416 · 4.7%
- Jacksonville284 · 3.2%
- Fort Lauderdale185 · 2.1%
- Sarasota148 · 1.7%
- Naples133 · 1.5%
- Fort Myers131 · 1.5%
- Boca Raton119 · 1.3%
- Kissimmee118 · 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.