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Florida Equipment Finance Report, October 2026

Lenders filed 8,245 new UCC financing statements for business equipment in Florida in October 2026, down 7% from the month before and down 19% on the same month a year earlier. John Deere Financial filed the most, 230. TRUIST BANK grew fastest, from 35 to 88. Agriculture was the largest identified equipment category with 378 filings.

8,245

New equipment filings

-7%

Month over month

-19%

Year over year

New equipment filings, last 12 months

Florida, businesses only

16,1418,071Nov 2025: 14,338Nov 25Dec 2025: 14,682Jan 2026: 8,605Feb 2026: 8,705FebMar 2026: 9,457Apr 2026: 9,473May 2026: 9,156MayJun 2026: 9,729Jul 2026: 10,408Aug 2026: 16,141AugSep 2026: 8,865Oct 2026: 8,245Oct
New equipment UCC filings per month in Florida, 12 months to October 2026
2025-1114338
2025-1214682
2026-018605
2026-028705
2026-039457
2026-049473
2026-059156
2026-069729
2026-0710408
2026-0816141
2026-098865
2026-108245

Top lenders

New filings in October 2026, change from the month before

  1. 1John Deere FinancialCaptive finance230 -15%
  2. 2Kubota CreditCaptive finance196 -16%
  3. 3WEBBANK, ITS SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNEESBank109 -16%
  4. 4Caterpillar FinancialCaptive finance102 -15%
  5. 5BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.Bank92 +16%
  6. 6TRUIST BANKBank88 +151%
  7. 7PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATIONBank82 0%
  8. 8JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NABank73 -28%
  9. 9DLLIndependent73 -16%
  10. 10VALLEY NATIONAL BANKBank61 -65%

Equipment categories

New filings in October 2026

  1. Equipment, type not stated7,567 · 91.8%
    -6% month over month
  2. Agriculture378 · 4.6%
    -17% month over month
  3. Construction241 · 2.9%
    -9% month over month
  4. IT & office28 · 0.3%
    +4% month over month
  5. Manufacturing23 · 0.3%
    -28% month over month
  6. Vehicles4 · 0.0%
    +300% month over month
  7. Trucks & trailers2 · 0.0%
    -50% month over month
  8. Medical2 · 0.0%
    +100% month over month

By lender type

Share of filings with a named lender

  1. Other3,582 · 43.9%
  2. Bank2,358 · 28.9%
  3. Independent1,563 · 19.1%
  4. Captive finance661 · 8.1%

Busiest cities

New filings in October 2026

  1. Miami791 · 9.6%
  2. Tampa379 · 4.6%
  3. Orlando378 · 4.6%
  4. Jacksonville242 · 2.9%
  5. Fort Lauderdale162 · 2.0%
  6. West Palm Beach150 · 1.8%
  7. Boca Raton133 · 1.6%
  8. Naples123 · 1.5%
  9. Fort Myers122 · 1.5%
  10. Sarasota116 · 1.4%

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