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Virginia Equipment Finance Report, March 2026

Lenders filed 2,711 new UCC financing statements for business equipment in Virginia in March 2026, up 14% from the month before and up 12% on the same month a year earlier. Caterpillar Financial filed the most, 126. John Deere Financial grew fastest, from 59 to 120. Construction was the largest identified equipment category with 199 filings.

2,711

New equipment filings

+14%

Month over month

+12%

Year over year

New equipment filings, last 12 months

Virginia, businesses only

4,5302,265Apr 2025: 2,490Apr 25May 2025: 2,310Jun 2025: 2,195Jul 2025: 2,451JulAug 2025: 2,234Sep 2025: 2,310Oct 2025: 2,396OctNov 2025: 2,085Dec 2025: 4,530Jan 2026: 2,319Jan 26Feb 2026: 2,385Mar 2026: 2,711Mar
New equipment UCC filings per month in Virginia, 12 months to March 2026
2025-042490
2025-052310
2025-062195
2025-072451
2025-082234
2025-092310
2025-102396
2025-112085
2025-124530
2026-012319
2026-022385
2026-032711

Top lenders

New filings in March 2026, change from the month before

  1. 1Caterpillar FinancialCaptive finance126 +20%
  2. 2John Deere FinancialCaptive finance120 +103%
  3. 3Wells Fargo Vendor Financial Services, LLCBank45 +50%
  4. 4ATLANTIC UNION BANKBank45 +80%
  5. 5DLLIndependent39 -36%
  6. 6Kubota CreditCaptive finance38 -16%
  7. 7TowneBankBank31 +24%
  8. 8PNC Bank, National AssociationBank27 -23%
  9. 9Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.Bank25 +213%
  10. 10GreatAmerica Financial Services CorporationIndependent24 +118%

Equipment categories

New filings in March 2026

  1. Equipment, type not stated2,362 · 87.1%
    +12% month over month
  2. Construction199 · 7.3%
    +42% month over month
  3. Agriculture139 · 5.1%
    +16% month over month
  4. IT & office6 · 0.2%
    -25% month over month
  5. Vehicles2 · 0.1%
    n/a month over month
  6. Manufacturing2 · 0.1%
    -60% month over month
  7. Trucks & trailers1 · 0.0%
    n/a month over month

By lender type

Share of filings with a named lender

  1. Other942 · 35.0%
  2. Bank863 · 32.1%
  3. Independent547 · 20.3%
  4. Captive finance338 · 12.6%

Busiest cities

New filings in March 2026

  1. Richmond130 · 4.8%
  2. Virginia Beach125 · 4.6%
  3. Alexandria64 · 2.4%
  4. Fairfax63 · 2.3%
  5. Manassas59 · 2.2%
  6. Fredericksburg58 · 2.1%
  7. Arlington57 · 2.1%
  8. Roanoke57 · 2.1%
  9. Newport News54 · 2.0%
  10. Chesapeake50 · 1.8%

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New equipment UCC filings in Virginia, 12 months to March 2026
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