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Virginia Equipment Finance Report, April 2026

Lenders filed 2,669 new UCC financing statements for business equipment in Virginia in April 2026, down 2% from the month before and up 7% on the same month a year earlier. Caterpillar Financial filed the most, 176. Caterpillar Financial grew fastest, from 126 to 176. Construction was the largest identified equipment category with 239 filings.

2,669

New equipment filings

-2%

Month over month

+7%

Year over year

New equipment filings, last 12 months

Virginia, businesses only

4,5302,265May 2025: 2,310May 25Jun 2025: 2,195Jul 2025: 2,451Aug 2025: 2,234AugSep 2025: 2,310Oct 2025: 2,396Nov 2025: 2,085NovDec 2025: 4,530Jan 2026: 2,319Feb 2026: 2,385FebMar 2026: 2,711Apr 2026: 2,669Apr
New equipment UCC filings per month in Virginia, 12 months to April 2026
2025-052310
2025-062195
2025-072451
2025-082234
2025-092310
2025-102396
2025-112085
2025-124530
2026-012319
2026-022385
2026-032711
2026-042669

Top lenders

New filings in April 2026, change from the month before

  1. 1Caterpillar FinancialCaptive finance176 +40%
  2. 2John Deere FinancialCaptive finance105 -12%
  3. 3Kubota CreditCaptive finance60 +58%
  4. 4TowneBankBank46 +48%
  5. 5Wells Fargo Vendor Financial Services, LLCBank44 -2%
  6. 6PNC Bank, National AssociationBank33 +22%
  7. 7WEBBANK, its successors and assigneesBank33 +43%
  8. 8ATLANTIC UNION BANKBank33 -27%
  9. 9DLLIndependent31 -21%
  10. 10First-Citizens Bank and Trust CompanyBank31 +35%

Equipment categories

New filings in April 2026

  1. Equipment, type not stated2,238 · 83.9%
    -5% month over month
  2. Construction239 · 9.0%
    +20% month over month
  3. Agriculture171 · 6.4%
    +23% month over month
  4. IT & office9 · 0.3%
    +50% month over month
  5. Manufacturing7 · 0.3%
    +250% month over month
  6. Vehicles3 · 0.1%
    +50% month over month
  7. Trucks & trailers2 · 0.1%
    +100% month over month

By lender type

Share of filings with a named lender

  1. Bank881 · 33.3%
  2. Other869 · 32.9%
  3. Independent494 · 18.7%
  4. Captive finance398 · 15.1%

Busiest cities

New filings in April 2026

  1. Richmond120 · 4.5%
  2. Chesapeake82 · 3.1%
  3. Virginia Beach81 · 3.0%
  4. Alexandria75 · 2.8%
  5. Manassas67 · 2.5%
  6. Norfolk56 · 2.1%
  7. Sterling51 · 1.9%
  8. Fairfax49 · 1.8%
  9. Charlottesville47 · 1.8%
  10. Roanoke43 · 1.6%

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