Monthly report
Wisconsin Equipment Finance Report, January 2026
Lenders filed 2,732 new UCC financing statements for business equipment in Wisconsin in January 2026, down 28% from the month before and down 2% on the same month a year earlier. John Deere Financial filed the most, 117. NICOLET NATIONAL BANK grew fastest, from 44 to 60. Agriculture was the largest identified equipment category with 235 filings.
New equipment filings
Month over month
Year over year
New equipment filings, last 12 months
Wisconsin, businesses only
| 2025-02 | 2523 |
|---|---|
| 2025-03 | 2706 |
| 2025-04 | 3462 |
| 2025-05 | 3299 |
| 2025-06 | 3065 |
| 2025-07 | 3004 |
| 2025-08 | 2639 |
| 2025-09 | 2856 |
| 2025-10 | 2969 |
| 2025-11 | 2323 |
| 2025-12 | 3772 |
| 2026-01 | 2732 |
Top lenders
New filings in January 2026, change from the month before
- 1John Deere FinancialCaptive finance117 -17%
- 2Caterpillar FinancialCaptive finance67 -16%
- 3Heights Finance CorporationIndependent63 -36%
- 4NICOLET NATIONAL BANKBank60 +36%
- 5Kubota CreditCaptive finance53 -2%
- 6FARM CREDIT SERVICES OF AMERICA, PCABank44 -10%
- 7Landmark Credit UnionBank43 -31%
- 8Compeer Financial, PCAIndependent39 -13%
- 9Associated Bank, National AssociationBank37 -10%
- 10Royal Credit UnionBank30 -19%
Equipment categories
New filings in January 2026
- Equipment, type not stated2,339 · 85.6%-29% month over month
- Agriculture235 · 8.6%-23% month over month
- Construction123 · 4.5%-19% month over month
- IT & office19 · 0.7%+19% month over month
- Manufacturing9 · 0.3%+29% month over month
- Vehicles3 · 0.1%0% month over month
- Trucks & trailers2 · 0.1%-75% month over month
- Medical2 · 0.1%n/a month over month
By lender type
Share of filings with a named lender
- Bank1,330 · 49.1%
- Other634 · 23.4%
- Independent415 · 15.3%
- Captive finance329 · 12.1%
Busiest cities
New filings in January 2026
- Milwaukee214 · 7.8%
- Madison73 · 2.7%
- Green Bay50 · 1.8%
- Appleton46 · 1.7%
- Waukesha46 · 1.7%
- Eau Claire40 · 1.5%
- Watertown39 · 1.4%
- Brookfield37 · 1.4%
- Oshkosh28 · 1.0%
- De Pere24 · 0.9%
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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.