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Wisconsin Equipment Finance Report, March 2026

Lenders filed 3,177 new UCC financing statements for business equipment in Wisconsin in March 2026, up 22% from the month before and up 17% on the same month a year earlier. John Deere Financial filed the most, 159. John Deere Financial grew fastest, from 73 to 159. Agriculture was the largest identified equipment category with 266 filings.

3,177

New equipment filings

+22%

Month over month

+17%

Year over year

New equipment filings, last 12 months

Wisconsin, businesses only

3,7721,886Apr 2025: 3,462Apr 25May 2025: 3,299Jun 2025: 3,065Jul 2025: 3,004JulAug 2025: 2,639Sep 2025: 2,856Oct 2025: 2,969OctNov 2025: 2,323Dec 2025: 3,772Jan 2026: 2,732Jan 26Feb 2026: 2,607Mar 2026: 3,177Mar
New equipment UCC filings per month in Wisconsin, 12 months to March 2026
2025-043462
2025-053299
2025-063065
2025-073004
2025-082639
2025-092856
2025-102969
2025-112323
2025-123772
2026-012732
2026-022607
2026-033177

Top lenders

New filings in March 2026, change from the month before

  1. 1John Deere FinancialCaptive finance159 +118%
  2. 2Heights Finance CorporationIndependent75 -1%
  3. 3Compeer Financial, PCAIndependent74 +80%
  4. 4Caterpillar FinancialCaptive finance53 +71%
  5. 5CNH Industrial CapitalCaptive finance53 +43%
  6. 6NICOLET NATIONAL BANKBank49 +23%
  7. 7Landmark Credit UnionBank46 +39%
  8. 8WESTconsin Credit UnionBank45 +105%
  9. 9DLLIndependent39 +34%
  10. 10FARM CREDIT SERVICES OF AMERICA, PCABank34 0%

Equipment categories

New filings in March 2026

  1. Equipment, type not stated2,766 · 87.1%
    +18% month over month
  2. Agriculture266 · 8.4%
    +56% month over month
  3. Construction116 · 3.7%
    +87% month over month
  4. Trucks & trailers12 · 0.4%
    +200% month over month
  5. Manufacturing6 · 0.2%
    -45% month over month
  6. IT & office5 · 0.2%
    -37% month over month
  7. Vehicles4 · 0.1%
    +33% month over month
  8. Medical2 · 0.1%
    +100% month over month

By lender type

Share of filings with a named lender

  1. Bank1,565 · 49.5%
  2. Other658 · 20.8%
  3. Independent571 · 18.1%
  4. Captive finance367 · 11.6%

Busiest cities

New filings in March 2026

  1. Milwaukee174 · 5.5%
  2. Madison75 · 2.4%
  3. Green Bay67 · 2.1%
  4. Waukesha67 · 2.1%
  5. Oshkosh41 · 1.3%
  6. Appleton40 · 1.3%
  7. Brookfield38 · 1.2%
  8. Kenosha35 · 1.1%
  9. Chippewa Falls31 · 1.0%
  10. West Bend31 · 1.0%

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