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Wisconsin Equipment Finance Report, May 2026

Lenders filed 3,378 new UCC financing statements for business equipment in Wisconsin in May 2026, down 3% from the month before and up 2% on the same month a year earlier. John Deere Financial filed the most, 146. Kubota Credit grew fastest, from 54 to 91. Agriculture was the largest identified equipment category with 326 filings.

3,378

New equipment filings

-3%

Month over month

+2%

Year over year

New equipment filings, last 12 months

Wisconsin, businesses only

3,7721,886Jun 2025: 3,065Jun 25Jul 2025: 3,004Aug 2025: 2,639Sep 2025: 2,856SepOct 2025: 2,969Nov 2025: 2,323Dec 2025: 3,772DecJan 2026: 2,732Feb 2026: 2,607Mar 2026: 3,177MarApr 2026: 3,495May 2026: 3,378May
New equipment UCC filings per month in Wisconsin, 12 months to May 2026
2025-063065
2025-073004
2025-082639
2025-092856
2025-102969
2025-112323
2025-123772
2026-012732
2026-022607
2026-033177
2026-043495
2026-053378

Top lenders

New filings in May 2026, change from the month before

  1. 1John Deere FinancialCaptive finance146 -1%
  2. 2Caterpillar FinancialCaptive finance93 +24%
  3. 3Kubota CreditCaptive finance91 +69%
  4. 4Heights Finance CorporationIndependent71 -10%
  5. 5NICOLET NATIONAL BANKBank64 -9%
  6. 6CNH Industrial CapitalCaptive finance49 -23%
  7. 7DLLIndependent45 -8%
  8. 8PNC Bank, National Association, as AgentBank43 +39%
  9. 9COVANTAGE CREDIT UNIONBank43 +95%
  10. 10Sheffield Financial, a division of Truist BankBank40 -7%

Equipment categories

New filings in May 2026

  1. Equipment, type not stated2,887 · 85.5%
    -3% month over month
  2. Agriculture326 · 9.7%
    +1% month over month
  3. Construction138 · 4.1%
    +6% month over month
  4. Manufacturing14 · 0.4%
    -7% month over month
  5. Vehicles6 · 0.2%
    -33% month over month
  6. IT & office5 · 0.1%
    -75% month over month
  7. Trucks & trailers1 · 0.0%
    -80% month over month
  8. Medical1 · 0.0%
    -75% month over month

By lender type

Share of filings with a named lender

  1. Bank1,717 · 51.0%
  2. Other639 · 19.0%
  3. Independent562 · 16.7%
  4. Captive finance446 · 13.3%

Busiest cities

New filings in May 2026

  1. Milwaukee196 · 5.8%
  2. Madison87 · 2.6%
  3. Green Bay69 · 2.0%
  4. Waukesha57 · 1.7%
  5. Appleton54 · 1.6%
  6. Beloit49 · 1.5%
  7. Eau Claire46 · 1.4%
  8. Brookfield43 · 1.3%
  9. Wausau35 · 1.0%
  10. Janesville34 · 1.0%

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