Monthly report
Wisconsin Equipment Finance Report, July 2026
Lenders filed 3,152 new UCC financing statements for business equipment in Wisconsin in July 2026, down 9% from the month before and up 5% on the same month a year earlier. John Deere Financial filed the most, 141. NICOLET NATIONAL BANK grew fastest, from 41 to 66. Agriculture was the largest identified equipment category with 275 filings.
New equipment filings
Month over month
Year over year
New equipment filings, last 12 months
Wisconsin, businesses only
| 2025-08 | 2639 |
|---|---|
| 2025-09 | 2856 |
| 2025-10 | 2969 |
| 2025-11 | 2323 |
| 2025-12 | 3772 |
| 2026-01 | 2732 |
| 2026-02 | 2607 |
| 2026-03 | 3177 |
| 2026-04 | 3495 |
| 2026-05 | 3378 |
| 2026-06 | 3479 |
| 2026-07 | 3152 |
Top lenders
New filings in July 2026, change from the month before
- 1John Deere FinancialCaptive finance141 +4%
- 2Caterpillar FinancialCaptive finance88 -15%
- 3Heights Finance CorporationIndependent82 -31%
- 4NICOLET NATIONAL BANKBank66 +61%
- 5Landmark Credit UnionBank59 -11%
- 6Kubota CreditCaptive finance46 -12%
- 7US BANK NABank46 +48%
- 8CNH Industrial CapitalCaptive finance46 -13%
- 9Compeer Financial, PCAIndependent45 -10%
- 10Capital Credit UnionBank43 0%
Equipment categories
New filings in July 2026
- Equipment, type not stated2,723 · 86.4%-9% month over month
- Agriculture275 · 8.7%+2% month over month
- Construction127 · 4.0%-20% month over month
- IT & office12 · 0.4%-25% month over month
- Vehicles6 · 0.2%-45% month over month
- Manufacturing6 · 0.2%-45% month over month
- Trucks & trailers3 · 0.1%-40% month over month
- Medical0 · 0.0%-100% month over month
By lender type
Share of filings with a named lender
- Bank1,567 · 49.9%
- Other690 · 22.0%
- Independent511 · 16.3%
- Captive finance373 · 11.9%
Busiest cities
New filings in July 2026
- Milwaukee207 · 6.6%
- Madison92 · 2.9%
- Green Bay66 · 2.1%
- Appleton53 · 1.7%
- Waukesha50 · 1.6%
- Oshkosh44 · 1.4%
- Brookfield43 · 1.4%
- Janesville40 · 1.3%
- Eau Claire38 · 1.2%
- Manitowoc30 · 1.0%
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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.