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Wisconsin Equipment Finance Report, August 2026

Lenders filed 2,875 new UCC financing statements for business equipment in Wisconsin in August 2026, down 9% from the month before and up 9% on the same month a year earlier. Heights Finance Corporation filed the most, 77. Agriculture was the largest identified equipment category with 190 filings.

2,875

New equipment filings

-9%

Month over month

+9%

Year over year

New equipment filings, last 12 months

Wisconsin, businesses only

3,7721,886Sep 2025: 2,856Sep 25Oct 2025: 2,969Nov 2025: 2,323Dec 2025: 3,772DecJan 2026: 2,732Feb 2026: 2,607Mar 2026: 3,177MarApr 2026: 3,495May 2026: 3,378Jun 2026: 3,479JunJul 2026: 3,152Aug 2026: 2,875Aug
New equipment UCC filings per month in Wisconsin, 12 months to August 2026
2025-092856
2025-102969
2025-112323
2025-123772
2026-012732
2026-022607
2026-033177
2026-043495
2026-053378
2026-063479
2026-073152
2026-082875

Top lenders

New filings in August 2026, change from the month before

  1. 1Heights Finance CorporationIndependent77 -6%
  2. 2John Deere FinancialCaptive finance76 -46%
  3. 3Caterpillar FinancialCaptive finance59 -33%
  4. 4Landmark Credit UnionBank48 -19%
  5. 5CNH Industrial CapitalCaptive finance43 -7%
  6. 6FARM CREDIT SERVICES OF AMERICA, PCABank40 -5%
  7. 7NICOLET NATIONAL BANKBank38 -42%
  8. 8Compeer Financial, PCAIndependent32 -29%
  9. 9WESTconsin Credit UnionBank31 -21%
  10. 10Kubota CreditCaptive finance28 -39%

Equipment categories

New filings in August 2026

  1. Equipment, type not stated2,583 · 89.8%
    -5% month over month
  2. Agriculture190 · 6.6%
    -31% month over month
  3. Construction82 · 2.9%
    -35% month over month
  4. Trucks & trailers6 · 0.2%
    +100% month over month
  5. IT & office5 · 0.2%
    -58% month over month
  6. Manufacturing5 · 0.2%
    -17% month over month
  7. Vehicles3 · 0.1%
    -50% month over month
  8. Medical1 · 0.0%
    n/a month over month

By lender type

Share of filings with a named lender

  1. Bank1,237 · 43.2%
  2. Other985 · 34.4%
  3. Independent403 · 14.1%
  4. Captive finance241 · 8.4%

Busiest cities

New filings in August 2026

  1. Milwaukee272 · 9.5%
  2. Madison87 · 3.0%
  3. Green Bay81 · 2.8%
  4. Waukesha45 · 1.6%
  5. Kenosha41 · 1.4%
  6. Eau Claire36 · 1.3%
  7. Appleton34 · 1.2%
  8. Janesville34 · 1.2%
  9. Oshkosh31 · 1.1%
  10. Brookfield30 · 1.0%

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