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Wisconsin Equipment Finance Report, September 2026

Lenders filed 2,961 new UCC financing statements for business equipment in Wisconsin in September 2026, up 3% from the month before and up 4% on the same month a year earlier. John Deere Financial filed the most, 126. John Deere Financial grew fastest, from 76 to 126. Agriculture was the largest identified equipment category with 241 filings.

2,961

New equipment filings

+3%

Month over month

+4%

Year over year

New equipment filings, last 12 months

Wisconsin, businesses only

3,7721,886Oct 2025: 2,969Oct 25Nov 2025: 2,323Dec 2025: 3,772Jan 2026: 2,732Jan 26Feb 2026: 2,607Mar 2026: 3,177Apr 2026: 3,495AprMay 2026: 3,378Jun 2026: 3,479Jul 2026: 3,152JulAug 2026: 2,875Sep 2026: 2,961Sep
New equipment UCC filings per month in Wisconsin, 12 months to September 2026
2025-102969
2025-112323
2025-123772
2026-012732
2026-022607
2026-033177
2026-043495
2026-053378
2026-063479
2026-073152
2026-082875
2026-092961

Top lenders

New filings in September 2026, change from the month before

  1. 1John Deere FinancialCaptive finance126 +66%
  2. 2Heights Finance CorporationIndependent74 -4%
  3. 3Caterpillar FinancialCaptive finance55 -7%
  4. 4Associated Bank, National AssociationBank52 +136%
  5. 5Landmark Credit UnionBank49 +2%
  6. 6Compeer Financial, PCAIndependent47 +47%
  7. 7CNH Industrial CapitalCaptive finance41 -5%
  8. 8Kubota CreditCaptive finance38 +36%
  9. 9DLLIndependent35 +59%
  10. 10US BANK NABank34 +21%

Equipment categories

New filings in September 2026

  1. Equipment, type not stated2,622 · 88.6%
    +2% month over month
  2. Agriculture241 · 8.1%
    +27% month over month
  3. Construction85 · 2.9%
    +4% month over month
  4. Manufacturing5 · 0.2%
    0% month over month
  5. IT & office5 · 0.2%
    0% month over month
  6. Vehicles2 · 0.1%
    -33% month over month
  7. Trucks & trailers1 · 0.0%
    -83% month over month
  8. Medical0 · 0.0%
    -100% month over month

By lender type

Share of filings with a named lender

  1. Bank1,338 · 45.3%
  2. Other840 · 28.5%
  3. Independent472 · 16.0%
  4. Captive finance301 · 10.2%

Busiest cities

New filings in September 2026

  1. Milwaukee224 · 7.6%
  2. Madison95 · 3.2%
  3. Green Bay69 · 2.3%
  4. Janesville45 · 1.5%
  5. Appleton41 · 1.4%
  6. Waukesha39 · 1.3%
  7. Eau Claire38 · 1.3%
  8. Kenosha36 · 1.2%
  9. Brookfield35 · 1.2%
  10. Manitowoc31 · 1.0%

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