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Wisconsin Equipment Finance Report, October 2026

Lenders filed 2,912 new UCC financing statements for business equipment in Wisconsin in October 2026, down 2% from the month before and down 2% on the same month a year earlier. John Deere Financial filed the most, 130. Royal Credit Union grew fastest, from 14 to 78. Agriculture was the largest identified equipment category with 248 filings.

2,912

New equipment filings

-2%

Month over month

-2%

Year over year

New equipment filings, last 12 months

Wisconsin, businesses only

3,7721,886Nov 2025: 2,323Nov 25Dec 2025: 3,772Jan 2026: 2,732Feb 2026: 2,607FebMar 2026: 3,177Apr 2026: 3,495May 2026: 3,378MayJun 2026: 3,479Jul 2026: 3,152Aug 2026: 2,875AugSep 2026: 2,961Oct 2026: 2,912Oct
New equipment UCC filings per month in Wisconsin, 12 months to October 2026
2025-112323
2025-123772
2026-012732
2026-022607
2026-033177
2026-043495
2026-053378
2026-063479
2026-073152
2026-082875
2026-092961
2026-102912

Top lenders

New filings in October 2026, change from the month before

  1. 1John Deere FinancialCaptive finance130 +3%
  2. 2Royal Credit UnionBank78 +457%
  3. 3Caterpillar FinancialCaptive finance64 +16%
  4. 4Heights Finance CorporationIndependent64 -14%
  5. 5NICOLET NATIONAL BANKBank59 +90%
  6. 6Landmark Credit UnionBank50 +2%
  7. 7Kubota CreditCaptive finance44 +16%
  8. 8CNH Industrial CapitalCaptive finance43 +5%
  9. 9Compeer Financial, PCAIndependent40 -15%
  10. 10FARM CREDIT SERVICES OF AMERICA, PCABank33 +22%

Equipment categories

New filings in October 2026

  1. Equipment, type not stated2,517 · 86.4%
    -4% month over month
  2. Agriculture248 · 8.5%
    +3% month over month
  3. Construction107 · 3.7%
    +26% month over month
  4. IT & office31 · 1.1%
    +520% month over month
  5. Manufacturing5 · 0.2%
    0% month over month
  6. Trucks & trailers2 · 0.1%
    +100% month over month
  7. Vehicles2 · 0.1%
    0% month over month

By lender type

Share of filings with a named lender

  1. Bank1,428 · 49.3%
  2. Other604 · 20.8%
  3. Independent519 · 17.9%
  4. Captive finance346 · 11.9%

Busiest cities

New filings in October 2026

  1. Milwaukee206 · 7.1%
  2. Madison83 · 2.9%
  3. Appleton63 · 2.2%
  4. Green Bay59 · 2.0%
  5. Brookfield42 · 1.4%
  6. Oshkosh36 · 1.2%
  7. Chippewa Falls34 · 1.2%
  8. Fond Du Lac32 · 1.1%
  9. Janesville31 · 1.1%
  10. Eau Claire28 · 1.0%

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