Four charts that show why rental firms are reining in spending

Lewis Tyler Editor, Demolition & Recycling International

20 June 2025

New figures from the IRN100 show that rental firms around the world reduced their annual equipment budgets in 2024 by a total of 11% compared with the previous year. Lewis Tyler looks at four graphs which demonstrate what is happening. 

Construction equipment rental companies around the world reined in their spending by more than a tenth last year as a slowing global economy and political uncertainty encouraged caution.

According to the International Rental News IRN100 annual survey of the world’s biggest construction equipment rental firms, the amount of money…

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