What we learned from EquipmentShare’s IPO filing

Murray Pollok Managing Editor, IRN & Director of Content, KHL

17 December 2025

On 9 December EquipmentShare made a filing for an initial public offering (IPO) on the Nasdaq exchange. The IPO is expected to take place as early as January 2026, although a date has not yet been set. The 2,338 page IPO filing provides, for the first time, a lot of detail on the EquipmentShare business. Here are some of the things we learned.

Who will control the company after the IPO?

Brothers and co-founders Jabbok and Willy Schlacks, who created the business in 2025, will hold ‘B’ shares and form a voting group that will create a ‘controlled company’, meaning that they will still be at the helm of the business after the…

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