Equipment and Event Rental Industry Prepares for Recovery
Equipment and event rental revenue is expected to decline by 13 percent this year compared to 2019 but is forecasted to recover in 2021 according to the American Rental Association (ARA).
However, the latest forecast released by the association on Nov. 12 calls for modest overall growth in 2021, ticking up 0.3 percent to $48.9 billion, before accelerating recovery kicks in with growth of 9.2 percent in 2022, 6.8 percent in 2023 and 4.8 percent in 2024 to reach $59.7 billion.
Construction and industrial rental revenue also is forecast to finish 2020 with a significant hit in revenue, dropping 13.3 percent to $33.8 billion and a 3.3 percent decline is forecast for 2021 before double-digit growth of 11.2 percent comes in 2022.
The general tool segment weathered the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic the best and is expected to finish 2020 down 5.2 percent to $12.7 billion and is expected to top its 2019 revenue peak by 2022.
“The forecast shows us how hard the coronavirus pandemic hit the equipment and event rental industry. Hopefully 2021 will see us getting back some of the revenue losses we experienced in the equipment and general tool segments,” says John McClelland, ARA vice president for government affairs and chief economist. “However, the event segment continues to have a steep hill to climb and we will be working hard to bring more relief to that segment through government stimulus programs.”
Investment in equipment is significantly down in 2020, with a 43 percent decrease to $8.166 billion. Equipment spending is forecast to rebound by 17.4 percent in 2021 and by 46.3 percent in 2022 to surpass annual investment of $14 billion.
In Canada, total rental revenue for 2020 is expected to come in at nearly $4.7 billion, down 15.2 percent compared to last year, before growing 7.3 percent in 2021, 8.3 percent in 2022 and 6.8 percent in 2023 to $5.83 billion, exceeding the industry 2019 peak of $5.54 billion.
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