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H&E Equipment Services acquisitions, on the record

The businesses H&E Equipment Services bought and sold, as its annual reports describe them, with the cash it reported paying for acquisitions each year and every deal filing since 2016.

Deals its annual reports describe

BusinessDealWhenValue
Komatsu distribution rights in Louisiana
Word for word“On December 15, 2022, we sold our Komatsu distribution rights in Louisiana to Waukesha-Pearce Industries, LLC.” 10-K for 2022
agreed divestitureOn December 15, 2022—
Little Rock, Arkansas and Springdale, Arkansas owned-branches
Word for word“On September 17, 2021, we sold our Little Rock, Arkansas and Springdale, Arkansas owned-branches to Bramco, Inc. and relinquished our related territory distribution rights with equipment manufacturers Komatsu, Wirtgen Group and Takeuchi.” 10-K for 2022
divestitureOn September 17, 2021—
crane business
Word for word“Effective October 1, 2021, we sold our crane business to a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Manitowoc Company, Inc.” 10-K for 2022
divestitureEffective October 1, 2021—
One Source Equipment Rentals, Inc. ("OSR")
Word for word“Effective October 1, 2022, we completed the acquisition of One Source Equipment Rentals, Inc. ("OSR"), a privately-held equipment rentals company with 10 branch locations primarily in the Midwest.” 10-K for 2022
acquisitionEffective October 1, 2022—
Contractors Equipment Center, LLC
Word for word“Effective January 1, 2018, we completed the acquisition of Contractors Equipment Center, LLC.” 10-K for 2022
acquisitionEffective January 1, 2018—
Rental Inc.
Word for word“Effective April 1, 2018, we completed the acquisition of Rental Inc.” 10-K for 2022
acquisitionEffective April 1, 2018—
Cobra Equipment Rentals, LLC, dba We-Rent-It
Word for word“Effective February 1, 2019, we completed the acquisition of Cobra Equipment Rentals, LLC, dba We-Rent-It.” 10-K for 2022
acquisitionEffective February 1, 2019—
earthmoving distributorship business
Word for word“This increase is primarily due to the Company's sale of our earthmoving distributorship business during the fourth quarter of 2022.” 10-K for 2022
divestitureduring the fourth quarter of 2022—
Komatsu distribution rights in Louisiana to Waukesha-Pearce Industries, LLC
Word for word“On December 15, 2022, we sold our Komatsu distribution rights in Louisiana to Waukesha-Pearce Industries, LLC.” 10-K for 2023
divestitureOn December 15, 2022—
Little Rock, Arkansas and Springdale, Arkansas owned-branches to Bramco, Inc.
Word for word“On September 17, 2021, we sold our Little Rock, Arkansas and Springdale, Arkansas owned-branches to Bramco, Inc. and relinquished our related territory distribution rights with equipment manufacturers Komatsu, Wirtgen Group and Takeuchi.” 10-K for 2023
divestitureOn September 17, 2021—
crane business to a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Manitowoc Company, Inc.
Word for word“Effective October 1, 2021, we sold our crane business to a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Manitowoc Company, Inc.” 10-K for 2023
divestitureEffective October 1, 2021—
Giffin Equipment Rentals
Word for word“The acquisition of Giffin totaled approximately $31.3 million; see additional information on the acquisition in Note 3 to our Consolidated Financial Statements.” 10-K for 2023
acquisition—approximately $31.3 million
One Source Equipment Rentals, Inc.
Word for word“Effective October 1, 2022, the Company completed the acquisition of One Source Equipment Rentals, Inc. (“OSR”), a privately-held equipment rentals company with 10 branch locations primarily in the Midwest.” 10-K for 2024
acquisitionEffective October 1, 2022—
Giffin Equipment
Word for word“Effective November 1, 2023, the Company completed the acquisition of Giffin Equipment (“Giffin”), a privately-held equipment rentals company with three branch locations in California.” 10-K for 2024
acquisitionEffective November 1, 2023—
As filedReported in the company's financial data (XBRL), each linked to its filing
Fiscal year endedCash paid for acquisitions (net of cash acquired)Goodwill from acquisitions
2018-12-31$196 million—
2019-12-31$106.7 million—
2022-12-31$135.7 million$39.6 million
2023-12-31$31.3 million$29,000
2024-12-31$157.8 million$17.5 million

Deal filings since 2016

Read from H&E Equipment Services’s annual reports (10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023, 10-K for 2022) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2025-02-21. Every quotation is word for word from the filing linked beside it; how these pages are built and checked. The full record is in its company data sheet.