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United Rentals acquisitions, on the record

The businesses United Rentals 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
Ahern Rentals, Inc.
Word for word“We completed the acquisition of Ahern Rentals, Inc. ("Ahern Rentals") in December 2022.” 10-K for 2023
acquisitionDecember 2022—
General Finance Corporation
Word for word“We completed the acquisition of General Finance in May 2021, and all of the assets in the Mobile Storage reporting unit were acquired in the General Finance acquisition.” 10-K for 2023
acquisitionMay 2021—
H&E Equipment Services, Inc. d/b/a H&E Rentals ("H&E")
Word for word“Pursuant to the H&E Merger Agreement, we expect to acquire H&E for $92 per share in cash, reflecting a total enterprise value of approximately $4.8 billion, including approximately $1.4 billion of net debt.” 10-K for 2024
agreed acquisition—$92 per share in cash, reflecting a total enterprise value of approximately $4.8 billion, including approximately $1.4 billion of net debt
Yak Access, LLC, Yak Mat, LLC and New South Access & Environmental Solutions, LLC (collectively, "Yak")
Word for word“As discussed in note 4 to the consolidated financial statements, in March 2024, we completed the acquisition of Yak Access, LLC, Yak Mat, LLC and New South Access & Environmental Solutions, LLC (collectively, "Yak"), which was a leading provider of surface protection mats.” 10-K for 2024
acquisitionMarch 2024—
Ahern Rentals, Inc. ("Ahern Rentals")
Word for word“We completed the acquisition of Ahern Rentals, Inc. ("Ahern Rentals") in December 2022.” 10-K for 2024
acquisitionDecember 2022—
H&E Equipment Services, Inc. d/b/a H&E Rentals
Word for word“In January 2025, we announced that we had signed a merger agreement to acquire H&E Equipment Services, Inc. d/b/a H&E Rentals (“H&E”).” 10-K for 2025
agreed acquisitionIn January 2025—
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
2016-12-31$28 million$9 million
2017-12-31$2.38 billion$805 million
2018-12-31$2.97 billion$999 million
2019-12-31$249 million$83 million
2020-12-31$2 million−$2 million
2021-12-31$1.44 billion$371 million
2022-12-31$2.34 billion$529 million
2023-12-31$574 million—
2024-12-31$1.66 billion—
2025-12-31$357 million—

Deal filings since 2016

Read from United Rentals’s annual reports (10-K for 2025, 10-K for 2024, 10-K for 2023) and the financial data it files with the SEC, as of 2026-01-28. 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.