United Rentals layoffs, on the record
Every job cut, severance charge and restructuring United Rentals reported in its annual reports, 2023 to 2025, quoted from the filings.
Headcount, as reported
| Annual report | Employees | As of |
|---|---|---|
| 10-K for 2023 | 26,300 | — |
| 10-K for 2024 | 27,900 | — |
| 10-K for 2025 | approximately 8,200 of our employees are salaried and approximately 20,300 are hourly | — |
Job cuts, severance and restructuring
Our summaryInitiated a restructuring program following the closing of the Ahern Rentals acquisition, which closed in 2023 and involved branch closures and severance; the program was completed in Q4 2023.
Word for word“In the first quarter of 2023, we initiated a restructuring program following the closing of the Ahern Rentals acquisition discussed above (such program is the reason for the year-over-year restructuring charge increase for the year ended December 31, 2023).” 10-K for 2023
Our summaryThe company reports a restructuring charge that primarily reflects severance and branch closure charges tied to its restructuring programs, with the amounts mostly tied to a program started after the Ahern Rentals acquisition; no restructuring programs were open at year end.
Word for word“This primarily reflects severance and branch closure charges associated with our restructuring programs.” 10-K for 2024
Our summaryThe company states that it has no open restructuring programs as of year end.
Word for word“We currently have no open restructuring programs, and the total liability associated with our restructuring programs was $17 as of December 31, 2024.” 10-K for 2024
Our summaryThe company reports that since 2008 it has completed seven restructuring programs, with total restructuring charges of $383 million.
Word for word“Since the first such program was initiated in 2008, we have completed seven restructuring programs and have incurred total restructuring charges of $383.” 10-K for 2024
Our summaryThe company ran a restructuring program after acquiring Ahern Rentals, mainly severance and branch closure charges, and reported a small charge for 2025.
Word for word“The amounts above primarily reflect charges associated with the restructuring program initiated following the December 2022 acquisition of Ahern Rentals.” 10-K for 2025
Our summaryThe company reports that it has completed seven restructuring programs since the first in 2008, with cumulative restructuring charges.
Word for word“Since the first such program was initiated in 2008, we have completed seven restructuring programs and have incurred total restructuring charges of $384.” 10-K for 2025
| Fiscal year ended | Restructuring charges |
|---|---|
| 2016-12-31 | $14 million |
| 2017-12-31 | $50 million |
| 2018-12-31 | $31 million |
| 2019-12-31 | $18 million |
| 2020-12-31 | $17 million |
| 2021-12-31 | $2 million |
| 2022-12-31 | $0 |
| 2023-12-31 | $28 million |
| 2024-12-31 | $3 million |
| 2025-12-31 | $1 million |
United Rentals has filed no restructuring notice (Form 8-K, Item 2.05) since 2016. Companies file one only for a cut they judge material, so many announced layoffs never appear as one. This page shows what the company reported to the SEC, not news reports or state layoff notices.
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.