Top 20 Plant Hirers 2010
The Top 20 Plant Hirers league table ranks the UK's 20 biggest plant hirers by turnover and profit. The table is compiled every September.
| 2010 Rank by turnover | 2010 Rank by profit | Company | Latest turnover (£m) | Previous turnover (£m) | Latest pre-tax profit (£m) | Previous pre-tax profit (£m) | Latest margin (%) | Previous margin (%) | 2009 Rank by Turnover | 2009 Rank by Profit |
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1 | Aggreko | 1,024 | 947 | 244 | 190 | 23.8 | 20.1 | 2 | 1 |
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Ashtead | 838 | 1,124 | 4.8 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 1 | 2 |
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Speedy | 351 | 483 | -22.8 | -71.1 | -6.5 | -14.7 | 3 | 20 |
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Select | 235 | 266 | 24.1 | 29.7 | 10.3 | 11.2 | 4 | 3 |
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Lavendon | 227 | 260 | -48.0 | 22.5 | -21.1 | 8.7 | 5 | 5 |
| 6 | 14 | Harsco Infrastructure | 161 | 165 | -3.4 | 10.3 | -2.1 | 6.2 |
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HSS | 142 | 166 | 4.2 | 8.5 | 3.0 | 5.1 | 7 | 11 |
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Vp | 134 | 157 | 14.3 | 20.8 | 10.7 | 13.2 | 9 | 6 |
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Hydrex | 118 | 104 | -10.1 | -7.1 | -8.6 | -6.8 | 12 | 18 |
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17 | Hewden Stuart | 118 | 171 | -19.4 | -0.1 | -16.4 | -0.1 | 6 | 17 |
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Ainscough | 110 | 129 | 19.4 | 30.0 | 17.6 | 23.3 | 10 | 4 |
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Deborah Services | 88.3 | 106 | 2.9 | 8.8 | 3.3 | 8.3 | 11 | 9 |
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Brandon | 86.6 | 101 | -28.0 | 4.3 | -32.3 | 4.3 | 13 | 15 |
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Gap | 81.0 | 88.5 | 4.2 | 8.8 | 5.2 | 9.9 | 14 | 10 |
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Amey Fleet Services | 70.3 | 69.3 | 5.0 | 5.2 | 7.1 | 7.5 | 16 | 13 |
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Andrews Sykes | 54.4 | 67.4 | 13.4 | 15.4 | 24.6 | 22.8 | 15 | 7 |
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Selwood | 47.1 | 48.9 | 6.5 | 9.4 | 13.8 | 19.2 | 18 | 14 |
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HTC Plant | 37.5 | 39.2 | 5.4 | 2.7 | 14.4 | 6.9 | 19 | 16 |
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GE Capital Equipment | 36.6 | 46.2 | -8.3 | -8.0 | -22.7 | -17.3 | 20 | 19 |
| 20 | 13 | BAM Plant | 30.6 | 26.3 | 1.9 | 1.7 | 6.2 | 6.5 |
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Totals | 3,990 | 4,565 | 210 | 283 |
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All companies ranked according to their most recently filed accounts.