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Ashtead Group Public Limited Company is a British industrial equipment rental company based in London, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange as a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index,[4] but, as of December 2024, it is contemplating a US stock market listing.
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 Ashtead's base at King's House in London | |
| Formerly | Needroy Limited (1984–1986)[1] |
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| Company type | Public limited company |
| LSE: AHT FTSE 100 Component | |
| ISIN | GB0000536739 |
| Industry | Plant hire |
| Founded | 1947 |
| Headquarters | London, England, UK |
Key people |
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| Revenue |  £9,667.3 million (2023)[2] |
| £2,639.7 million (2023)[2] | |
| £1,617.7 million (2023)[2] | |
Number of employees | 20,032 (2024)[3] |
| Website | ashtead-group |
Ashtead was founded in 1947, in the village of Ashtead, Surrey, as Ashtead Plant and Tool Hire.[5] In 1986, it was first listed on the London Stock Exchange.[5]
In September 2018, Ashtead appointed Paul Walker as non-executive chairman of its board.[6][7]
In November 2018, it was announced that Geoff Drabble would retire as CEO after twelve years on 1 May 2019, and would be succeeded by Brendan Horgan, the Group Chief Operations Officer and chief executive of Sunbelt Rentals, Ashtead's North American business.[8]
In June 2022, Sunbelt Rentals, Ashtead's main operating subsidiary, was announced as an investor in lithium-ion battery developer Britishvolt.[9] After Britishvolt went into administration in January 2023, Ashtead later revealed it took a £35m hit from its collapse.[10]
In December 2024, Ashtead announced plans (to be discussed with shareholders) to move its primary stock market listing from London to the US. It said the US was a "natural long term listing venue" because the most of the group's profit came from North America, and its leadership, most of its 25,000 employees and its headquarters were all in the US.[11]
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The company operates internationally, servicing customers in Canada, the United States and the United Kingdom.[12] Approximately 85% of its revenue is generated in the United States through the subsidiary Sunbelt Rentals, currently present in over 1,000 locations across the United States and Canada.[12]
The company's non-executive directors are Paul Walker, Angus Cockburn, Jill Easterbrook, Tanya Fratto, Reneta Ribeiro, Lucinda Riches and Lindsley Ruth.[7]
British operations
Sunbelt Rentals, formerly known as A-Plant, is present in over 185 locations throughout the United Kingdom, and has the following divisions:[12]
- A-Plant, Plant
- A-Plant, Accommodation
- Astra Site Services, Excavator Attachments
- Brightlights
- FLG Services, Lifting and Handling Specialists
- Hoist-It LTD
- GB Access
- Hewden Industrial, equipment hire to the petrochemical industry
- Leada Acrow
- Live Trakway
- Mather+Stuart Power Solutions
- PSS Hire
- Rapid Climate Control
- Tool Hire Express
- A-Plant, Powered Access
- A-Plant Customer Training Solutions
- A-Plant, Rail
- A-Plant, Lux Traffic Systems
- Opti-cal Survey Equipment (Survey Hire Express)
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