About us

We rent a full range of construction and industrial equipment across a wide variety of applications to a diverse customer base.

Our equipment can be used to lift, power, generate, move, dig, compact, drill, support, scrub, pump, direct, heat and ventilate - whatever is required.

Ashtead at a glance

We create value through the short-term rental of equipment that is used for a wide variety of applications to a diverse customer base. 

Explore what we do, how we do it and how we manage the value creation cycle.

Ashtead's business model

Ashtead was founded in 1947, in the village of Ashtead, Surrey, as Ashtead Plant and Tool Hire. 

Explore some of the turning points in our history.

Ashtead's history