15
The number of RER 100 companies with more than $20 million in rental volume in 1992. ^a.

52
The number of RER 100 companies with more than $20 million in rental volume in 2002. ^b.

2
The number of RER 100 companies with more than $100 million in rental volume in 1992. ^a.

12
The number of RER 100 companies with more than $100 million in rental volume in 2002. ^b.

726
Total number of branches of RER 100 companies in 1992, excluding trailer rental network U-Haul. ^a.

750
Total number of United Rentals branches in 2002. ^b.

4,135
Total number of branches of RER 100 in 2002. ^b.

2
Percentage increase since 1997 of people that use short-term rental. ^c.

46
Percentage of contractors who increased the size of their fleets in 1997. ^c.

22
Percentage of contractors who increased the size of their fleets in 2001. ^c.

41
Percentage, on average, of equipment rented with an option to buy. ^c.

44
Percentage of equipment rented with a purchase option that is actually purchased. ^c.

167,000
Number of manufacturing jobs lost in California alone since July 2000. ^d.

8.3
Percentage increase in the number of new housing starts in March 2003. ^e.

a. May 1993 RER

b. May 2003 RER

c. Construction Equipment magazine's Buy/Rent/Lease Study, 2002

d. National Association of Manufacturers and Bureau of Labor Statistics

e. Commerce Department