Go Figure

May 1, 2003
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

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