2023 North American Air Compressor Rental Market

2023 North American Air Compressor Rental Market


This study focuses on the North American air compressor rental market with geographical coverage of Canada and the United States of America. For purposes of this research, compressed air rental includes both oil-free, oil-flooded, and instrument quality (IQ) units.

This report provides an overview of the air compressor rental market in North America (United States and Canada) and has focused on oil-free diesel, oil-flooded diesel, oil-flooded electric and oil-free electric air compressors. The report is further segmented by class 1 vs class 0, horsepower (HP) range and pressure (psig) range. The report captures the growth drivers, restraints, market trends, technology market landscape, and supplier landscape.

The focal point of the analysis remains rental compressors in North America only and does include any other rental equipment products. The total revenue provided in the study is solely the revenue generated from the rental business and does not include any peripheral costs or supplementary materials costs. The scope of this study does not include sales or refurbishment of this equipment. This study only focuses on equipment rented out to customers for use. The scope of the study encompasses the United States and Canada. The base year for the study is 2022 with forecasts to 2029.

This report captures the following information about the North America Rental Air Compressor Equipment Market:

Market Size, Growth Rate, Revenue Forecast (2022-2029)
Growth Drivers & Restraints
Market Challenges
Market Trends
Technology Trends
Market Landscape
Competitive Landscape
Market Share by Revenue for Competitor, Equipment Type, End-user for both oil-free and oil-flooded air compressor equipment
Strategic Recommendations
Quotes by Key Industry Participants
End-User Categories:

Petrochemical & Refining - Air compressors are used throughout the hydrocarbon and chemical processing industries in places such as refineries, gas plants, petrochemicals, chemicals, and synthetics.

Pipeline – Refers to pipeline, sewer, and underground utility contractors. Compressors are necessary for continued function and maintenance of the expansive network of subsurface pipeline systems that extend across the nation.

Painting & Sandblasting – Air compressors utilized for painting and sandblasting operations.

Mining – The end-user utilizes heat for both process and comfort purposes, extracting ore, coal and/or minerals from the ground.

Construction – Refers to any application involved with the construction, alteration and repair of buildings, structures, and other real property. This category is addressed by oil-injected air compressors.

General Manufacturing – Refers to any manufacturing operation of component or finished good where an air compressor is temporarily used.

Pharmaceutical – Refers to the manufacturing of drugs and other pharmaceutical products.

Food & Beverage – Refers to air compressors temporarily used for the manufacturing of food and beverage products.

Companies Featured:

Major market participants include: Atlas Copco, Aggreko, the Caterpillar dealership network, United Rentals, Sunbelt Rentals, Herc Rentals, among many others. Some of the smaller regional players include Roger Machinery, Ingersoll Rand, and CAT Compressed Air Technologies.


I Research Scope, Methodology
II Segmentation by type of equipment, end user and application
III Executive Summary
a Revenues by end user
b Major Data Points
c North American Air Compressor Revenues, 2022 & 2029
d Major trends
e Market drivers
f Market restraints
g Main market participants
IV Market Drivers
V Market Restraints
VI Market Trends
a Re- rental
b Increasing Rental Prices
c Reduce Energy Consumption and Sustainability
d Smart Compressors
e New Product Development
VII Market data
a North American Air Compressor revenues (2022-2029)
b Oil-Free Air Compressor revenues (2022-2029)
c Oil-Flooded Air Compressor revenues (2022-2029)
d North American Air Compressor Rental Market Revenues by Equipment Class (Oil-flooded, Oil-free, Instrument Quality)
e North American Oil-Free Air Compressor Rental Market Revenues by Fuel (Diesel, Electric)
f North American Oil-Flooded Air Compressor Rental Market Revenues by Fuel (Diesel, Electric)
g North American Oil-Free Air Compressor Rental Market Revenues by Pressure (>50 psi, 50-150 psi, 150-350 psi, <350 psi)
h North American Oil-Flooded Air Compressor Rental Market Revenues by Pressure (>50 psi, 50-150 psi, 150-350 psi, <350 psi)
i North American Oil-Free Air Compressor Rental Market Revenues by Output (50-100 HP, 100-200 HP, 200-400 HP, 400+ HP)
j North American Oil-Flooded Air Compressor Rental Market Revenues by Output (50-100 HP, 100-200 HP, 200-400 HP, 400+ HP)
k North American Oil-Free Air Compressor Rental Market Revenues by End User, 2022 (Petrochemical & Refining, General Manufacturing,
Food & Beverages, Pharmaceutical, Others)
l North American Oil-Free Air Compressor Rental Market Revenues by End User, 2022 (Construction, Painting and Sandblasting,
General Manufacturing, Petrochemical & Refining, Others)
VIII Competitive Landscape
a North American Oil-Free Air Compressor Rental Market Share by Company, 2022
b North American Oil-Flooded Air Compressor Rental Market Share by Company, 2022
c Competitive factors
d Quotes from the industry
IX Company Profiles
a United Rentals, Inc
b Sunbelt Rentals, Inc
c Caterpillar, Inc
d Atlas Copco USA Holdings Inc
e Aggreko plc
X About Verify Markets

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