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Size of the US Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing industry

NAICS 5321, Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing. Every figure on this page was published by a federal statistical agency and carries its source and period. Palanor does not estimate: a period the agency didn’t publish shows as missing, and a figure it withheld shows as withheld.

Key figures

Receipts (sales, shipments or revenue)
$90.8 billion
2022 · Economic Census
All establishments, current dollars
Revenue, not seasonally adjusted
$24.5 billion
2026-Q2 · Quarterly Services Survey
Employer firms, current dollars
Employment
208,692
2026-Q1 · Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Private-sector jobs in the third month of each quarter
Establishments
18,872
2026-Q1 · Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages
Private ownership
Firms
4,223
2022 · Economic Census
Annual payroll
$10.5 billion
2023 · County Business Patterns

Over time

Revenue, seasonally adjusted · Quarterly Services SurveyLatest $24.2 billion · 2026-Q2
2009-Q1: $10.5 billion2009-Q2: $10.6 billion2009-Q3: $10.5 billion2009-Q4: $10.6 billion2010-Q1: $10.3 billion2010-Q2: $10.5 billion2010-Q3: $10.8 billion2010-Q4: $10.9 billion2011-Q1: $11.2 billion2011-Q2: $11.3 billion2011-Q3: $11.8 billion2011-Q4: $11.5 billion2012-Q1: $11.8 billion2012-Q2: $11.9 billion2012-Q3: $12.1 billion2012-Q4: $12.6 billion2013-Q1: $12.6 billion2013-Q2: $12.5 billion2013-Q3: $12.5 billion2013-Q4: $13.1 billion2014-Q1: $13.2 billion2014-Q2: $13.5 billion2014-Q3: $13.6 billion2014-Q4: $13.8 billion2015-Q1: $14.3 billion2015-Q2: $14.3 billion2015-Q3: $14.4 billion2015-Q4: $14.4 billion2016-Q1: $14.7 billion2016-Q2: $15.3 billion2016-Q3: $15.5 billion2016-Q4: $15.4 billion2017-Q1: $15.5 billion2017-Q2: $15.6 billion2017-Q3: $15.9 billion2017-Q4: $16.2 billion2018-Q1: $16.6 billion2018-Q2: $16.5 billion2018-Q3: $17.3 billion2018-Q4: $17.7 billion2019-Q1: $17.7 billion2019-Q2: $18.0 billion2019-Q3: $18.5 billion2019-Q4: $18.8 billion2020-Q1: $18.4 billion2020-Q2: $11.5 billion2020-Q3: $16.8 billion2020-Q4: $16.7 billion2021-Q1: withheld (S)2021-Q2: $20.0 billion2021-Q3: $19.7 billion2021-Q4: $19.9 billion2022-Q1: $21.0 billion2022-Q2: $22.3 billion2022-Q3: $22.0 billion2022-Q4: $22.5 billion2023-Q1: $22.7 billion2023-Q2: $22.8 billion2023-Q3: $23.1 billion2023-Q4: $23.3 billion2024-Q1: $23.3 billion2024-Q2: $23.1 billion2024-Q3: $23.4 billion2024-Q4: $23.2 billion2025-Q1: $23.2 billion2025-Q2: $23.1 billion2025-Q3: $23.2 billion2025-Q4: $23.5 billion2026-Q1: $23.3 billion2026-Q2: $24.2 billion

Withheld by the agency: 2021-Q1. Gaps are left as gaps.

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PeriodValue
2026-Q2$24.2 billion
2026-Q1$23.3 billion
2025-Q4$23.5 billion
2025-Q3$23.2 billion
2025-Q2$23.1 billion
2025-Q1$23.2 billion
2024-Q4$23.2 billion
2024-Q3$23.4 billion
2024-Q2$23.1 billion
2024-Q1$23.3 billion
2023-Q4$23.3 billion
2023-Q3$23.1 billion
2023-Q2$22.8 billion
2023-Q1$22.7 billion
2022-Q4$22.5 billion
2022-Q3$22.0 billion
2022-Q2$22.3 billion
2022-Q1$21.0 billion
2021-Q4$19.9 billion
2021-Q3$19.7 billion
2021-Q2$20.0 billion
2021-Q1Withheld (S)
2020-Q4$16.7 billion
2020-Q3$16.8 billion
2020-Q2$11.5 billion
2020-Q1$18.4 billion
2019-Q4$18.8 billion
2019-Q3$18.5 billion
2019-Q2$18.0 billion
2019-Q1$17.7 billion
2018-Q4$17.7 billion
2018-Q3$17.3 billion
2018-Q2$16.5 billion
2018-Q1$16.6 billion
2017-Q4$16.2 billion
2017-Q3$15.9 billion
2017-Q2$15.6 billion
2017-Q1$15.5 billion
2016-Q4$15.4 billion
2016-Q3$15.5 billion
2016-Q2$15.3 billion
2016-Q1$14.7 billion
2015-Q4$14.4 billion
2015-Q3$14.4 billion
2015-Q2$14.3 billion
2015-Q1$14.3 billion
2014-Q4$13.8 billion
2014-Q3$13.6 billion
2014-Q2$13.5 billion
2014-Q1$13.2 billion
2013-Q4$13.1 billion
2013-Q3$12.5 billion
2013-Q2$12.5 billion
2013-Q1$12.6 billion
2012-Q4$12.6 billion
2012-Q3$12.1 billion
2012-Q2$11.9 billion
2012-Q1$11.8 billion
2011-Q4$11.5 billion
2011-Q3$11.8 billion
2011-Q2$11.3 billion
2011-Q1$11.2 billion
2010-Q4$10.9 billion
2010-Q3$10.8 billion
2010-Q2$10.5 billion
2010-Q1$10.3 billion
2009-Q4$10.6 billion
2009-Q3$10.5 billion
2009-Q2$10.6 billion
2009-Q1$10.5 billion

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Quarterly Services Survey · Employer firms, current dollars · Agency label: Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing

Employment · Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesLatest 208,692 · 2026-Q1
2019-Q1: 223,1172019-Q2: 230,8152019-Q3: 229,9392019-Q4: 229,1702020-Q1: 227,3022020-Q2: 167,8502020-Q3: 176,4472020-Q4: 178,7662021-Q1: 178,3912021-Q2: 182,6222021-Q3: 184,3702021-Q4: 190,6672022-Q1: 189,6802022-Q2: 201,1312022-Q3: 208,7722022-Q4: 208,2722023-Q1: 212,2532023-Q2: 219,3292023-Q3: 219,5042023-Q4: 215,8092024-Q1: 212,9942024-Q2: 217,7572024-Q3: 216,2152024-Q4: 212,1412025-Q1: 210,8082025-Q2: 215,4162025-Q3: 214,3802025-Q4: 209,2862026-Q1: 208,692NAICS 2022 from 2022-Q1
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PeriodValueNAICS
2026-Q1208,6922022
2025-Q4209,2862022
2025-Q3214,3802022
2025-Q2215,4162022
2025-Q1210,8082022
2024-Q4212,1412022
2024-Q3216,2152022
2024-Q2217,7572022
2024-Q1212,9942022
2023-Q4215,8092022
2023-Q3219,5042022
2023-Q2219,3292022
2023-Q1212,2532022
2022-Q4208,2722022
2022-Q3208,7722022
2022-Q2201,1312022
2022-Q1189,6802022
2021-Q4190,6672017
2021-Q3184,3702017
2021-Q2182,6222017
2021-Q1178,3912017
2020-Q4178,7662017
2020-Q3176,4472017
2020-Q2167,8502017
2020-Q1227,3022017
2019-Q4229,1702017
2019-Q3229,9392017
2019-Q2230,8152017
2019-Q1223,1172017

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · Private-sector jobs in the third month of each quarter

Employment · County Business PatternsLatest 175,524 · 2023
2017: 160,8112018: 172,7132019: 177,5982020: 175,8162021: 142,0902022: 166,1952023: 175,524
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PeriodValue
2023175,524
2022166,195
2021142,090
2020175,816
2019177,598
2018172,713
2017160,811

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns · Paid employees in the pay period including March 12

Establishments · Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesLatest 18,872 · 2026-Q1
2019-Q1: 16,9922019-Q2: 17,0062019-Q3: 17,0312019-Q4: 17,0892020-Q1: 17,1742020-Q2: 17,1752020-Q3: 17,1432020-Q4: 16,8722021-Q1: 16,6102021-Q2: 16,6452021-Q3: 16,6652021-Q4: 16,7392022-Q1: 16,5982022-Q2: 16,7992022-Q3: 17,1552022-Q4: 17,3322023-Q1: 17,6502023-Q2: 18,0592023-Q3: 18,1992023-Q4: 18,3512024-Q1: 18,3652024-Q2: 18,4482024-Q3: 18,3112024-Q4: 18,3842025-Q1: 18,2802025-Q2: 18,3442025-Q3: 18,5252025-Q4: 18,9412026-Q1: 18,872NAICS 2022 from 2022-Q1
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PeriodValueNAICS
2026-Q118,8722022
2025-Q418,9412022
2025-Q318,5252022
2025-Q218,3442022
2025-Q118,2802022
2024-Q418,3842022
2024-Q318,3112022
2024-Q218,4482022
2024-Q118,3652022
2023-Q418,3512022
2023-Q318,1992022
2023-Q218,0592022
2023-Q117,6502022
2022-Q417,3322022
2022-Q317,1552022
2022-Q216,7992022
2022-Q116,5982022
2021-Q416,7392017
2021-Q316,6652017
2021-Q216,6452017
2021-Q116,6102017
2020-Q416,8722017
2020-Q317,1432017
2020-Q217,1752017
2020-Q117,1742017
2019-Q417,0892017
2019-Q317,0312017
2019-Q217,0062017
2019-Q116,9922017

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · Private ownership

Establishments · County Business PatternsLatest 16,466 · 2023
2017: 16,3802018: 16,4862019: 16,2432020: 15,9812021: 15,6412022: 16,3962023: 16,466
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PeriodValue
202316,466
202216,396
202115,641
202015,981
201916,243
201816,486
201716,380

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns

Total wages in the quarter · Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesLatest $3.4 billion · 2026-Q1
2019-Q1: $2.7 billion2019-Q2: $2.6 billion2019-Q3: $2.7 billion2019-Q4: $2.7 billion2020-Q1: $2.8 billion2020-Q2: $2.1 billion2020-Q3: $2.2 billion2020-Q4: $2.5 billion2021-Q1: $2.4 billion2021-Q2: $2.4 billion2021-Q3: $2.6 billion2021-Q4: $2.8 billion2022-Q1: $2.9 billion2022-Q2: $2.8 billion2022-Q3: $3.1 billion2022-Q4: $3.3 billion2023-Q1: $3.5 billion2023-Q2: $3.1 billion2023-Q3: $3.2 billion2023-Q4: $3.2 billion2024-Q1: $3.4 billion2024-Q2: $3.2 billion2024-Q3: $3.2 billion2024-Q4: $3.3 billion2025-Q1: $3.4 billion2025-Q2: $3.2 billion2025-Q3: $3.3 billion2025-Q4: $3.3 billion2026-Q1: $3.4 billionNAICS 2022 from 2022-Q1
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PeriodValueNAICS
2026-Q1$3.4 billion2022
2025-Q4$3.3 billion2022
2025-Q3$3.3 billion2022
2025-Q2$3.2 billion2022
2025-Q1$3.4 billion2022
2024-Q4$3.3 billion2022
2024-Q3$3.2 billion2022
2024-Q2$3.2 billion2022
2024-Q1$3.4 billion2022
2023-Q4$3.2 billion2022
2023-Q3$3.2 billion2022
2023-Q2$3.1 billion2022
2023-Q1$3.5 billion2022
2022-Q4$3.3 billion2022
2022-Q3$3.1 billion2022
2022-Q2$2.8 billion2022
2022-Q1$2.9 billion2022
2021-Q4$2.8 billion2017
2021-Q3$2.6 billion2017
2021-Q2$2.4 billion2017
2021-Q1$2.4 billion2017
2020-Q4$2.5 billion2017
2020-Q3$2.2 billion2017
2020-Q2$2.1 billion2017
2020-Q1$2.8 billion2017
2019-Q4$2.7 billion2017
2019-Q3$2.7 billion2017
2019-Q2$2.6 billion2017
2019-Q1$2.7 billion2017

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · Private ownership

Annual payroll · County Business PatternsLatest $10.5 billion · 2023
2017: $7.0 billion2018: $7.9 billion2019: $8.3 billion2020: $7.3 billion2021: $7.6 billion2022: $9.5 billion2023: $10.5 billion
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PeriodValue
2023$10.5 billion
2022$9.5 billion
2021$7.6 billion
2020$7.3 billion
2019$8.3 billion
2018$7.9 billion
2017$7.0 billion

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns

The ledger

Every published measure

MeasureSourceLatestPeriodHistory
EmploymentPrivate-sector jobs in the third month of each quarterQuarterly Census of Employment and Wages208,6922026-Q12019-Q1–2026-Q1 · 29 published
EstablishmentsPrivate ownershipQuarterly Census of Employment and Wages18,8722026-Q12019-Q1–2026-Q1 · 29 published
Total wages in the quarterPrivate ownershipQuarterly Census of Employment and Wages$3.4 billion2026-Q12019-Q1–2026-Q1 · 29 published
Annual payrollCounty Business Patterns$10.5 billion20232017–2023 · 7 published
EmploymentPaid employees in the pay period including March 12County Business Patterns175,52420232017–2023 · 7 published
EstablishmentsCounty Business Patterns16,46620232017–2023 · 7 published
Annual payrollEconomic Census$9.6 billion20222017–2022 · 2 published
EmploymentPaid employees in the pay period including March 12Economic Census176,94520222017–2022 · 2 published
EstablishmentsEconomic Census16,51520222017–2022 · 2 published
FirmsEconomic Census4,22320222017–2022 · 2 published
Receipts (sales, shipments or revenue)All establishments, current dollarsEconomic Census$90.8 billion20222017–2022 · 2 published
Revenue, not seasonally adjustedEmployer firms, current dollarsQuarterly Services Survey$24.5 billion2026-Q22009-Q1–2026-Q2 · 69 published
Revenue, seasonally adjustedEmployer firms, current dollarsQuarterly Services Survey$24.2 billion2026-Q22009-Q1–2026-Q2 · 69 published

Breakdown

Industries within Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing

NAICSIndustrySizeEmployment
53211Passenger Car Rental and Leasing$53.5 billionReceipts · 2022 · Economic Census117,6212026-Q1 · QCEW
53212Truck, Utility Trailer, and RV (Recreational Vehicle) Rental and Leasing$37.3 billionReceipts · 2022 · Economic Census91,0712026-Q1 · QCEW

Sources

Where every number comes from

Figures are in current dollars and are the agencies’ own, revised when they revise. Each program defines its universe differently (employer firms, private ownership, all establishments), so figures from different sources are not meant to add up. This page is not endorsed by the Census Bureau, BEA or BLS. The same data is in the Palanor API (/v1/industries) and the MCP (palanor_get_industry). All industries.