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Ranked by: Number of Employees Local
| Company Name | Number of Employees Local | Number of Employees Companywide | Specialty(s) | Executives and Titles | Year Established |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hawthorne Machinery Co. | 600 | 800 | Tractors, loaders, hydraulic excavators, backhoes, skid steer loaders | Tom Hawthorne, Founder/Chairman | 1956 |
| HSS Hire | 250 | 2,300 | n/a | Chris Davies, CEO | 1957 |
| Arise Waco Scaffolding & Equipment | 85 | 600 | Scaffold contracting and high reach equipment, rental and sales. | Marty Coughlin, President | 1945 |
| B & B Heavy Equipment Rental | 80 | 80 | Caterpillar construction rental. | Robert A. Wheelington, President | 1978 |
| United Rentals Aerial Equipment | 80 | 14,800 | Aerial and material-handling equipment. | Michael Kneeland, CEO, MArtin Welch, Executive VP/CFO | 1997 |
| Atlas Construction Supply Inc. | 75 | 115 | Concrete forming and shoring systems, concrete accessories and repair materials. | James E. Wright, CFO | 1981 |
| Safway Services Inc. | 60 | 4,000 | n/a | Mark Wilson, President/CEO | 1936 |
| El Camino Rental | 45 | 45 | Scissor lifts, forklifts, RediMix concrete, tractors, Bobcats, trucks, air compressors, trenchers, saws, etc. | Bill Miholich, President | 1975 |
| Red Mountain Machinery Co. | 40 | 100 | Heavy equipment rental & sales, maintainer service & lubrication vehicles, and recently introduced technical training for heavy equipment maintenance. | Owen Cowing, President/CEO | 1986 |
| Pacific Beach Rentals | 32 | 32 | Walk-behind powered equipment rentals, sales and service. | Sam Kleinman, President | 1986 |
| Clairemont Equipment | 30 | 158 | Rentals, sales and service. | Ron Zagami, President | 1970 |
| One Stop Equipment | 25 | 25 | n/a | John Souza, CEO, Carolyn Souza, CFO, Allan Perry, VP/General Manager, Jack Aven, Branch Manager, (Ramona), Kennedy Isaacs, Branch Manager (Poway) | 1983 |
| RDO Equipment Co. | 25 | 3,000 | Construction equipment dealership. | Ron Offutt, CEO, Gary Young, General Manager | 1968 |
| D3 Equipment | 24 | 41 | Full line of Case Construction Equipment, Zieman trailers | Chris DeNardi, President | 2001 |
| Coast Equipment Rentals | 20 | 20 | Contractor equipment rental, industrial/homeowner. | Sal De Maria, President | 1982 |
| John Smith Earthworks, Inc. | 15 | 15 | Custom home site work, roll off (rubbish, concrete and dirt) service. | John F. Smith, President | 1975 |
| Eagle High Reach Equipment | 10 | 115 | n/a | John Benjamin, President | 1990 |
| Gorilla Equipment Rentals | 8 | 8 | n/a | Jim Dennison, CEO | 1985 |
| Aztec Rentals Inc. | 5 | 5 | Tool and equipment rentals. | R. Rotter, President | 1977 |
| Bejac Corporation | 3 | 80 | n/a | Ron Barlet, President, Kim Grime, VP/CFO | 1953 |
| Construction Machinery Inc. | not updated | 10 | Heavy and light equipment sales, leasing, rental pads and servicing | Robert Gerondale, V.P. So. California | 1983 |
| Hawthorne Rent-It Service | not updated | 5 | n/a | Paul Hawthorne, President | 1976 |
| Hertz Equipment Rental | n/a | n/a | Rental of full-line, construction/industrial equipment. | n/a | 1965 |
| Lakeside Equipment Sales & Rentals Inc. | not updated | n/a | n/a | n/a | n/a |
| National Construction Rentals | n/a | 800 | Power, fence, sanitation, storage containers, portable restrooms, power poles. | n/a | 1962 |
| Nations Rent West | n/a | 2,600 | Medium to light equipment. | Mark Stewart, Service Manager | 1996 |
| Pacific Coast Machinery Inc. | not updated | 25 | Heavy construction equipment. | Bud Sims, President; Mark Cook, Branch Operations Manager | 1999 |
| Poplar Equipment Rental | not updated | 6 | n/a | n/a | 1985 |
| Rebel Rents | not updated | n/a | Commercial, Industrial, and Residential | Jack Aven | 1978 |
| Rentx Equipment Rental | not updated | 4 | n/a | n/a | 1991 |
| Sunstate Equipment Co. | not updated | n/a | n/a | Mike Watts, Owner | 1977 |
| United Rentals Inc. | not updated | 23 | Equipment rentals and sales. | Brad Jacobs, CEO | 1972 |