Garic

What Garic does

Garic is a privately held UK company founded in 1988 and headquartered in Preston. It supplies, manufactures, sells, and hires plant, welfare, and servicing equipment, serving the construction and infrastructure end-market with a hybrid commercial model that combines asset sales with rental/hire contracts on the same product lines. The company is led by Colin Hotchkiss as Managing Director and Andrew Goody as Finance Director, both listed as directors.

The business operates across three interlocking revenue mechanics: outright sale of manufactured plant and welfare equipment, hire (rental) of that equipment to project-based customers, and ancillary servicing. The combination of in-house manufacturing with a hire fleet is structurally asset-heavy, requiring depot infrastructure, maintenance capability, and working capital to support a rolling rental book alongside inventory for sale. The firm's longevity — 37 years of continuous operation from a single Preston base — suggests a regionally entrenched position, though the available data does not confirm depot count, fleet size, or geographic spread beyond the UK.

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Name

Garic

Website

https://garic.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Short description

Garic, founded in 1988 and headquartered in Preston, UK, manufactures, sells, and hires plant, welfare, and servicing equipment to construction and infrastructure customers via a combined sale-and-rental model.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Construction Equipment Rental and Supply

NAICS

Construction, Mining, and Forestry Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing (532412)

SIC

Construction, Mining & Materials Handling Machinery & Equip (3530)

akta.pro primary industry

Construction & Industrial Equipment Rental/Leasing (Earthmoving, Material Handling, Aerial) (TLABAHAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Material Handling Equipment Rental/Leasing (Forklifts, Telehandlers, Reach Trucks) (TLABAFAF), Industrial Power & Energy Equipment Rental/Leasing (Generators, Light Towers, Compressors) (TLABAFAG)

Keywords

• Plant equipment hire
• Welfare facilities supply
• Construction equipment rental
• Site equipment sales
• Equipment manufacturing services

Headquarters

HQ city

Preston

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Core offering

Garic manufactures, sells, and hires plant, welfare, and servicing equipment. The company supplies physical equipment assets and supporting site welfare infrastructure to customers in the construction and industrial sectors, combining equipment ownership, rental, and on-site servicing under one offering.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Plant equipment
• Welfare equipment
• Servicing equipment

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves1 record

Direct peers

• Speedy Hire: UK-listed national tool and plant equipment hire company with a multi-branch network offering plant, welfare, and servicing equipment to construction and infrastructure customers — the closest large-scale direct comparison to Garic.
• Vp plc: UK-listed equipment rental specialist providing plant, tools, and welfare equipment to construction, infrastructure, and industrial markets, with a UK and Ireland branch network that competes directly for the same customer wallet as Garic.
• GAP Group: UK plant, tool, and welfare equipment hire company with a substantial branch network, offering directly comparable product categories (plant hire, welfare units, non-mechanical plant) to construction and infrastructure contractors.
• Hewden: UK plant hire specialist offering excavators, telehandlers, and site equipment to construction and infrastructure customers; a closer-size direct competitor to Garic in regional UK plant hire.
• A-Plant (Sunbelt): UK plant and equipment hire brand (part of Sunbelt Rentals) providing excavators, dumpers, telehandlers, and welfare units to construction contractors, directly overlapping Garic's product mix.

Broad incumbents

• HSS Hire (Sunbelt Rentals UK): UK tool and equipment rental incumbent owned by Sunbelt Rentals, providing plant and welfare equipment to a broad construction, facilities, and industrial customer base; broader product portfolio and deeper branch coverage than Garic.
• Boels Rental: Major pan-European equipment rental company with UK operations, offering construction plant, welfare, and power equipment to professional contractors; comparable in product scope, but operates at much larger scale.
• Sunbelt Rentals UK: UK arm of the largest North American equipment rental company, providing construction plant, welfare, and industrial equipment to infrastructure and commercial customers at a much larger fleet and branch scale than Garic.

Emerging players

• Mates Rates Hire: Smaller UK plant and tool hire operator targeting local contractors with competitive day rates; a comparable emerging regional hire business competing for similar SME construction customers in Garic's footprint.

Regional players

• Riwal: European aerial work platform and telehandler rental specialist with UK presence, addressing construction and industrial customers with overlapping product categories (aerial platforms, material handling equipment) to Garic.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/garicltd
• Facebookfacebook.com/garicltd

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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