What BALTIC LEASING does

BALTIC LEASING (АО «Балтийский лизинг») is a Russian joint-stock leasing company headquartered in Saint Petersburg, founded in 1990 and operating under the first leasing license (No. 0001) issued by the Ministry of Economy of the Russian Federation on September 2, 1996. The company provides financial and operational leasing for Russian legal entities and individual entrepreneurs (ИП) across a broad catalog of asset categories: light and commercial vehicles, trucks and cargo transport, buses, agricultural machinery, special equipment, trailers and semi-trailers, industrial equipment, railway wagons, motorcycles, and small watercraft, plus real estate. Distribution is direct and sales-led, delivered through a corporate website (en.baltlease.ru), iOS and Android mobile applications, a self-serve client portal (личный кабинет), toll-free 8-800 and St. Petersburg phone lines, and social channels on VKontakte and Telegram. An online leasing calculator supports pre-quote estimation, while a dedicated secondary-market platform monetizes used assets returned from completed leases.

The business model is a balance-sheet leasing operation: Baltic Leasing purchases the underlying asset and rents it to clients over multi-year contracts, generating recurring lease payments, interest margin, and fees, plus one-time revenue from secondary-market resale of returned assets. The company employs 101-250 staff, operates exclusively in the Russian domestic market, and reports no disclosed revenue, no external funding rounds, no parent company, and no disclosed shareholders. There is no evidence of proprietary AI/ML, APIs, or third-party platform integrations; the technology stack consists of standard web and mobile channels plus the client portal. The company's stated competitive position rests on first-mover brand recognition, regulatory license, broad asset-category coverage, and nationwide digital reach from a single-city headquarters.

Name

BALTIC LEASING

Legal name

АО «Балтийский лизинг»

Website

https://en.baltlease.ru

Company type

Private

Founded year

1990

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

BALTIC LEASING (АО «Балтийский лизинг») is a Saint Petersburg-based Russian leasing company founded in 1990 that provides financial and operational leasing of vehicles, equipment, agricultural machinery, railway wagons, vessels, and real estate to legal entities and individual entrepreneurs (ИП) across Russia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Commercial Vehicle & Equipment Leasing

NAICS

Automotive Equipment Rental and Leasing (5321), Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing (5324), Passenger Car Leasing (532112), Construction, Transportation, Mining, and Forestry Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing (53241)

SIC

Services-Auto Rental & Leasing (No Drivers) (7510), Finance Lessors (6172), Services-Miscellaneous Equipment Rental & Leasing (7350)

akta.pro primary industry

Auto & Vehicle Leasing (Personal Use) (FSAKANAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Specialty Vehicle Leasing/Rental (Refrigerated, Tanker, Flatbed, Utility/Service Bodies) (TLABAHAE), Equipment & Tool Leasing (Consumer) (FSAKANAF), Premium & Luxury Vehicle Leasing (TLABAAAF)

Keywords

• Vehicle leasing services
• Equipment leasing
• Commercial vehicle financing
• Agricultural machinery leasing
• Asset financing

Headquarters

HQ city

Saint Petersburg

HQ country

Russia

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Supply Chain, Operations, Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Equipment and Vehicle Leasing: The company generates revenue through leasing arrangements for equipment, vehicles, and machinery. This includes light vehicles, commercial vehicles, trucks, special equipment, agricultural machinery, buses, trailers, railway cars, motorcycles, vessels, and real estate. Leasing is the core business model where the company purchases assets and rents them to clients over fixed terms.
2. Secondary Market Sales: Baltic Leasing sells used equipment and vehicles (техника с пробегом) through dedicated secondary market catalogs, including used light vehicles, commercial vehicles, equipment, special equipment, passenger transport, cargo vehicles, trailers, and agricultural machinery.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

BALTIC LEASING provides financial and operational leasing services for Russian legal entities and individual entrepreneurs. The company purchases assets on its own balance sheet and leases them to clients across multiple categories including light vehicles, commercial vehicles, trucks, special equipment, agricultural machinery, buses, trailers, railway wagons, motorcycles, and small vessels. It also sells previously leased equipment and vehicles on the secondary market and offers real estate leasing.

Product overview

BALTIC LEASING is a Russian leasing company offering financial and operational leasing services for legal entities and individual entrepreneurs. The company's product portfolio consists of a core leasing services platform complemented by multiple asset category catalogs including light vehicles, commercial vehicles, cargo transport, buses, agricultural equipment, special vehicles, trailers/semi-trailers, railway wagons, motorcycles, and small vessels. Additional offerings include a lease payment calculator tool and mobile applications for iOS and Android. The company also sells second-hand equipment previously returned from leases across all equipment categories.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Vehicle and Equipment Leasing Services Core leasing services for Russian legal entities and individual entrepreneurs covering light vehicles, commercial vehicles, trucks, special equipment, agricultural machinery, buses, trailers, semi-trailers, railway wagons, motorcycles, and small vessels under financial or operational leasing arrangements.
• Real Estate Leasing Leasing services for commercial real estate, offered to Russian legal entities as part of the company's broader leasing portfolio.
• Second-hand Vehicle and Equipment Sales Sale of pre-owned vehicles and equipment previously returned from leases, including used cars, commercial vehicles, buses, cargo transport, agricultural equipment, special equipment, and trailers, available through dedicated secondary market catalogs.

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• LeasePlan: Global fleet-leasing and mobility company offering multi-asset vehicle leasing and fleet management to corporate clients. Useful international benchmark for fleet-leasing operating model, though it does not compete in the Russian SME segment where Baltic Leasing operates.
• ALD Automotive / Ayvens: One of the world's largest vehicle-leasing and fleet-management players (now Ayvens after Société Générale merger). Provides international benchmarking on full-service leasing and residual-value management relevant to Baltic Leasing's secondary-market business.

Direct peers

• Europlan (Европлан): One of Russia's largest independent auto-focused lessors, serving corporate and SME clients with passenger vehicles, commercial vehicles and equipment. Closest direct competitor to Baltic Leasing on the corporate auto-finance side of the book.
• Gazprombank Leasing (Газпромбанк Лизинг): Captive leasing arm of Gazprombank, particularly strong in railway rolling stock, special equipment and corporate asset financing. Overlaps with Baltic Leasing's railway-wagon and special-vehicle product lines, with a deeper industrial-customer base.
• CARCADE Leasing: Russian auto-focused lessor serving SMEs and individual entrepreneurs with passenger and light commercial vehicles. Directly comparable to Baltic Leasing's vehicle catalogue and ИП/SME customer segment.
• Alfa-Leasing (Альфа-Лизинг): Affiliated with Alfa-Bank and one of the top-10 Russian lessors, offering vehicles, equipment, special machinery and real estate leasing. Comparable to Baltic Leasing across asset classes and corporate/SME customer base.
• Sberbank Leasing (Сбербанк Лизинг): Subsidiary of Sberbank and the largest leasing company in Russia by portfolio, offering financing across virtually every asset class Baltic Leasing covers (vehicles, equipment, railway, real estate). Directly comparable on product breadth, customer segment (corporates and SMEs), and financial-lease model.
• VTB Leasing (ВТБ Лизинг): VTB Group's leasing arm, one of the top-3 Russian lessors with broad vehicle, equipment and railway-wagon coverage. Comparable to Baltic Leasing on multi-asset catalogue and B2B customer base, but with a structural funding-cost advantage as a bank affiliate.
• Element Leasing (Элемент Лизинг): Mid-tier Russian lessor offering vehicle, equipment and special-machinery financing to corporate clients. Comparable scale and product mix to Baltic Leasing, often appearing in adjacent ranks in industry league tables.
• RESO-Leasing (РЕСО-Лизинг): Russian multi-asset lessor with a broad vehicle and equipment catalogue serving corporate and SME clients. Directly comparable on product breadth and target segments, often cited alongside Baltic Leasing in mid-tier Russian leasing rankings.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/baltlease

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

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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