Texas Crane Services

What Texas Crane Services does

Texas Crane Services is a privately held, family-owned crane rental and sales company founded in 1976 (originally as H & H Crane Service, Inc.) and headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It operates a mobile crane fleet ranging from 15 to 500 tons, including boom trucks, rough terrain cranes, all-terrain cranes, truck-mounted hydraulic cranes, and carry deck cranes sourced from Tadano, Manitex, Link-Belt, National, and Liebherr. The company maintains three offices — San Antonio (HQ), Austin, and Buda — and serves customers across Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, Houston, Corpus Christi, and the Rio Grande Valley.

The company sells three core service lines: fully manned crane rentals (equipment plus certified operators), bare crane rentals (equipment only), and crane sales (new and used units). Every operator in the manned fleet holds NCCO, MSHA, PEC Safeland, OSHA 10, and RailSafe certifications in addition to CPR and First Aid training, enabling deployment across regulated and safety-sensitive job sites. Services are delivered 24/7 on daily, weekly, or monthly terms; pricing is quote-based and not publicly disclosed.

Texas Crane Services targets enterprise and mid-market customers across energy services (wind, power transmission, municipal electric), oilfield services, road and heavy highway construction, commercial construction and maintenance, manufacturing/industrial plants, telecommunications tower work, railroad maintenance, and residential construction. Distribution is direct via a field sales motion anchored by phone and contact-form intake. The company's strategic posture has shifted since 2014, when a sales slump prompted an August 2016 sales-force overhaul and marketing reset that produced a 75% quarterly sales uplift; subsequent fleet additions (e.g., Link-Belt ATC 3210, Tadano ATF 130G-5) and ongoing geographic broadening signal continued reinvestment in the core rental business after the 2005 divestiture of its tower-crane operations.

Name

Texas Crane Services

Legal name

Texas Crane Services

Website

https://texascraneservices.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1976

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Texas Crane Services is a privately held, family-owned mobile crane rental and sales company founded in 1976, operating a 15- to 500-ton fleet from San Antonio, Austin, and Buda, Texas. It serves energy, oilfield, commercial construction, highway, industrial, telecom, railroad, and residential customers with certified manned and bare crane rentals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Crane Rental Services

NAICS

Construction, Transportation, Mining, and Forestry Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing (53241), Construction, Mining, and Forestry Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing (532412)

SIC

Services-Miscellaneous Equipment Rental & Leasing (7350), Construction, Mining & Materials Handling Machinery & Equip (3530), Wholesale-Construction & Mining (No Petro) Machinery & Equip (5082)

akta.pro primary industry

Cranes & Heavy Lifting Equipment Rental/Leasing (TLABAFAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Crane & Hoist Installation, Inspection & Maintenance Services (IMAHAJAM), Mobile & Crawler Cranes (IMAHAJAA), Cranes, Hoists & Rigging Equipment MRO (Mobile/Tower Cranes, Winches) (TLAKAHAE)

Keywords

• Crane rental services
• Heavy equipment leasing
• Mobile crane fleet
• Commercial construction lifting
• Operator-certified lifting

Headquarters

HQ city

San Antonio

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Crane Rental Services: Fully manned crane rentals and bare crane rentals available for daily, weekly, or monthly terms. This is the core revenue stream for the company.
2. Crane Sales: Sale of new and used cranes from their fleet to customers looking to purchase equipment outright.
3. Operator Services: Certified crane operators provided with manned crane rentals, including operators certified in NCCO, MSHA, PEC Safeland, OSHA 10, and RailSafe.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Texas Crane Services provides fully manned and bare mobile crane rentals on daily, weekly, or monthly terms using a fleet ranging from 15 to 500 tons, supported by 24/7 dispatch. The company also sells new and used cranes from its fleet and provides certified operators holding NCCO, MSHA, PEC Safeland, OSHA 10, and RailSafe credentials to construction, energy, oilfield, infrastructure, industrial, telecommunications, railroad, and residential customers across Texas.

Product overview

Texas Crane Services operates as a crane rental and sales company with a fleet of mobile cranes ranging from 15 ton to 500 tons capacity. The company offers three main service models: fully manned crane rentals (with certified operators), bare crane rentals, and crane sales. The product portfolio includes specific crane models from major manufacturers: National NBT50 and Manitex TC400 (truck-mounted hydraulic cranes), Link-Belt RTC 8050 II and RTC 8065 II (rough terrain cranes), Link-Belt HTC 86100 and HTC 86110 (truck cranes), Tadano ATF-100G-4 and ATF 130G-5 (all-terrain cranes), Link-Belt ATC 3210, and Liebherr LTM1200-5.1 and LTM1250-6.1 (large capacity all-terrain cranes). Services are available 24/7 for daily, weekly, or monthly rentals across Texas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Fully Manned Crane Rentals Crane rental service that includes a certified operator holding NCCO, MSHA, PEC Safeland, OSHA 10, and RailSafe certifications along with CPR and First Aid training. Available daily, weekly, or monthly for projects throughout Texas.
• Bare Crane Rentals Crane rental service that supplies equipment only without an operator, intended for customers who have their own certified crane operators. Available on daily, weekly, or monthly terms from the 15- to 500-ton fleet.
• Crane Sales Sale of new and used mobile cranes from the Texas Crane Services fleet to customers across Texas who want to purchase equipment outright rather than rent.

Named customers9 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Maxim Crane Works: National crane rental specialist with a large fleet of hydraulic and lattice-boom cranes across the U.S. Directly comparable to Texas Crane Services in fleet composition, customer mix (energy, construction, industrial), and rental business model.
• ALL Erection & Crane Rental: One of the largest pure-play crane rental operators in North America operating a fleet of mobile, all-terrain, and crawler cranes. Directly comparable pure-play crane rental business model with manned and bare rental offerings.
• Barnhart Crane & Rigging: Crane rental and heavy rigging company with a nationwide footprint. Overlaps with Texas Crane Services on industrial and energy customer work and offers similar manned crane rental services.
• Bigge Crane and Rigging: Crane rental and rigging specialist with a heavy-duty fleet including crawler and all-terrain cranes. Competes with Texas Crane Services on heavy lift and energy/infrastructure projects.

Broad incumbents

• United Rentals: Largest equipment rental company in North America with a substantial aerial and crane rental business. Competes directly with Texas Crane Services on mobile crane rentals across Texas while operating a much broader portfolio of general equipment.
• Manitowoc Company: Manufacturer of Grove and Manitowoc brand cranes (including the National NBT50 and Manitex TC400 in the Texas Crane Services fleet). A major OEM also adjacent to crane rental through owned rental operations.
• Sunbelt Rentals: Large national equipment rental provider with a dedicated crane and lifting solutions division. Overlaps with Texas Crane Services on mobile crane rentals and operator-provided services across Texas.

Others

• Liebherr: OEM of large-tonnage mobile cranes including the LTM1200-5.1 and LTM1250-6.1 units in Texas Crane Services' fleet. A foundational supplier rather than a competitor.
• Tadano: OEM of all-terrain and truck cranes including the ATF-100G-4 and ATF130G-5 models in the Texas Crane Services fleet. Not a direct competitor but a key supplier and value-chain participant.

Regional players

• Lampson International: Heavy-lift crane specialist serving primarily the western U.S. and select Texas energy projects. Comparable on heavy lift capacity but with a different geographic skew.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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