UK equipment rental operator across plant, tools, lifting, and specialized services
GAP Group is the UK's largest independent equipment rental company, operating nearly 200 locations with ~2,000 employees across ten service divisions. The hiring velocity is accelerating—105 roles posted in the last 30 days—with ops and sales leading, followed by a notably large engineering team (41 roles), signaling investment in equipment delivery, maintenance diagnostics, and installation capabilities beyond traditional rental dispatch. Pain points center on inventory optimization, compliance tracking, and revenue scaling across both new and existing customer accounts.
GAP Group rents equipment to construction, utilities, civil engineering, and events sectors. The business spans ten divisions: Plant Hire, Tool Hire, Lifting & TIC, Non-Mechanical, Trenching & Shoring, Survey & Safety Hire, Pump Services, Welfare Services, Tanker Services, and Event Services. A key differentiator is in-house Test, Inspect and Certify (TIC) services for lifting equipment compliance, and GAP One, a managed-services team handling bespoke customer solutions. Founded in 1969 and still family-owned, the company operates from Glasgow with UK and Canadian hiring footprints. Current project focus includes water treatment installations for major accounts, planned maintenance programs, and expanding welfare and survey hire revenues.
GAP operates ten rental divisions—Plant, Tool, Lifting, Pump, Tanker, Welfare, Survey, Trenching, Non-Mechanical, and Event—serving construction, utilities, and civil engineering. They also provide Test, Inspect and Certify services and managed services through GAP One.
GAP operates almost 200 locations throughout the UK, employing more than 2,000 people, with active hiring in both the UK and Canada.
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