Equipment-as-a-Service

The equipment-as-a-service (EaaS) sector coverage team operates within Houlihan Lokey’s Business Services Group, which has earned a reputation for providing superior service and achieving outstanding results in M&A advisory, capital-raising, restructuring, and financial and valuation advisory services.

Houlihan Lokey has assembled one of the most experienced senior teams of EaaS sector coverage bankers, with the deepest relationships and broadest level of expertise around the world. The team operates globally, with dedicated bankers based in the U.S. and Europe. Clients include companies that utilize a core asset base or fleet of equipment, coupled with the delivery of value-enhancing services or provide a comprehensive solution, to satisfy their customers’ various application needs.

The EaaS sector team covers a wide range of business models, including traditional equipment rental, specialty equipment rental, route-based equipment services, transportation equipment leasing, vehicle fleet management, equipment dealerships, asset pooling services, infrastructure, and municipal equipment services. Our team’s clients operate across a broad set of end markets, including, commercial, construction, industrial, infrastructure, utility, logistics, consumer/retail, oil and gas, mining, education, healthcare, events and media, refinery/petrochemical, and hospitality.

Our clients run the gamut from early-stage businesses and midsized companies to large, publicly traded corporations. We understand that an industry driven by innovation and change requires the sophistication of an advisor who can think ahead of the market and utilize solid industry relationships to help advance your vision. We optimize client outcomes by running executed, competitive processes, focusing on deep domain knowledge to position for synergy and scarcity value, and leveraging our world-class strategic and private equity access to bring the right senior decision-makers to the negotiation table.