Sunbelt Rentals Acquires Seattle-Based R&R Rentals

Sunbelt Rentals announced this week that it has acquired the assets of R&R Rentals, a three-location equipment rental company located in the greater Seattle area.

Michael Roth

June 22, 2023

2 min read

Sunbelt Rentals announced this week that it has acquired the assets of R&R Rentals, a three-location equipment rental company located in the greater Seattle area.

“We weren’t for sale when this opportunity arose, but after careful consideration it was the best move for me, my family and for R&R,” said Troy Roper, owner of R&R Rentals. “We are very pleased to have sold to Sunbelt as it’s a good fit for our employees and customers alike.”

Troy and Kate Roper started in the rental industry by buying a small existing rental company, Bellevue Rentals, in 2002. R&R expanded into North Bend, Wash., in 2003 with the acquisition of Crystal Rentals. It opened its Renton, Wash., location in 2004 building it from the ground up.

“I’d like to thank Fred Hageman of Rental Business Advisors for his handling of the entire process and getting our deal done with Sunbelt,” said Roper. Fred Hageman of Rental Business Advisors represented R&R Rentals in the transaction.

Troy and Kate Roper recently formed R&R Group Idaho LLC, which then acquired the assets of A-1 Rental Inc., a two-location equipment rental company located in Rexburg and Idaho Falls, Idaho. Troy and the R&R Group Idaho LLC still own A-R Rental in Idaho.

For more on the history of R&R Rentals history, read: https://www.rermag.com/profiles/media-gallery/21119720/still-standing-in-seattle

About the Author

Michael Roth

Editor

Michael Roth has covered the equipment rental industry full time for RER since 1989 and has served as the magazine’s editor in chief since 1994. He has nearly 30 years experience as a professional journalist. Roth has visited hundreds of rental centers and industry manufacturers, written hundreds of feature stories for RER and thousands of news stories for the magazine and its electronic newsletter RER Reports. Roth has interviewed leading executives for most of the industry’s largest rental companies and manufacturers as well as hundreds of smaller independent companies. He has visited with and reported on rental companies and manufacturers in Europe, Central America and Asia as well as Mexico, Canada and the United States. Roth was co-founder of RER Reports, the industry’s first weekly newsletter, which began as a fax newsletter in 1996, and later became an online newsletter. Roth has spoken at conventions sponsored by the American Rental Association, Associated Equipment Distributors, California Rental Association and other industry events and has spoken before industry groups in several countries. He lives and works in Los Angeles when he’s not traveling to cover industry events.