A Sunbelt Rentals ad at the Charlotte Knights minor league baseball game.
Sunbelt Rentals is investing $8 million to expand its headquarters in Fort Mill, S.C., according to local press reports. The company employs more than 200 people at its headquarters. South Carolina governor Nikki Haley called Sunbelt’s investment in the area a “huge win” for South Carolina.
Sunbelt CEO Brendan Horgan said in a statement that the company is “thrilled” to continue to invest in York County and the state of South Carolina. “We very much appreciate all the support we have received,” Horgan said.
Sunbelt Rentals, No. 2 on the RER 100, has about 550 locations in North America.
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.
