Holt Cat to Construct 60,000 Square Foot Dealership Location in Georgetown, Texas

South Texas Caterpillar dealer Holt Cat is planning to build its largest dealership location in Georgetown, Texas, about 35 miles north of Austin.

Michael Roth

Feb. 8, 2017

Holt Cat officials prepare for ribbon cutting at its Edinburg Texas dealership facility — Holt Cat officials prepare for ribbon cutting at its Edinburg, Texas, dealership facility.

South Texas Caterpillar dealer Holt Cat is planning to build its largest dealership location in Georgetown, Texas, about 35 miles north of Austin. The $20 million facility will occupy 60,000 square feet and create about 130 new jobs. Georgetown City Council has approved an economic development agreement that will provide $1.5 million in sales tax rebates if the company meets hiring and capital investment benchmarks, according to media reports.

The city of Georgetown will build required infrastructure such as wastewater services and expansion of nearby roads to help develop the site and surrounding properties.

Holt Cat plans to hire specialized heavy equipment mechanics as well as administrative, sales and marketing positions with an average salary of $48,500. Holt Cat already has two locations in the Austin area.

The city of Georgetown expects a net economic benefit of more than $13 million over the next 10 years.

Holt Cat officials said the facility will be the company’s largest retail location in more than 30 years.

Holt Cat, which provides sales, service and rental of Caterpillar and allied equipment, is one of the country’s largest Caterpillar dealers. It has more than 20 locations and is No. 21 on the RER 100.

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.