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Eight out of ten American companies lease all or some of
their equipment. Each year more companies, particularly small companies, choose to
procure new productive equipment through leases rather than loans. Companies that
lease tend to be smaller, growth and technology oriented organizations. According
to the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association, leasing continues to be the most widely used method
of asset-based financing in the U.S., accounting for approximately one-third of the
external financing of capital investment. The 2006 estimate for leases
is $220 billion out of $794 billion in total new business equipment investment.
That figure is up from $203 billion in equipment leases on $733 billion in new business equipment
investment for 2005. The projection for new equipment investment in 2007
is greatly improved at $846 billion, of which $234 billion will be leased.
Leasing Survey Questions and Results

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