Forklift hire cost UK: Forklift Hire Rate Benchmark
The median published figure in the Forklift Hire Rate Benchmark is 79 GBP across 9 figures from 7 sources' own pages (range 49 to 125 GBP), read 12 October 2026.
- 149 to 62
- 362 to 74
- 174 to 87
- 287 to 100
- 2100 to 112
- 112 to 125
Bands
| Bucket | Value |
|---|---|
| 49 to 62 | 1 figure |
| 62 to 74 | 3 figures |
| 74 to 87 | 1 figure |
| 87 to 100 | 2 figures |
| 100 to 112 | 2 figures |
| 112 to 125 | 0 figures |
7 of the 19 named sources read in full publish a figure; 12 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 79 GBP across 9).
By power source
| Breakdown | Median | Range | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|
| power sourceelectric | 97GBP | 69 to 125GBP | 2 |
| power sourcegas | 79GBP | 79 to 79GBP | 1 |
| power sourcediesel | 89GBP | 89 to 89GBP | 1 |
Every figure, with its source
One row per published figure: the figure as the source's own page publishes it, the page, and the day it was read. A figure that is not on a page we read is not on this one.
| Source | Figure | Breakdown | Read |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acclaim Handling - forklift hire rates | 150GBP | electric | 2026-10-12 |
| Blueway - long-term hire charge including maintenance | 110GBP | 2026-10-12 | |
| Acclaim Handling - forklift hire rates | 100GBP | electric | 2026-10-12 |
| Principle Fork Lifts - forklift hire Hampshire | 90GBP | 2026-10-12 | |
| The Forklift Company - hire | 89GBP + VAT | diesel | 2026-10-12 |
| The Forklift Company - hire | 79GBP + VAT | gas | 2026-10-12 |
| Trucks Direct - forklift truck hire | 69GBP | 2026-10-12 | |
| The Forklift Company - hire | 69GBP + VAT | electric | 2026-10-12 |
| Advanced Forklift Services - forklift hire | 65GBP + VAT | 2026-10-12 | |
| Atlantic Forklifts - forklift hire | 49GBP | 2026-10-12 |
The sentence each figure was read from (10)
- Acclaim Handling - forklift hire rates, read 2026-10-12:
Forklift Model Power Source Lifting Capacity Mast Height Rental Cost (Per Week) HYUNDAI 50B-9 Electric 4990kg 5962mm From £150
- Blueway - long-term hire charge including maintenance, read 2026-10-12:
The charge for a standard 1.5 ton replacement forklift is £110 per week.
- Acclaim Handling - forklift hire rates, read 2026-10-12:
MACHINE TYPE PER WEEK FROM POWER CAPACITY MAST HEIGHT 2.5 tonne electric counterbalance From £100 Electric 2,500 kg 3,300 mm
- Principle Fork Lifts - forklift hire Hampshire, read 2026-10-12:
As a guide, Easy Hire rates start from around £90 per week + VAT across our range — whether that’s an electric counterbalance for indoor warehouse use, a reach truck for high-racking environments, an LPG counterbalance for mixed indoor and outdoor operations, or a diesel truck for yard and heavy-duty work.
- The Forklift Company - hire, read 2026-10-12:
Hire from: £89 + VAT per week
- The Forklift Company - hire, read 2026-10-12:
Hire from: £79 + VAT per week
- Trucks Direct - forklift truck hire, read 2026-10-12:
Our forklift truck hire service aims to satisfy a range of budgets, starting at just £69 per week.
- The Forklift Company - hire, read 2026-10-12:
Hire from: £69 + VAT per week
- Advanced Forklift Services - forklift hire, read 2026-10-12:
With hire prices starting from just £65 + VAT per week, why go anywhere else?
- Atlantic Forklifts - forklift hire, read 2026-10-12:
FROM £49 PER WEEK
Read in full, publishes no figure
12 named sources were read in full on the dates shown and print no usable figure. They are counted, never filled in.
- iLift - forklift hire cost guide, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- The Forklift Company - Manchester hire, read 2026-10-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Principle Fork Lifts - forklift hire London, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Kelvin Engineering - cost to lease a forklift in the UK, read 2026-09-12: every candidate on the page was refused
- Forklift Hire London, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- KS Lift Trucks - forklift hire Manchester, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Handling Equipment Online - long term forklift hire, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Premier Lift Trucks - Manchester, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- East Midlands Forklifts - forklift hire, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Heyn Forktrucks - Northern Ireland hire, read 2026-10-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Fork Fix Hire - forklift hire, Swansea, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
- Unilift - forklift hire and rental, read 2026-09-12: read in full and no accepted figure on the page
Methodology
Every row is a verbatim sentence read from the named source's own page through our fetch service on the date shown, hash-pinned to the stored read (the sha of the page's visible text; the raw page is mirrored to R2).
7 of the 19 named sources that could be read published a usable figure; 12 published none and are recorded as not published, never filled in; 0 could not be read (blocked, dead or unreachable) and count nowhere.
The headline figures (median, minimum, maximum, quartiles) are over ONE figure per source for each breakdown it prices, in GBP (a source's median where its page yielded several accepted sentences for one breakdown), so a page that gives figures for several breakdowns gives one for each and N counts 9 figures, never sentences; 56 candidate sentence(s) were refused by a reviewer with the reason recorded.
The fuller derivation this dataset is chartered to grow into (not yet what the figures above are; they are each source's own published figure as read): the median, minimum and maximum published weekly hire rate across every UK hirer that publishes one, split by power source (electric, diesel, LPG), capacity band and hire length (spot, short term, 12 months plus), beside the monthly lease rate where one is published; the figure nobody computes is the CROSSOVER - the published hire rate that already includes servicing, tyres and the statutory examination, set against the owned truck's annual service plus examination plus labour from the service index, which is what decides whether servicing is worth buying at all
56 candidate sentences on these pages were refused by a reviewer; each refusal and its reason is recorded in the review ledger.
Sources (19)
- Acclaim Handling - forklift hire rates(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- iLift - forklift hire cost guide(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Trucks Direct - forklift truck hire(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- The Forklift Company - hire(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- The Forklift Company - Manchester hire(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Atlantic Forklifts - forklift hire(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Advanced Forklift Services - forklift hire(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Principle Fork Lifts - forklift hire London(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Principle Fork Lifts - forklift hire Hampshire(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Kelvin Engineering - cost to lease a forklift in the UK(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Forklift Hire London(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- KS Lift Trucks - forklift hire Manchester(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Handling Equipment Online - long term forklift hire(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Premier Lift Trucks - Manchester(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- East Midlands Forklifts - forklift hire(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Heyn Forktrucks - Northern Ireland hire(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Fork Fix Hire - forklift hire, Swansea(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Unilift - forklift hire and rental(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
- Blueway - long-term hire charge including maintenance(the publisher's own terms; quoted for reporting and comment)
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The median published figure in the Forklift Hire Rate Benchmark is 79 GBP across 9 figures from 7 sources' own pages (range 49 to 125 GBP), read 12 October 2026.
7 of the 19 named sources read in full publish a figure; 12 publish none, read 12 October 2026.
Forklift Hire Rate Benchmark, power source electric: median 97 GBP across 2 sources, read 12 October 2026.
Forklift Hire Rate Benchmark, power source gas: median 79 GBP across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
Forklift Hire Rate Benchmark, power source diesel: median 89 GBP across 1 source, read 12 October 2026.
The median is unchanged since 26 September 2026 (was 79 GBP across 9).
Cite as: "forkliftservicingcost.co.uk Forklift Hire Rate Benchmark", updated 2026-10-25, https://forkliftservicingcost.co.uk/datasets/forklift-hire-rate-benchmark/.
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