ARA Launches RentalHQ Mobile App

AARA’s new RentalHQ app aims to make it easier to find your next equipment rental on-the-go.

Each year, more than 750,000 visitors use online rental store locator website RentalHQ.com to quickly and easily find the rental equipment they need. The new RentalHQ mobile app, released September 2021, aims to put benefits of RentalHQ.com at construction professionals’ fingertips.

Developed by the American Rental Association (ARA), the RentalHQ app offers a simple search feature with various fields for equipment type and location. Searches then deliver a list of local ARA-member rental partners carrying the equipment, ranging from loaders and backhoes to haul trucks and mini excavators, alongside the mapped location of the rental partner, contact details and website for each store.

ARA members include more than 11,000 rental businesses and more than 1,000 manufacturers and suppliers, located in every U.S. state, every Canadian province and more than 50 countries worldwide.

“Contractors are busy people who don’t have time to search for rental equipment when it’s needed now,” said Debby Schaller, Vice President of Marketing for ARA. “By using the app, construction professionals will be quickly matched with nearby rental partners they can work with for a clean and safe rental experience.”

That means construction professionals can find the rental equipment they need right from the job site. In addition to the app’s search function, users will also find helpful articles and tips on equipment best practices with new topics being added often.

“Our purpose with the RentalHQ app is to provide technology that makes the equipment rental experience as easy, fast and reliable as possible,” Schaller said.

Construction professionals can download the RentalHQ app for both Apple and Android devices. RentalHQ can be used to find construction rentals, along with other equipment and event rentals.

– BY SARAH REDOHL