Safety commitments and public funding support an 8.5% CAGR through 2031 to reach revenues estimated over $2.8 billion.
SAN ANTONIO, TX, October 22, 2025 — Verify Markets’ new analysis reveals that the North American Trench Shoring Equipment Rental Market is gaining momentum, driven by stricter safety expectations in excavation, sustained funding for water and wastewater programs, and site development tied to hyperscale data center campuses. The market is projected to grow at 8.5% CAGR through 2031.
“Engineered protection and trained crews are now table stakes,” said Celina Nacach, Research Analyst at Verify Markets. “But supplier choice is ultimately service-led; end users prioritize on-time availability, documented compliance, and responsive field support from partners who help them get the setup right the first time.”
Where demand is strongest
Demand is anchored in water, wastewater, and storm infrastructure, from lead service line replacements and main rehabs to vault work and combined sewer overflow projects. Around that core, transportation agencies drive steady activity with culverts, drainage, and utility corridors along road and rail programs, while gas distribution and remediation efforts focus on neighborhood pipe replacements and orphaned-well work. Electric utilities add trench intensive scopes for duct banks, undergrounding, and grid hardening, and hyperscale data centers compress timelines with repetitive utility trenching across large campus buildouts, raising the bar for planning, logistics, and dependable field support.
Challenges
Skilled field tech and CDL shortages slow setups and heavy hauling; permitting and pre-dig steps extend start times; and steel/aluminum volatility complicates fleet refresh and pricing, keeping pressure on productivity and uptime.
What’s changing on the rental side
Rental platforms are adding more modular options to suit varied jobsites and refreshing fleets with lighter equipment. Training and design support are expanding to address different soils, depths, surcharge, and permitting requirements. Safety bundles, such as confined space entry kits, gas monitoring, and road plates, are showing up more often alongside trench shields, aluminum hydraulic shores, and slide rail pit systems. Digital checklists and app-based documentation are increasingly used for compliance and recordkeeping.
Companies profiled
United Rentals, National Trench Safety (NTS), Sunbelt Rentals, Sunstate Equipment, Herc Rentals, D.P. Nicoli, ICON Equipment Distributors, Trench-Ade, and Cooper Equipment Rentals.
Report scope
The North American Trench Shoring Equipment Rental Market covers the United States and Canada with forecasts through 2031. It includes market sizing and outlook, segmentation by equipment and end user, growth drivers and restraints, key trends, competitive landscape, and strategic recommendations.
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