For example Petit Forestier is specialist in the cold

In contrast to the hirers long-term independent of passenger cars, which operate almost all on the same model, the hire of industrial vehicles are not similar between them.

Their common point is to assume for their clients "technical, administrative and financial functions and assist various", summarizes Daniel Rigal, delegate rental of the TLF (Transport & logistics of France) Federation. But each more or less covers the light trucks of less than 3.5 tonnes, lorries or semi-trailers. Their offer is mainly in the long term, but also, for some of the short... Leaders engage in the leasing of industrial vehicles (LVI) without driver, but there is also a separate market, rental with driver, said "dedicated transport", which is a French specificity. In the early 2000s, without driver in France LVI Global registrations were an average of 4 per year. "This trend is expected to continue at least until 2010", assumed all the studies of market at the time. However, from 2005-2006, some questioned the maintenance of the margins to the increasing requirements of customers.

"As square".

It is in this context that LVI players saw the economic crisis on them, "as of July 2008, with a settlement of the long term contracts and a decrease in the short-lived kilometres", says Yvon Pouhaër, President of the LVI of TLF and General Manager of Clovis Location, for which "settlement is confirmed in 2009".

Fortunately, LVI continues to attract new clients, including the private sector. Thus, the Air Force should soon announce a contract with the Clovis network for the rental of 136 vehicles, including 89 heavy weight and 47 trailers or semi-trailers. This fleet will be links, on the one hand, between air bases and on the other hand these bases and aircraft maintenance service providers. Today, LVI represents an annual turnover of approximately EUR 4 billion, largely directed by a "square of as" of specialized rental: Fraikin, Clovis rental, Petit Forestier and Via rental. If one adds the Daimler group Charterway, reaching 85 of the market. It must complete the list by Artegy BNP Paribas Group and, in the very sharp field of the rental of trailers, TIP Trailer Services, of the US Group General Electric.

Features marked

On the margins of these actors in rentals with drivers, the microcosm of the rental of trucks with driver (GT rental, LTS-LoveFrance,) Prévoté... is closer to the pure transport. Via rental, which was an important actor, gradually retreated.

Each of the hire of industrial vehicles without driver has well marked features. For example Petit Forestier is specialist in the cold. Fraikin has very integrated means and Clovis is based on the Renault Truck distribution network, while Artegy subcontracts maintenance as the independent car rental.

France and Europe network density, Fraikin before Clovis of a short head. With regard to the number of maintenance garages, Clovis is the most important.

Supply multi-brand Fraikin comes at the top, followed by small forest, and then Via rental. Because Charterway and Clovis are "penalized" by their exclusive respective to whether Renault Trucks for the first and the second Mercedes. For the diversity of the types of vehicles leased, as well as the range of clients in portfolio, Fraikin stands once again, but with Clovis and Via rental in his wheel.

With regard to the range of benefits (short rental duration and long duration, and various services value added), found Clovis in head with Fraikin and small forest in the aftermath, followed by Charterway and Via. Finally, for settlements in Europe, small forest and Charterway top. LVI is a very heterogeneous world.