Illinois Rental Business Census 2026: 4,140 operators, ranked #41 per capita
4,140 Google Business Profile listings across 12 rental categories, an estimated 2,839 of them independent operators. Data pulled 2026-09-15.
Illinois by vertical
| Vertical | Listings | Per 100k | Rank of 51 | Avg rating | With website | Can book online |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trailer rental | 1,506 | 11.84 | #21 | 4.09 | 97% | 36% |
| Equipment rental | 768 | 6.04 | #45 | 4.62 | 99% | 51% |
| Party rental | 701 | 5.51 | #23 | 4.81 | 100% | 53% |
| Photo booth | 293 | 2.30 | #16 | 4.89 | 95% | 28% |
| Dumpster rental | 251 | 1.97 | #40 | 4.47 | 99% | 27% |
| Boat rental | 179 | 1.41 | #33 | 4.65 | 100% | 31% |
| Tent rental | 137 | 1.08 | #22 | 4.50 | 95% | 45% |
| Kayak & canoe rental | 74 | 0.58 | #44 | 4.59 | 93% | 28% |
| Bike rental | 72 | 0.57 | #47 | 4.55 | 89% | 32% |
| Portable restroom rental | 69 | 0.54 | #49 | 4.28 | 90% | 18% |
| Bounce house rental | 52 | 0.41 | #20 | 4.80 | 79% | 46% |
| RV rental | 38 | 0.30 | #40 | 3.96 | 72% | 3% |
Most-reviewed operators
- The most-reviewed party rental company in Illinois is WickedBall Party Rentals (4.9★, 1,919 Google reviews).
- The most-reviewed trailer rental company in Illinois is R & P Carriages (4.8★, 472 Google reviews).
- The most-reviewed equipment rental company in Illinois is Bounce Houses R Us (4.9★, 995 Google reviews).
- The most-reviewed dumpster rental company in Illinois is GROOT RECYCLING & WASTE - ELGIN (4.9★, 2,428 Google reviews).
- The most-reviewed boat rental company in Illinois is Tours & Boats Architecture Tours (4.9★, 16,814 Google reviews).
- The most-reviewed photo booth company in Illinois is Jump Guy (5.0★, 1,014 Google reviews).
- The most-reviewed bike rental company in Illinois is Bobby's Bike Hike - Chicago Bike, Walking & Food Tours (4.9★, 2,299 Google reviews).
- The most-reviewed tent rental company in Illinois is Jump Guy (5.0★, 1,014 Google reviews).
- The most-reviewed kayak & canoe rental company in Illinois is Lake Katherine Nature Center (4.8★, 3,539 Google reviews).
- The most-reviewed portable restroom rental company in Illinois is Pro Waste, INC. (4.9★, 96 Google reviews).
- The most-reviewed RV rental company in Illinois is Vacationland (4.8★, 591 Google reviews).
- The most-reviewed bounce house rental company in Illinois is Jump Guy (5.0★, 1,014 Google reviews).
Named only when independent (not a chain), rated 4.5 or higher with at least 25 Google reviews.
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How this was counted
Source. Google Business Profile listings, retrieved through a commercial business-listings data API, one count query per state and category (612 queries), pulled on 2026-09-15, filtered to country_code = US and the state's region. No coordinates or radius searches. Google's directory is self-declared, so it is a count of listings, not a government count of businesses.
Categories. Party rental (party_equipment_rental_service), Trailer rental (trailer_rental_service), Equipment rental (equipment_rental_agency), Dumpster rental (dumpster_rental_service), Boat rental (boat_rental_service), Photo booth (photo_booth), Bike rental (bicycle_rental_service), Tent rental (tent_rental_service), Kayak & canoe rental (canoe_and_kayak_rental_service), Portable restroom rental (portable_toilet_supplier), RV rental (rv_rental_agency), Bounce house rental (bouncy_castle_hire). A listing with two categories is counted in both; the sample shows 33,699 category memberships for 30,031 distinct businesses, which is how the distinct-business estimate of 114,235 is derived.
Sample. For each category the top 3,000 US listings by review count were pulled and de-duplicated by Google id. Every rating, website and booking figure describes those most-reviewed businesses, not a random sample.
Chains and independents. A domain is a chain when it is on the national-chain list or appears in 20 or more states; the independent estimate is the state's listings less the chain share of its sample, and is blank where the sample has under 20 rows. Chains in this pull: completewedo.com, Cruise America, Pedego Electric Bikes, Dumpster Dudez, Outdoorsy, Pedego Electric Bikes, RVshare, axisair.com, Bin There Dump That, Cruise America, Enterprise, Herc Rentals, The Home Depot, Junk King, Outdoorsy, Republic Services, Rumpke, Sunbelt Rentals, U-Haul, United Rentals, United Site Services, Waste Connections, WillScot, WM (Waste Management).
Websites and booking. Each distinct domain in the sample was fetched once (21,238 domains) and matched against a fixed signature table; a Facebook or similar page does not count as a website (335 listings). Sites that could not be fetched, 15% of domains, are recorded as unknown and excluded from booking and platform shares, not counted as either.
Population. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 state estimates. Per-capita figures are listings per 100,000 residents.
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