In 2025, the ACT100 index reached its highest total ever. This year there’s
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ACT100 The ACT100 was down a bit this year, most likely due to higher interest rates and tariffs.
a bit of a retraction. D.Ann Shiffler reports.
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BY THE NUMBERS
he ACT100 index is down in 2026. While it’s not a significant retraction, from 3,417,087 tons in 2025 to 3,411,131 in 2026, it’s evident that interest rates and tariffs are making an impact. Every category but one dipped in 2026, and that category was crawler cranes. In 2025, the ACT100 showed 3,479 crawler cranes and this year the total was 3,625. Last year was the 20th anniversary of the ACT100, and the ACT Index was the highest it had ever been. The 2025, ACT100 index added 302,256 tons of capacity from 2024. But this was mainly due to the addition of Bay Crane and seven additional crane companies to the list. This is not the first time we’ve seen a retraction in the ACT100. The last time we saw the index fall was in 2022.
EMPLOYEES
39,560
BRANCHES
A down year Still, the ACT100 index has settled firmly in the 3-million-ton capacity range for three years in a row. Maxim Crane Works is still number one, reporting an index of 719,682, down slightly from its 721,581 index last year. Maxim is not just the first company on the ACT100; it is the runaway leader with a margin in excess of 400,000 tons. In 2025, the top 10 experienced a
true shake-up with the aforementioned addition of Bay Crane and several mergers and acquisitions among the top 10 crane companies. With the acquisition of Lomma Companies, Bay Crane jumped from 5 to 3 this year, pushing the ALL Family of Companies to 4 and Barnhart to 5. Bigge Crane & Rigging kept its number 2 ranking and added to its ACT100 index significantly, from 249,948 last year >32
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Top10 largest cranes
MOBILE CRANES
RANK 2025 COMPANY NAME
14,790
CRAWLER CRANES
3,625
TOTAL CAPACITY
3,411,131 tons NEWCOMERS
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Buckner HeavyLift Cranes Mammoet Americas Sarens USA* Fagioli Inc. (USA) Mountain Crane Service Lampson International Deep South Crane & Rigging Maxim Crane Works Barnhart Crane & Rigging Guay Sterett Crane & Rigging Bay Ltd. BMS Heavy Cranes Roll Group Americas Superior Cranes
LARGEST CRANE
CAPACITY
HLCC LRC 7500 Ring Crane Mammoet SK6000 SGC-250 Liebherr LR 13000 Liebherr LR 13000 Lampson Transi-Lift LTL-3000 VersaCrane TC 36000/2 Manitowoc 31000 Liebherr LTM11200 Liebherr LTM 11200 9.1 Liebherr LTLM 11200 9.1 Liebherr LTM 11200-9.1
7,500 6,614 5,500 3,307 3,300 3,000 3,000 2,535 1,500 1,500 1,500 1,500
Liebherr LR 11350
1,500
Liebherr LR 11350
1,488
Demag CC6800-1
1,375 JUNE 2026 ACT
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