Rental and leasing services and lessors of intangible assets
Industry profile, February 2020
Sections: Description | Pricing | Costs | Demand | Appendix
This page is an industry profile for the Rental and leasing services and lessors of intangible assets industry. It provides a general economic overview of recent developments in the industry. This includes information on industry pricing, costs, and demand. Below you will find a description of what type of business establishments are included in this industry. For information on how to best utilize this industry profile please visit our Business Solutions.
Industry Description
Industries in the Rental and Leasing Services subsector include establishments that provide a wide array of tangible goods, such as automobiles, computers, consumer goods, and industrial machinery and equipment, to customers in return for a periodic rental or lease payment.
This industry description was sourced from the North American Industry Classification System.
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- As of January 2020, prices in this industry had decreased 2.2 percent since the previous quarter.
- From January 2019 to January 2020 prices in this industry decreased 0.6 percent.
- Prices decreased 0.1 percent in the five year period starting in January 2015 and ending in January 2020.
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- As of January 2020, costs in this industry had increased 0 percent since the previous quarter.
- From January 2019 to January 2020 costs in this industry increased 0.1 percent.
- Costs increased 8.6 percent in the five year period starting in January 2015 and ending in January 2020.
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- The largest cost for this industry is purchases made to the Labor sector. This sector accounts for 27.6% of the industry's overall costs.
- From January 2019 to January 2020, the largest change in costs for this industry were costs associated with purchases to the Finance and Insurance sector. Costs associated with this sector decreased -4%.
| Sector Name | Percentage of Costs | Annual Percent Change 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Labor | 27.6% | +1.5% |
| Finance and Insurance | 12.2% | -4% |
| Real Estate and Rental and Leasing | 10% | +1.4% |
| Manufacturing | 8.5% | -2% |
| Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services | 8.3% | -0.6% |
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- As of July 2019, demand for this industry had increased 2.8 percent since the previous quarter.
- From July 2018 to January 2020 costs in this industry increased 7.9 percent.
- Costs increased 13 percent in the five year period starting in July 2014 and ending in July 2019.
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- The sector that contributes the most to this industry's demand is the Personal consumption sector. This sector accounts for 21.7% of the industry's overall demand.
- From January 2019 to January 2020, the largest change in demand for this industry was from the Exports sector, where demand increased 45.4%.
| Sector Name | Percentage of Demand | Annual Percent Change 6 |
|---|---|---|
| Personal consumption | 21.7% | +0.3% |
| Exports | 21.5% | +45.4% |
| Wholesale Trade | 8.4% | -1.3% |
| Transportation and Warehousing | 5.9% | -2.3% |
| Information | 5.2% | +3.5% |
- Pricing measured from January 2020.
- The BLS PPI used for this industry is WPU44.
- Costs measured from January 2020
- Demand measured from July 2019
