Custom Truck One Source

Active North America Industrials Equipment Rental

Company Overview

Custom Truck One Source (CTOS) is a one-stop-shop provider of specialty equipment serving the electric transmission and distribution (T&D), telecom, rail and other infrastructure end markets
Offers rental, sales of new and used equipment, and aftermarket parts and services

Transaction Description

Acquired in April 2021 via investment into Nesco Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: NSCO) that facilitated its acquisition of CTOS
Blackstone (the prior majority owner of CTOS) and select CTOS management team members invested alongside Platinum in the transaction
The combined company was renamed Custom Truck One Source and its ticker was changed to NYSE: CTOS

7701 Independence Avenue, Kansas City, MO 64125 United States

www.customtruck.com

~9K

Fleet of Vehicles

3K+

Customers

Photo Gallery

A long row of identical white utility bucket trucks with boom lifts are parked in a gravel lot, surrounded by trees with early autumn foliage | Platinum Equity

man welding with blue and orange sparks | Platinum Equity

A heavy-duty utility truck equipped with a large hydraulic boom, red auger attachment, and yellow stabilizing clamps is parked on a wet roadway near a rocky cliff and trees | Platinum Equity

A Terex Commander digger derrick truck with a bright yellow boom and red auger attachment is positioned on a worksite beside an old industrial building | Platinum Equity

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