Where can a UK business rent out equipment and vehicles online?

A small number of online marketplaces let UK owners list equipment or vehicles for other people to rent, as an alternative to a traditional hire shop. Some cover general tools and equipment, such as Fat Llama (rebranded Hygglo in November 2025), while others, such as Hiyacar and Turo, focus specifically on peer-to-peer car rental. Not every platform once active in the UK is still running: Getaround suspended its UK carsharing service in April 2024 and Karshare ceased trading, and Facebook does not publish a dedicated rentals product for equipment or vehicles in the UK, so all three are left out below.

Last reviewed 13 September 2026

Declare an interest: GetBrent is one of the options below. Every other platform is described from its own published pages or dated independent sources, and each one is linked so you can check it.

GetBrent

This is us

Hire and sales directory with booking requests, for businesses rather than private owners

Who it is for: UK hire businesses; local customers
How to join: Free self-service listing, or claim an existing one
Pricing: No commission on hires. Free listing; booking requests from the Ace plan - see our pricing page for current rates
Verification: Companies House check the business completes itself, plus owner claim of the listing
Reviews: Yes, with review requests sent to real enquirers, and checked before they appear

Why GetBrent

+No commission: the customer pays you directly
+Booking requests with your own availability, lead times and rates
+Built for businesses, not private lenders

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Fat Llama (now Hygglo)

Peer-to-peer marketplace for renting out tools, equipment, cameras and (in the UK) trailers

Who it is for: Individuals and small businesses with underused equipment, tools, cameras or trailers to lend locally, and borrowers who need items short term
How to join: Create a free listing on the website or app (Fat Llama's listing was, and Hygglo's remains, free to post); the platform states 'everyone is verified' before renting or lending
Pricing: Lenders pay 20% and borrowers pay 10% commission on a rental as standard (the '20%+10%' model); the borrower fee stays at 25% for higher-risk categories such as cameras, per its lender fee page
Verification: Platform states identity confirmation or documentation may be requested before a booking but is 'not always required for every booking' or the same for every user; renters are also screened with a Creditsafe credit check, per its help centre
Reviews: Trustpilot rates hygglo.com as 'Excellent', around 4.7-4.8 out of 5, based on its UK and international review pages

Strengths

+Publishes per-category insurance limits: Film & Photo up to GBP10,000, General up to GBP3,000, and Vehicles (trailers only in the UK) up to GBP30,000, per its fee/coverage page
+Listing an item is free, per its own fee page
+Runs a Creditsafe credit check on renters before they can book, per its help centre

Limitations

-Standard commission is a combined 30% of the rental (20% lender + 10% borrower), rising to a 25% borrower fee for higher-risk categories like cameras, per its fee page
-Vehicle cover in the UK is limited to trailers only, per its coverage page
-Identity/documentation verification is described as inconsistent between bookings and users rather than mandatory for every rental, per its help centre

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Hiyacar

Peer-to-peer car-sharing marketplace for renting out privately owned cars

Who it is for: Private car owners in the UK who want to earn money from a vehicle when they are not using it, and drivers aged 21-75 who want to rent a car locally
How to join: Owners click 'List your car', register as an owner, and set price, availability and rental terms; owners can optionally install Hiyacar's QuickStart keyless technology to allow instant bookings
Pricing: Standard commission is 30% of the rental fee charged; this rises to 40% unless the owner provides an AA breakdown cover policy number, per its help centre
Verification: Renters must meet UK/EU/international licence-holding-period rules by age band, pass identity and address checks (including being on the Electoral Roll), show financial verification such as a mortgage, phone contract or utility bill in their name, and have no unspent convictions, driving disqualifications or major traffic offences, per its help centre
Reviews: Trustpilot rates hiyacar.co.uk as 'Average', 3.2 out of 5, on its main UK review page

Strengths

+States that every booking includes Hiyacar's own insurance cover for both owners and renters, per its help centre
+Commission drops from 40% to 30% if the owner supplies their own AA breakdown cover or policy number, per its help centre
+Publishes detailed renter eligibility criteria, including licence-holding periods, Electoral Roll and financial checks, before a driver can rent, per its help centre

Limitations

-Standard commission is 40% of the rental fee unless the owner provides AA breakdown cover or a policy number to bring it down to 30%, per its help centre
-Its public insurance page does not state specific coverage limits or excess amounts
-Renter eligibility is restricted to drivers aged 21-75 who meet licence-holding and background-check criteria, per its help centre

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Turo

Peer-to-peer car-sharing marketplace connecting vehicle owners (hosts) with renters (guests)

Who it is for: Private vehicle owners in the UK who want to list a car as a host, and guests looking to rent a car from a local owner
How to join: Hosts list a car via Turo's 'List your car' page; the platform states all cars listed on Turo must be registered and meet its safety, maintenance and UK-specific requirements
Pricing: Hosts choose an earnings plan: the '65' plan keeps 65% of the trip price with a GBP0 excess, or the '75' plan keeps 75% with a GBP250 excess, per Turo's UK host protection plan announcement
Verification: Turo states it verifies host and guest identity and may request additional photos when it cannot conclusively verify identity, and that UK hosts confirm a guest's driving licence, per its account verification and licence-confirmation help articles
Reviews: Trustpilot rates turo.com as 'Excellent', 4.6 out of 5 from over 108,000 reviews (global figure, not broken out for the UK specifically)

Strengths

+Provides GBP20 million in third-party liability insurance on UK trips for both hosts and guests, arranged via Lockton Companies LLP and underwritten through Lloyd's Syndicate 218/IQUW, per its UK insurance page
+Offers hosts a choice of earnings plan, trading a lower payout for a lower (or zero) excess on damage claims, per its UK host protection plan announcement
+Trustpilot rates it 'Excellent' at 4.6/5 from over 108,000 reviews

Limitations

-Higher earnings under the '75' plan come with a GBP250 excess, versus GBP0 excess but lower earnings under the '65' plan, per its UK host protection plan announcement
-Its courtesy-car benefit applies only to hosts with a single car listed on Turo, per its host page
-Listed vehicles must meet Turo's UK-specific registration, safety and maintenance requirements before they can be listed, per its host page

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What the table actually says

•Commission structures vary widely: Hygglo (formerly Fat Llama) splits fees as 20% lender plus 10% borrower, Hiyacar takes 30% of the rental fee from owners (40% without AA breakdown cover), and Turo hosts choose between a 65% or 75% earnings plan.
•Published insurance/liability cover differs by platform: Hygglo lists per-category limits (e.g. GBP10,000 for photo/film, GBP30,000 for vehicles restricted to trailers in the UK), Turo states GBP20 million in third-party liability cover on UK trips, and Hiyacar's public page confirms cover is included but does not state a specific limit.
•Some platforms once active in the UK peer-to-peer rental space are no longer running: Getaround suspended its UK carsharing service in April 2024 and Karshare ceased trading, leaving Fat Llama/Hygglo, Hiyacar and Turo as the currently live options covered here.

Every figure here was taken from the named company's own published pages on the review date shown, and is linked. Pricing and features change - check the source before making a decision. Company names are the trademarks of their owners, used here to identify the services they refer to. If you run one of these and something is wrong or out of date, tell us and we will correct it.