With the rising trend of technology and equipment consumption-based models, interest rates off their seemingly permanent historical lows, and inflation driving up the cost of asset acquisition, are CFOs more open to operating lease solutions?

In a Q4/23 survey of more than 1,300 mid-sized company CFOs, we inquired about the trend and compared it to similar survey results from 2018.

The Takeaway

While all sectors show materially increased interest in operating lease solutions, manufacturing, food and beverage, and healthcare represent the fastest growing sectors. Lessors open to delivering structured operating lease solutions are likely to find an increasingly receptive audience among middle-market CFOs.

Data obtained from the Sawbux Greenwich Study of Commercial Finance Activity 2023.