EXON Radar · Market analytics
What equipment do Egyptian contractors ask for?
1,718 posts in the window are explicit requests — 1,486 to buy and 232 to rent — and Wheel loaders alone carry 50% of everything asked for. Measured against what is on offer, Dump trucks is the tightest class in Egypt: 31 requests for every 100 listings.
Data as of Sep 17, 2026 · 40,151 posts analysed · Egypt
What buyers ask for
Requests concentrate where the market already is: Wheel loaders take 50% of them. The interesting column is the middle one — requests per 100 listings — because that is where asking exceeds offering.
Demand pressure, class by class
Requests and listings for the same machine class, side by side. A high last column means buyers are asking for a machine the market is not putting up.
| Machine | Requests | Listings | Per 100 listings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dump trucks | 44 | 141 | 31 |
| Bulldozers | 41 | 161 | 26 |
| Graders | 34 | 167 | 20 |
| Wheel loaders | 1,050 | 5,585 | 19 |
| Excavators | 421 | 2,343 | 18 |
| Generators | 45 | 768 | 6 |
| Trucks | 47 | 821 | 6 |
| Mixer trucks | 4 | 102 | 4 |
| Cranes | 4 | 219 | 2 |
| Forklifts | 14 | 814 | 2 |
Brands asked for, brands offered
Demand is more brand-loyal than supply: buyers name a brand more often than sellers have that brand to sell.
What buyers ask in the comments
21% of classified comments are one question: how much? The hour of day a request lands matters too — the Egyptian market posts late.
Questions this page answers
- What heavy equipment is most in demand in Egypt?
- Wheel loaders, by a distance: Wheel loaders carry 50% of all stated requests, with excavators second. That mirrors what is listed, so a high request count alone does not mean a machine is scarce.
- Which machines are hardest to find in Egypt?
- Measured as requests per 100 listings, Dump trucks is the tightest class at 31 per 100. Dump trucks, bulldozers and graders sit at the tight end; forklifts and cranes are the easiest to source.
- How many people are asking to rent rather than buy?
- 232 of the 1,718 requests ask to rent; 1,486 ask to buy. Renting is under-stated in these groups, because renting is usually arranged on the phone rather than posted.
- Is this demand for new or used machines?
- Almost entirely used. These groups are a second-hand market; requests for new machines appear mainly as dealer offers of imported units, not as buyer requests.
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Method
- A request is a post the classifier reads as wanting to buy or rent, not a post offering a machine. 1,718 posts qualified.
- Requests per 100 listings compares the same window and the same machine class, and is only shown for classes with at least 50 listings.
- Comment intents come from a separate classification of comments on the same posts.
- A request is an intention, not a purchase order: some are speculative, some are repeated by the same person, and nothing here is verified against a completed deal.
Snapshot generated
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