Professional AV cross-hire · UK-wide
Find the kit you're short of. From rental houses across the UK.
One standardised catalogue of lighting, audio, video and rigging. See which verified suppliers hold it, compare trade rates, and send one enquiry to several suppliers at once.
- Free for hirers
- Verified suppliers only
- Private, per-supplier enquiries
Departments
Every department, one catalogue
Frequently cross-hired
Featured equipment
How it works
From shortfall to confirmed kit in four steps
- 01
Search the catalogue
Find the exact model by name, manufacturer or type. Every supplier's stock links to one standard product record.
- 02
Compare suppliers
Signed-in businesses see who lists it, where it is held, advertised quantities and published trade rates.
- 03
Send one enquiry
Build a basket — or upload your kit list — set dates and location, and send a private enquiry to each supplier.
- 04
Agree the hire directly
Suppliers confirm availability, quote or propose alternatives. Contracts and payment stay between you.
For hirers
Stop phoning round for kit
- Free, with unlimited searches and enquiries
- See which verified suppliers list a model and how far away it is
- Paste a kit list and match it to the catalogue in seconds
- Post what you can't find on the wanted board
For rental companies
Turn idle stock into cross-hire revenue
- Publish only what you want to cross-hire, at your own trade rates
- Import from your rental system or a spreadsheet — no retyping
- Structured enquiries with dates, quantities and delivery needs
- Your inventory, enquiries and customers stay private to you
Inventory import
Connect your rental system. Choose what to advertise.
Import equipment from your rental-management system, match it automatically to the standard catalogue and keep advertised stock current. Connections are read-only — we never change your bookings, stock or prices.
How importing worksCurrent RMS
Stores, per-store quantities and rates
Rentman
Warehouse stock, sets and multi-day rates
HireHop
Depots, stock and day/week prices
CSV / spreadsheet
Works with any system that exports a file
Manufacturers
Search by the brands you specify
Pricing
Free for hirers. Simple plans for suppliers.
Trust & neutrality
Built to be fair to every supplier
Verified suppliers
Every supplier is reviewed before listings go live. Verification checks business details; it is not an endorsement.
Private by default
Supplier identities, rates and quantities are shown only to signed-in businesses — enforced on the server.
Neutral ranking
Offers are ordered by relevance, distance and data freshness. Subscription tier never affects ranking.
Competitor isolation
No supplier — including founding suppliers — can see another supplier's inventory, enquiries or customers.
Create your free AV Rent account
See suppliers, rates and quantities, and start sending enquiries in minutes.
