GATX Corporation
GATX Corporation is a leading global railcar lessor and aircraft spare engine leasing company founded in 1898. The company operates through three primary business segments: Rail North America, Rail International, and Engine Leasing, with financial results from its tank container leasing business reported in the Other… From the company’s description.
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What GATX Corporation does
In the company’s own words
GATX Corporation is a leading global railcar lessor and aircraft spare engine leasing company founded in 1898. The company operates through three primary business segments: Rail North America, Rail International, and Engine Leasing, with financial results from its tank container leasing business reported in the Other segment. GATX maintains its corporate website at www.gatx.com.
The company owns one of the largest railcar lease fleets in the world, comprising approximately 156,000 railcars as of December 31, 2025. Rail North America operates roughly 107,600 railcars and 627 locomotives across the United States, Canada, and Mexico, serving approximately 800 customers primarily in the transportation, chemical, petroleum, and food/agriculture industries. The fleet includes tank cars, freight cars, specialty covered hoppers, open-top cars, boxcars, and flatcars that transport over 580 different commodities. Rail International operates approximately 48,600 railcars across Europe and India, with GATX Rail Europe serving roughly 300 customers and Rail India serving 20 customers. The company maintains an extensive maintenance network including six major facilities in North America and a significant facility in Poland.
Through its Engine Leasing segment, GATX owns one of the largest aircraft spare engine lease portfolios globally. The business comprises 50 percent-owned joint ventures with Rolls-Royce plc, collectively owning 456 engines, and GATX Engine Leasing, a wholly owned entity managing 46 aircraft spare engines. The Other segment includes Trifleet, which owns and manages tank containers leased to approximately 300 customers in chemical, industrial gas, energy, and pharmaceutical industries.
As of December 31, 2025, GATX employed 2,371 persons globally, with approximately 39 percent represented by unions. The company reported total assets of 18.0 billion dollars. In January 2026, GATX completed a significant acquisition of approximately 101,000 railcars from Wells Fargo through a newly formed joint venture with Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, establishing GATX's initial 30 percent ownership stake with options to increase to 100 percent over time.
Company details
- Sector
- Industrials
- Industry (SIC)
- Transportation & Utilities
- Headquarters
- CHICAGO, IL
- Fiscal year end
- December
- CIK
- 40211
- SIC
- 4700
Financial performance, year by year
Fiscal 2013–2025 · USDThe full income statement, balance sheet and cash flow for each of these years — every figure traceable to its filing — is on the Financials tab with a free account.
Who owns GATX Corporation — and what changed
Funds as of 2026Q2 · superinvestors as of 2026-06-30
Largest fund holders · GATX Corporation’s weight in each
Fund ownership is a floor, not a census — pensions, insurers and people holding shares directly are not visible here.
GATX Corporation’s bonds, as funds hold them
Funds report holding 18 issues of GATX Corporation’s debt, $824.85M at market value — what funds hold, not the company’s total debt. Weighted-average coupon 4.86%, maturing 2026 to 2054.
Fund ownership counts N-PORT filers only, so it is a floor rather than a census — pensions, insurers and direct holders are not visible here, and the remainder is not “held by individuals”.
Every fund and institutional holder, quarter by quarter, is on the Ownership tab with a free account.
Recent filings
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