About us
Sixty years of moving equipment — and the industry that runs on it.
RB Global began with a radical idea: the fairest way to price equipment is to let real buyers bid. Six decades later, that idea has grown into a global marketplace group spanning ten brands, four analytics platforms, and dozens of services.
In 1963, brothers Dave, Ken and John Ritchie held their first unreserved auction in Kelowna, British Columbia. Unreserved — no minimums, no reserves, no buy-backs. Every item sells on sale day to the highest bidder regardless of price.
That simple rule — alongside standardized inspections, published results, and relentless logistics — reshaped how the world buys and sells heavy equipment. Today, Ritchie Bros. remains the world's largest unreserved heavy-equipment auctioneer.
Around that auction core, RB Global has grown into a family of purpose-built brands. IAA took the same unreserved transparency to total-loss vehicles. IronPlanet built the first online-only heavy-equipment marketplace. Rouse turned decades of transaction data into the industry's reference valuation dataset. SmartEquip closed the loop with OEM-accurate parts procurement.
Each brand serves a distinct customer need. Together, they cover the full equipment lifecycle — acquisition, finance, operate, maintain, dispose — on a single integrated platform.
What we stand for
Four principles — the same across every brand.
Transparency
Every transaction is verifiable. Published results, standardized inspections, independent appraisals — what you see is what you get.
Global reach
Buyers and sellers from more than 150 countries participate in our auctions and marketplaces every year.
Equipment expertise
Machines are our business — not a tangent. Inspectors, auctioneers, analysts and engineers who've grown up around this iron.
Integrated services
Financing, inspection, transport, parts and data are one package — not bolt-ons from third parties.
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