United Rentals, Inc. (NYSE: URI) will hold its third quarter earnings conference call with Michael Kneeland, chief executive officer, and William Plummer, chief financial officer, on Wednesday, October 20, 2010, at 11:00 a.m. Eastern Time.

The conference call will also be available by audio webcast at ur.com, where it will be archived until the next earnings call. In addition, a replay may be accessed for two weeks following the call at 703-925-2533, passcode 1484329.

United Rentals' third quarter press release will be issued and available on the company's website at ur.com after the market close on Tuesday, October 19, 2010.

About United Rentals

United Rentals, Inc. is the largest equipment rental company in the world, with an integrated network of 553 rental locations in 48 states and 10 Canadian provinces. The company's approximately 7,400 employees serve construction and industrial customers, utilities, municipalities, homeowners and others. The company offers for rent approximately 3,000 classes of equipment with a total original cost of $3.7 billion. United Rentals is a member of the Standard & Poor's MidCap 400 Index and the Russell 2000 Index® and is headquartered in Greenwich, Conn. Additional information about United Rentals is available at unitedrentals.com.

United Rentals, Inc.
Fred Bratman, 203-618-7318
Cell: 917-847-4507
fbratman@ur.com