Best Equipment Co: Ohio Government Payments
as recorded by Ohio: BEST EQUIPMENT CO
Best Equipment Co is the 1,667th-largest recipient of Ohio state government payments tracked by SpendLedger, and ranks 5th in HEAVY EQUIPMENT NEC spending. Its payments amount to 0% of everything the Department of Transportation has paid vendors in that span. Payments to it fell 55.1% year over year.
Primary spending category: HEAVY EQUIPMENT NEC
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Payments by fiscal year
The payment history
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4 fiscal years on record. The incoming flows below combine all recorded years.
Fiscal years may be partial; missing years are not zero spending. Negative columns reflect net refunds or corrections. Amounts share a linear scale.
Who pays this supplier?
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Jan 5, 2022 to Jun 17, 2025 · All recorded fiscal years
Showing 2 of 2 positive agencies in these records.
Flow widths compare the relationships shown. Percentages use the full recorded supplier total for this period: $2,791,695.16. Zero and net-negative relationships are excluded from positive flows.
The relationships at a glance
- Total shown
- $2,791,695.16
- Payments represented
- 24
- Paying agencies shown
- 2
- Largest share of supplier total
- 86.7%
Largest displayed relationship: Department of Transportation. Select a flow to explore its details.
Jan 5, 2022 to Jun 17, 2025 · All recorded fiscal years. Amount and payment count cover the relationships shown; shares use the full supplier total.
Best Equipment Co
$2,791,695from the agencies shownBest Equipment Co
$2,791,695 from the agencies shown
- $2,420,89686.7% of supplier total
- $370,79913.3% of supplier total
This is a selection, not a full spending breakdown. Other agencies are not included in the flow. Some recorded agencies have no public profile link. Coverage may be partial. Review the agency table.
Payments by fiscal year and agency
| Fiscal year | Agency | Payments | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY 2025 | Ohio Expositions Commission | 1 | $365,114 |
| FY 2025 | Department of Transportation | 2 | $238,489 |
| FY 2024 | Department of Transportation | 10 | $1,339,205 |
| FY 2024 | Ohio Expositions Commission | 1 | $5,685 |
| FY 2023 | Department of Transportation | 7 | $806,693 |
| FY 2022 | Department of Transportation | 3 | $36,509 |
| Total | 24 | $2,791,695 |
What the payments were for
Spending categories exactly as Ohio state government codes them in its own accounting; we do not reclassify.
| Category | Payments | Total | First / last |
|---|---|---|---|
| IT EQUIP, END USER | 5 | $89,240 | Jan 5, 2022 – Jun 14, 2024 |
| PASSENGER VEHICLES AND TRUCKS | 2 | $599,470 | May 29, 2024 – Mar 19, 2025 |
| OTHER RENTALS | 1 | $5,685 | Aug 7, 2023 – Aug 7, 2023 |
| Construction-Bldgs, other NEC | 1 | $365,114 | Jun 17, 2025 – Jun 17, 2025 |
| NETWORK/COMM Equip Wired | 2 | $31,000 | Mar 14, 2022 – Dec 22, 2022 |
| ROAD,BRIDGE SUP/MAINT-DOT ONLY | 1 | $2,300 | Aug 31, 2022 – Aug 31, 2022 |
| HEAVY EQUIPMENT NEC | 7 | $1,586,516 | Apr 12, 2022 – Mar 19, 2025 |
| OTHER EQUIPMENT | 5 | $112,370 | Aug 22, 2023 – May 21, 2024 |
Largest payments by fiscal year
The biggest individual payments in each fiscal year, up to 20 per year. Where the source publishes a purchase order behind a payment, the PO description appears; older payments may carry a bare PO reference because the government's published PO files do not reach back that far.
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FY 2025top 3 of 3 payments$603,603
| Date | Agency | Amount | Category | Purchase order |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2025 | Ohio Expositions Commission | $365,114.25 | Construction-Bldgs, other NEC | – |
| Mar 19, 2025 | Department of Transportation | $229,714.00 | PASSENGER VEHICLES AND TRUCKS | – |
| Mar 19, 2025 | Department of Transportation | $8,775.00 | HEAVY EQUIPMENT NEC | – |
FY 2024top 11 of 11 payments$1,344,890
| Date | Agency | Amount | Category | Purchase order |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 2023 | Department of Transportation | $448,862.66 | HEAVY EQUIPMENT NEC | – |
| Oct 25, 2023 | Department of Transportation | $370,628.25 | HEAVY EQUIPMENT NEC | – |
| May 29, 2024 | Department of Transportation | $369,756.00 | PASSENGER VEHICLES AND TRUCKS | – |
| Apr 19, 2024 | Department of Transportation | $37,194.00 | OTHER EQUIPMENT | – |
| Aug 22, 2023 | Department of Transportation | $34,518.00 | OTHER EQUIPMENT | – |
| Jun 14, 2024 | Department of Transportation | $20,329.00 | IT EQUIP, END USER | – |
| May 21, 2024 | Department of Transportation | $18,597.00 | OTHER EQUIPMENT | – |
| Apr 17, 2024 | Department of Transportation | $18,597.00 | OTHER EQUIPMENT | – |
| Oct 31, 2023 | Department of Transportation | $17,259.00 | IT EQUIP, END USER | – |
| Aug 7, 2023 | Ohio Expositions Commission | $5,685.00 | OTHER RENTALS | – |
| May 2, 2024 | Department of Transportation | $3,464.00 | OTHER EQUIPMENT | – |
FY 2023top 7 of 7 payments$806,693
| Date | Agency | Amount | Category | Purchase order |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 2023 | Department of Transportation | $273,940.00 | HEAVY EQUIPMENT NEC | – |
| Aug 16, 2022 | Department of Transportation | $269,761.00 | HEAVY EQUIPMENT NEC | – |
| Jul 15, 2022 | Department of Transportation | $210,674.00 | HEAVY EQUIPMENT NEC | – |
| Jun 1, 2023 | Department of Transportation | $17,259.00 | IT EQUIP, END USER | – |
| May 15, 2023 | Department of Transportation | $17,259.00 | IT EQUIP, END USER | – |
| Dec 22, 2022 | Department of Transportation | $15,500.00 | NETWORK/COMM Equip Wired | – |
| Aug 31, 2022 | Department of Transportation | $2,300.00 | ROAD,BRIDGE SUP/MAINT-DOT ONLY | – |
FY 2022top 3 of 3 payments$36,509
| Date | Agency | Amount | Category | Purchase order |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5, 2022 | Department of Transportation | $17,134.00 | IT EQUIP, END USER | – |
| Mar 14, 2022 | Department of Transportation | $15,500.00 | NETWORK/COMM Equip Wired | – |
| Apr 12, 2022 | Department of Transportation | $3,875.00 | HEAVY EQUIPMENT NEC | – |
Recent payments
| Date | Agency | Amount | Category | Method |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 2025 | Ohio Expositions Commission | $365,114.25 | Construction-Bldgs, other NEC | CHK |
| Mar 19, 2025 | Department of Transportation | $8,775.00 | HEAVY EQUIPMENT NEC | CHK |
| Mar 19, 2025 | Department of Transportation | $229,714.00 | PASSENGER VEHICLES AND TRUCKS | CHK |
| Jun 14, 2024 | Department of Transportation | $20,329.00 | IT EQUIP, END USER | CHK |
| May 29, 2024 | Department of Transportation | $369,756.00 | PASSENGER VEHICLES AND TRUCKS | CHK |
| May 21, 2024 | Department of Transportation | $18,597.00 | OTHER EQUIPMENT | CHK |
| May 2, 2024 | Department of Transportation | $3,464.00 | OTHER EQUIPMENT | CHK |
| Apr 19, 2024 | Department of Transportation | $37,194.00 | OTHER EQUIPMENT | CHK |
| Apr 17, 2024 | Department of Transportation | $18,597.00 | OTHER EQUIPMENT | CHK |
| Oct 31, 2023 | Department of Transportation | $17,259.00 | IT EQUIP, END USER | CHK |
| Oct 25, 2023 | Department of Transportation | $370,628.25 | HEAVY EQUIPMENT NEC | CHK |
| Oct 6, 2023 | Department of Transportation | $448,862.66 | HEAVY EQUIPMENT NEC | CHK |
| Aug 22, 2023 | Department of Transportation | $34,518.00 | OTHER EQUIPMENT | CHK |
| Aug 7, 2023 | Ohio Expositions Commission | $5,685.00 | OTHER RENTALS | CHK |
| Jun 1, 2023 | Department of Transportation | $17,259.00 | IT EQUIP, END USER | CHK |
| May 15, 2023 | Department of Transportation | $17,259.00 | IT EQUIP, END USER | CHK |
| Jan 26, 2023 | Department of Transportation | $273,940.00 | HEAVY EQUIPMENT NEC | CHK |
| Dec 22, 2022 | Department of Transportation | $15,500.00 | NETWORK/COMM Equip Wired | CHK |
| Aug 31, 2022 | Department of Transportation | $2,300.00 | ROAD,BRIDGE SUP/MAINT-DOT ONLY | CHK |
| Aug 16, 2022 | Department of Transportation | $269,761.00 | HEAVY EQUIPMENT NEC | CHK |
| Jul 15, 2022 | Department of Transportation | $210,674.00 | HEAVY EQUIPMENT NEC | CHK |
| Apr 12, 2022 | Department of Transportation | $3,875.00 | HEAVY EQUIPMENT NEC | CHK |
| Mar 14, 2022 | Department of Transportation | $15,500.00 | NETWORK/COMM Equip Wired | CHK |
| Jan 5, 2022 | Department of Transportation | $17,134.00 | IT EQUIP, END USER | CHK |
Other vendors serving Department of Transportation
- Shelly & Sands Inc $961,075,146
- Kokosing Construction Co Inc $925,077,598
- Shelly Company $533,732,106
- Debt Service $481,694,071
- John R Jurgensen Co $322,609,598
- Barrett Paving Materials Inc $186,972,364
- Complete General Constr Co $182,951,422
- Great Lakes Construction Co $181,204,432
- Walsh Kokosing Joint Venture II $177,352,541
- Karvo Companies Inc $175,738,785
VerifiedData refreshed Sep 24, 2026 from Ohio Checkbook (checkbook.ohio.gov): 24,768,843 payments on record, Jan 3, 2022 to Jun 26, 2025. How we verify this data