Fleet & asset register
Every unit tracked through available, on hire, reserved, in maintenance and decommissioned — with full history per asset.
Product — in active development
HIRE IQ. The hire business, running on one system.
An ERP and point-of-sale platform for equipment, vehicle and plant hire in South Africa. Counter to fleet to ledger, with the compliance layer local operators actually need — built into the product rather than sold as an add-on.
The problem
Hire businesses run on three systems that do not talk.
An accounting package that knows about invoices but not assets. A spreadsheet that knows where the units are, until someone forgets to update it. And a hire book at the counter that knows what actually went out today.
The gaps between them are where utilisation goes unmeasured, damage goes uncharged, units go missing for a week before anyone asks, and the traffic fine lands on your desk with no way to prove who was driving.
HIRE IQ closes those gaps by keeping one record from the moment a unit is quoted to the moment the invoice clears.
Built for
- Plant and equipment hire yards
- Vehicle, truck and trailer rental
- Tool and small-equipment counters
- Multi-branch operators needing separated data per branch
Interface
Built for the counter, not the boardroom.
Status at a glance, no hunting. Every unit, where it is, what it is doing and what it earns — on one screen a counter hand can read across a busy Monday.
hireiq · Fleet & assets
Fleet & assets
Live status across every unit
- On hire
- 38units
- Available
- 21units
- Utilisation
- 64%
- Overdue
- 2returns
| Asset | Type | Status | Location | Service due | Rate / day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TLB-014 | Backhoe loader | On hire | Mokopane | 14 Sep | R 4 850 |
| GEN-203 | Generator 30 kVA | Available | Yard A | 02 Oct | R 1 100 |
| TRL-088 | Flat-deck trailer | On hire | Polokwane | — | R 780 |
| EXC-006 | Mini excavator | In maintenance | Workshop | In progress | — |
| CMP-031 | Compactor plate | Overdue return | Tzaneen | 29 Aug | R 640 |
Design preview of work in progress. HIRE IQ has not been commercially released and this is not a screenshot of a live installation.
Modules
Twelve modules, one record.
Each module writes to the same underlying data. A return on the counter updates the asset, raises the charge, posts to the ledger and closes the contract in one action.
Maintenance reminders
Services flagged before they fall due — by calendar interval or by recorded usage — so a unit is booked in rather than breaking down on a customer.
Service history
Job cards against each unit — work done, parts used, cost and downtime — so a machine's full record travels with it.
Counter POS
Fast checkout with barcode and QR scanning for stock and equipment tags. Built for a queue, not a demo.
Book-out & return
Pre-hire checklists on the way out, condition capture on the way back, and automatic damage and cleaning charge calculation.
Digital signatures
Signature pad and touch capture for legally binding hire agreements, stored against the contract with a full audit trail.
Quotes & documents
Quotations, job cards, delivery notes, invoices and goods received notes generated instantly from the same record.
Debtor & creditor ledger
Live balances, credit-limit warnings, aging reports and statement generation across both sub-ledgers.
VAT & SARS invoicing
15% VAT handled correctly, invoices structured to SARS requirements, exports to Xero, Sage and QuickBooks in CSV, JSON or XML.
AARTO fine tracking
Fines captured against vehicle registration and timestamp, matched to the contract and driver active during the violation window for redirection.
POPIA & consent
Consent captured at the point of collection, PII access logged, retention and anonymisation handled on a schedule.
Multi-tenant security
Tenant separation enforced at the database level with row-level security, role-based access control and audit trails on every change.
- VAT at 15% calculated and presented the way SARS expects on every tax invoice.
- AARTO redirection — fine matched to the vehicle, the timestamp, and the contract and driver active in that window.
- POPIA by design — consent captured at collection, personal data partitioned, every PII access logged, retention and anonymisation automated.
- Accounting exports to Xero, Sage and QuickBooks in CSV, JSON or XML.
- Audit trail on every create, update and delete — who, when, and the prior value.
South African by default
Compliance is not an add-on module.
International hire platforms treat South African tax, traffic and privacy law as a localisation problem to be solved later. For an operator, that is the whole problem.
HIRE IQ is built the other way round — the regulatory layer is part of the data model, not a report generated at the end of it.
Web and desktop
The counter needs hardware. The office needs a browser.
HIRE IQ runs as a web application for management, reporting and remote access, and as a desktop application at the counter where it needs to talk to physical devices.
Both share the same business logic and the same data, so a rate change made in the office is live at every counter immediately — and a contract signed on a pad at the counter is visible in the office before the customer reaches the gate.
- Barcode and QR scanners for stock and asset tags
- Receipt and document printers at the counter
- Signature pads for hire agreements
- One shared data layer across web and desktop
Questions
What operators ask us.
Straight answers, including the ones that are not flattering. If yours is not here, ask it directly — you will get a reply from a person.
Is HIRE IQ available to buy yet?
No. HIRE IQ is in active development and has not been commercially released. We are working with a small number of South African hire operators in early access to shape it against real yards and real month-ends. There are no live customer installations yet, and we will not pretend otherwise.
Does it handle VAT and SARS-compliant tax invoices?
Yes. VAT is calculated at the standard 15% rate and invoices are structured to meet SARS tax-invoice requirements. Financial data exports in CSV, JSON or XML formatted for Xero, Sage and QuickBooks, so your accountant is not re-keying anything.
Does it do GPS tracking?
Not today. HIRE IQ tracks a unit's status — where it is booked to, who has it and when it is due back — rather than its live position on a map. Live GPS is on the roadmap, not in the product, and we would rather say so than imply otherwise.
How does it handle AARTO traffic fines?
Fines are captured against the vehicle registration and the violation timestamp, then matched to the contract and driver active during that window. That gives you the evidence trail to redirect the fine to the responsible party instead of absorbing it.
Is our data separated from other companies using the system?
Yes, and it is enforced at the database rather than in application code. Row-level security ties every record to a tenant, so a bug in the application layer cannot leak one operator's data to another. Multi-branch operators can separate data per branch the same way.
Does it work with barcode scanners, receipt printers and signature pads?
That is what the desktop application is for. It runs at the counter with native access to scanners, receipt printers and signature pads, and shares its data and business logic with the web application used in the office. A rate changed in the office is live at the counter immediately.
Can we get our data out if we leave?
Yes, in full, in an open format, at any time. No exit fee and no proprietary format holding your records hostage. It is written into how we work, not offered as a concession.
What will it cost?
Pricing is not finalised. Early access partners get preferential terms at launch in exchange for real feedback during the build. If you want to be one of them, tell us about your operation.
Early access
HIRE IQ is in active development.
We are working with a small number of South African hire operators to shape the product against real yards, real counters and real month-ends. Early access partners get direct input into the roadmap and preferential terms at launch.
If you run a hire business and want the system built around how you actually work, tell us about it.