The vibrations emanated from the machine foundations cause intolerable settlements in the supporting soils. These unfavourable settlements at times cause foundation failure and structural damage, especially in poor subsoil conditions. The extent of settlement depends on the dynamic properties of the soils. Ground improvement techniques using geosynthetics are being used nowadays to improve the subsoil condition by enhancing their dynamic properties. In the current study, secondary data of the block vibration test has been analysed to calculate the dynamic properties of geocell-reinforced soil beds. The performance of various infill materials in the geocell pockets, i.e. silty sand, sand, steel slag and aggregate, has been interpreted. The results were compared with the unreinforced soil conditions to check the efficacy of the infilled materials. The dynamic properties of the modified soil were observed to improve significantly. The coefficient of the elastic uniform compression (Cu) was observed to increase in the range of 128–174% for the soil reinforced by aggregate infilled geocells compared to unreinforced soil. The shear modulus (G) of geocell-reinforced soil beds infilled with silty sand and aggregate was improved by 79 and 128%, respectively. Similarly, the damping of the soil was enhanced by 50% due to the provision of geocells. The findings from the study support the idea of utilizing the geocells to improve the dynamic properties of soils to support the machine foundations.