Top Stairlift Companies

Choosing a stairlift company in the UK is partly a choice between sales routes. Some makers send their own surveyor to your home. Others sell only through dealers, so the same lift can be quoted at different prices by different firms.

The main stairlift companies at a glance

Ownership and sales routes come from our brand ownership map, published 11 August 2026 and last revised 20 October 2026. Model names come from each maker’s own pages, read on 8 September 2026.

Acorn Stairlifts

Acorn sells direct to the public and builds its lifts in the UK. Its trade body listing claims more than 50,000 lifts a year from UK factories, which makes it the highest-volume British-registered maker with a published figure. The range is short: the Acorn 130 for straight stairs, an outdoor version of the 130 and the Acorn 180 for curved stairs. The 130 carries 127 kg as standard and 159 kg in its heavy-duty form.

The company behind the brand is Acorn Mobility Services Ltd, company number 02593771. Our Acorn review covers the models and the selling process in more detail.

Brooks Stairlifts

Brooks was founded in 1972 and shares a controlling owner and a registered office with Acorn. Unlike Acorn it is sold through dealers, so the price depends on which dealer quotes. Brooks does not publish a weight limit for its lift on its own site.

Stannah Stairlifts

Stannah is owned by the Stannah family, now in its fifth generation, and is still headquartered and manufacturing in Andover. It sells direct and also works with a small number of accredited distributors in the UK and Ireland. The range is the widest of the British makers: the Siena and Starla for straight or curved stairs, the Sadler perch-style seat, an outdoor model and the newer JOYA, for which Stannah had published no specification when we last read its pages.

Read the full Stannah review, or see Stannah vs Acorn if you are choosing between the two.

Handicare

Handicare has belonged to Savaria Corporation, a Canadian company listed in Toronto, since March 2021. Its UK company was renamed Savaria Lifts (UK) Ltd on 19 January 2026, although the consumer sites still carried the Handicare name in August 2026. The lifts are built in the UK and the Netherlands and reach most buyers through dealers.

The models are the 1000 and 1100 for straight stairs, the 1000XXL for users up to about 200 kg, and the Freecurve and 4000 for curved stairs. Companion sells Handicare-built lifts under its own name. Our Handicare review has the detail.

TK Home Solutions, formerly ThyssenKrupp

The stairlifts once sold as ThyssenKrupp are now sold as TK Home Solutions. The UK company is TK Access Solutions Limited of Stockton-on-Tees, which also supplies the trade under the Access BDD name. Its parent left thyssenkrupp when the elevator division was sold on 31 July 2020 and renamed TK Elevator. KONE announced a combination with TK Elevator on 29 April 2026, which had not completed when this page was checked.

TK sells direct, and it is the one maker in our UK Stairlift Price Tracker that publishes prices for named models.

Platinum, Otolift and Bruno

Platinum is a British maker that builds in Keighley and sells through dealers. All three of its ergo models carry 160 kg.

Otolift is Dutch, owned by the Ooms family and NPM Capital, and sells both direct and through dealers. Its UK model is the Modul-Air Smart, a curved lift rated at 125 kg.

Bruno is an American family firm that builds in Wisconsin and reaches UK buyers through dealers. Its UK-listed models are the Elan and the Elite, and the specifications we hold come from its US site.

A note on Meditek

Earlier versions of this page listed Meditek Stairlifts. Meditek does not appear in our ownership map or model database, and on 10 November 2026 its UK web address redirected to a domain-for-sale page, so we no longer list it as a company UK buyers can approach.

What to look for in a stairlift company

Ask who will actually fit and service the lift. With a direct seller it is the maker’s own engineer. With a dealer brand it is the dealer, and the warranty and call-out terms are the dealer’s too.

Check the weight limit of the exact model you are quoted, because it changes between the standard and heavy-duty versions and between straight and curved rails. The model database lists what each maker publishes and marks the gaps.

Get more than one quote for the same model where a brand is sold through dealers. Our tracker has recorded the same Handicare Freecurve advertised at three different prices by three dealers, and the page on negotiating a stairlift price shows how wide those gaps run.

Why curved stairlifts cost more than straight ones

A straight rail is cut to length from stock. A curved rail is made to measure for one staircase and fits nowhere else, which is why the survey takes longer and the price is higher. For current figures see stairlift prices.

Compare other stairlift brands

• Acorn stairlifts review
• Stannah stairlifts review
• Handicare stairlifts review
• Brooks stairlifts review
• Otolift stairlifts review
• Bruno stairlifts review
• Thyssenkrupp stairlifts review
• Companion stairlifts review
• Halton stairlifts review
• Which of these companies publish their prices: the UK Stairlift Price Tracker

This article was written in accordance with our editorial policy. Prices and grant figures are checked regularly but may change. Last reviewed: November 2026.

Claire Ashworth Editor, UK Stairlift Price Tracker

Claire Ashworth edits the UK Stairlift Price Tracker for Stairlift Costs, an independent UK guide to stairlift pricing, grants, and installation. For each edition she re-reads every source page and logs what changed, and she ensures pricing data is verified against real installer quotes each quarter.

See Full Bio