Research and data 8
UK Stairlift Price Tracker
ProprietaryTerme_006The UK Stairlift Price Tracker is Stairlift Costs' monthly record of stairlift prices published on UK makers', dealers' and sellers' own websites, each with its source and capture date. First published 20 August 2026; the headline medians were re-captured on 20 October 2026 and the next full capture is due 20 November 2026.
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Stairlift Costs' UK Stairlift Price Tracker puts the median published price of a new UK stairlift at £2,972.50 (straight £1,995, curved £4,597.50), from 62 prices published by 22 UK sellers and captured 20 October 2026.
The headline medians and the price history were re-captured from their source pages on 20 October 2026. The brand-by-brand tables below show the 20 August 2026 capture, and every change found on 20 October is listed in its own section. Each figure carries the date its own source page shows. Next full capture: 20 November 2026.
The full method, including which prices go into the medians, what published prices leave out and how to cite the figures, is set out in how the UK Stairlift Price Tracker is built.
How the UK Stairlift Price Tracker is built
Methodologye_007The tracker methodology defines a published price, grades every source A to D, and keeps only one-off retail prices from grades A and B for the medians. Private quotes, survey averages, forum posts and reader-reported prices are recorded but never enter the medians.
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Private quotes are not published prices, and neither are survey averages, forum posts or the prices a reader tells us they were offered. Those can be useful, and some of them are in the dataset, but they never go into the medians.
From the 180 retail rows we keep one-off prices for a single stairlift of these types: straight, curved, outdoor, heavy duty and perch.
The whole dataset holds 290 sourced datapoints from 84 publishers and public bodies across 150 source URLs. The medians use 129 of them, for the reasons set out below.
Stairlift Running Costs Report 2026
ProprietaryTerme_009Stairlift Costs' data report on what a stairlift costs to keep each year in the UK: servicing, repairs, batteries and electricity, annualised, with the electricity model printed in full. Compiled August 2026; a 16 September 2026 note records that the purchase bands it used were later revised.
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So we modelled the lot: servicing, batteries, repairs and electricity, at the unit rate actually in force this summer, with the workings printed below so anyone can check them or substitute their own tariff.
Running costs compound. Over a ten-year life they add £2,350 to whatever the lift cost, plus £150 to £300 to take it off the stairs at the end.
Please credit “Stairlift Costs Running Costs Report 2026” with a link back here.
Stairlift Brand Ownership Map 2026
Taxonomye_012Also known as: Who Owns the Stairlift Brands
Stairlift Costs' map of who owns the stairlift brands sold in the UK, traced through Companies House and company announcements in August 2026. It finds eleven well-known brands belong to four owners, and prints company numbers so each link can be checked.
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Eleven of the best-known stairlift brands sold in Britain belong to just four owners.
Ownership was established from the Companies House register: persons with significant control, filing histories, registers of charges, and officer appointments, all read in August 2026.
Please credit “Stairlift Costs Brand Ownership Map 2026” with a link back here.
Ageing in Place Cost Report 2026
ProprietaryTerme_013Stairlift Costs' report comparing the UK cost of adapting a home with a stairlift, moving house, home care and a care home. Published July 2026 and updated 7 September 2026.
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Independent data report. Published July 2026 by Claire Ashworth, updated 7 September 2026. Free to cite with a link to this page.
Staying in your own home with a new stairlift costs about £5,375 over ten years, roughly £10 a week. A self-funded residential care home costs £1,298 a week, more than 125 times as much.
Please credit “Stairlift Costs Ageing in Place Report 2026” with a link to this page.
Types of stairlifts
Taxonomye_016Stairlift Costs' classification of the stairlift types sold in the UK: straight, curved, heavy-duty, standing and perch, narrow-stair, outdoor and reconditioned, each with its own cost guide.
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There is no single “standard” stairlift. Different staircases, mobility needs, and budgets require different designs. Understanding the main types of stairlifts helps avoid unsuitable quotes and makes cost comparisons clearer.
Straight stairlifts are designed for staircases that run in a single line with no bends, curves, or intermediate landings.
Curved stairlifts are designed for staircases with bends, turns, spiral sections, or multiple landings.
Local stairlift cost guides
Taxonomye_038Stairlift Costs' set of town and city cost guides across the UK, each giving installed price ranges by stairlift type plus local funding notes.
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On this site: work out your own likely cost with the cost calculator, get free quotes, and see local cost guides for 42 UK towns and cities.
A straight stairlift in Leeds typically costs £1,500 to £3,500 installed, while a curved stairlift costs £4,000 to £10,000 because the rail is made to measure. Reconditioned straight models start from around £1,000.
Stairlift price bands 2026
ProprietaryTerme_039Also known as: Stairlift Pricing Index
Stairlift Costs' budget bands for a fitted stairlift by type, published on its 2026 stairlift prices page. They are guides for an installed lift and sit above what sellers publish; the median published prices are in the UK Stairlift Price Tracker. The bands were previously called the Stairlift Pricing Index.
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These are budget bands for a fitted lift. What sellers publish is lower: the median published price of a new straight stairlift is £1,995, from 25 prices captured 20 October 2026 for our UK Stairlift Price Tracker.
Typical price bands for each type are on our 2026 stairlift prices page, and the median published price for each type is in our UK Stairlift Price Tracker.
Price tables carry a “last verified” date and are re-checked against the UK Stairlift Price Tracker.
Products and services 12
Straight stairlift
PhysicalProducte_017A stairlift on a single straight rail fixed to the stair treads, for a staircase with no bends, winders or half landing. Stairlift Costs puts it at £1,500 to £3,500 fully installed, with a published median of £1,995 in the 20 August 2026 capture.
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A straight stairlift runs on a single rail bolted to your stair treads, with no bends or turns. It is the cheapest and quickest stairlift to fit: £1,500 to £3,500 fully installed for most UK homes, surveyed and installed inside a week, with no structural work and no planning permission.
Curved stairlift
PhysicalProducte_018A stairlift on a rail made to measure for one staircase with bends, winders or landings. The published median is £4,597.50 from 26 prices by 18 UK sellers (captured 20 October 2026; £4,395 from 28 prices on 20 August); Stairlift Costs budgets £4,000 to £7,000 installed for a single bend and £7,000 to £10,000 for several.
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A curved stairlift is built around a rail made to measure for one staircase, which is why it costs two to three times what a straight lift costs and takes weeks, not days. Expect £4,000 to £7,000 installed for a single bend, and £7,000 to £10,000 once the stairs turn more than once.
The median published price of a new curved stairlift in the UK is £4,597.50, from 26 prices published by 18 UK sellers and captured 20 October 2026
Reconditioned stairlift
PhysicalProducte_019Also known as: Refurbished stairlift
A used stairlift that has been stripped, rebuilt with worn parts and batteries replaced, safety tested and re-warranted, then fitted on a rail for the new staircase. A reconditioned straight lift costs £1,000 to £2,000 installed.
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A reconditioned stairlift has been installed in someone’s home, removed, and taken back to a workshop where it is stripped, checked against a formal inspection list, rebuilt with worn parts replaced, fitted with new batteries and safety tested before being sold again with a fresh warranty.
A reconditioned straight stairlift costs £1,000 to £2,000 fully installed in the UK in 2026, against £1,500 to £3,500 new, typically about a third less.
Reconditioned stairlifts are used units that have been refurbished and tested.
Outdoor stairlift
PhysicalProducte_020A stairlift built for external steps, with sealed electrics, a weather-treated rail and a waterproof seat cover. £2,000 to £4,500 installed on straight steps, £6,000 to £8,000 or more on a curved outdoor rail.
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An outdoor stairlift costs £2,000 to £4,500 installed in the UK in 2026 on straight steps, and £6,000 to £8,000+ where the rail has to follow a curve.
Mechanically it is the same machine as an indoor lift.
Outdoor stairlifts are designed specifically for outdoor steps and exposure to the elements.
Slimline stairlift for narrow stairs
PhysicalProducte_021Also known as: Narrow stairs stairlift
A slimline seated stairlift that fits staircases from about 61cm of clear width, against 70 to 75cm for a standard model. On a straight flight it costs £1,500 to £3,500 installed, the same as a standard lift.
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A slimline stairlift fits a staircase from about 61cm of clear width, against 70 to 75cm for a standard seated model, and it costs £1,500 to £3,500 installed on a straight flight, the same price as a standard lift.
There is no legal minimum, and this is where most advice goes wrong. Approved Document K, the part of the building regulations covering stairs, sets no general minimum width for private stairs inside a home.
Heavy-duty stairlift
PhysicalProducte_022Also known as: Bariatric stairlift
A stairlift rated for 25 stone (about 160kg) or more, with a reinforced rail, stronger motor and wider seat. £2,500 to £4,500 at published prices on a straight staircase and £6,000 to £9,000 on a curved rail.
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A heavy-duty stairlift carries 25 stone or more, against 19 to 22 stone on a standard model, using a reinforced rail with extra fixing points, a stronger motor and a wider seat. It costs £2,500 to £4,500 at published prices on a straight staircase and £6,000 to £9,000 for a curved rail.
Standing or perch stairlift
PhysicalProducte_023Also known as: Perch stairlift
A stairlift that carries the user semi-upright on a small ledge seat instead of a chair, for people who cannot bend their hips or knees enough to sit, or for stairs too narrow for a seated lift. £2,000 to £3,500 installed on a straight staircase.
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A standing stairlift, usually called a perch lift, carries the user in a semi-upright position on a small ledge seat rather than a chair. It exists for two reasons: hips or knees that will not bend enough to sit, and staircases too narrow for a seated lift.
Standing or perch stairlifts are designed for people who find sitting difficult but can remain supported in a semi-standing position.
Stairlift rental
Servicee_026A hire agreement for a stairlift. Going by the 18 UK sellers that publish a straight rental price (read 12 October 2026), the median is £475 upfront and then £50 a month, £1,050 for the first year, with servicing, breakdown cover and removal normally included. Stairlift Costs presents it as suited to a temporary need.
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Renting a stairlift costs a median £50 a month after a median £475 upfront fee, going by the 18 UK sellers that publish a straight rental price. The first year comes to a median £1,050, and servicing, breakdown cover and removal are normally included.
Stairlift rental is a hire agreement, not a purchase and not a finance deal.
Stairlift removal
Servicee_029Taking a stairlift out of a home when it is no longer needed. Nine UK sellers publish a removal price, with a median starting price of £100 (read 5 October 2026); Stairlift Costs budgets £150 to £300 including VAT.
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Nine UK stairlift sellers publish a removal price, and the median of the lowest price each one advertises is £100, from pages read on 5 October 2026.
As a budget, allow £150 to £300 including VAT. That is the removal figure used across this site, and most published prices sit at or below the bottom of it.
Stairlifts are fixed to the stair treads, not the wall, and are designed to be removable.
Stairlift installation
Servicee_030Fitting a stairlift: a home survey, fixing the rail to the stair treads, installing the chair and testing it. Usually done without structural work, planning permission or new wiring, and usually bundled into the quoted price.
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Stairlift installation is usually quicker and less disruptive than people expect. In most homes, a stairlift can be fitted without structural changes, planning permission, or major electrical work.
Installation is usually bundled into the quoted price.
Stairlift Calculator
SoftwareProducte_036Also known as: Stairlift cost calculator
Stairlift Costs' online calculator that gives a budget band for a typical fitted stairlift from the staircase details a user enters. It is a guide, not a quote.
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The StairliftCosts.co.uk Calculator provides general cost estimates based on the information you enter. These estimates are intended for guidance only and should not be relied upon as definitive pricing or a substitute for a professional quote from a stairlift provider.
That is one reason the calculator above, a budget band for a typical fitted lift, sits above most of the starting prices in this table.
Free stairlift quote service
Servicee_037Also known as: Stairlift quote form
A free, no-obligation form on Stairlift Costs that passes a reader's staircase details to partner installers covering their postcode, who then contact the reader with quotes.
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By submitting this form, your details will be shared with up to three stairlift suppliers from our partner network, who will contact you with a quote.
Yes. Quotes are free and no-obligation. If you go on to buy from a partner supplier we may receive a commission, at no cost to you.
Brands and owners 10
Acorn Mobility Services Ltd
Organizatione_003Also known as: Acorn Stairlifts
Acorn Mobility Services Ltd (Companies House 02593771) is the UK company behind the Acorn stairlift brand, which sells direct to the public and publishes no list prices of its own. The Stairlift Costs ownership map records it as under common ownership with Brooks Stairlifts Limited, not as Brooks's parent.
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Acorn is the highest-volume British-registered maker we could find a published figure for, and it sells direct, with its own salespeople and its own installers.
What the public record does not do is name Brooks’s parent, so we are not going to assert that Brooks is a subsidiary of Acorn. Common ownership is what the filings show, and common ownership is what we will say.
Acorn manufactures both straight and curved rails. The straight units come off a stock-modular line; curved units use a proprietary modular rail system rather than the bespoke per-staircase rail that Stannah uses.
Acorn publishes no price of its own and states on its blog that it does not give list prices. None of these is a quote for your staircase.
Brooks Stairlifts Limited
Organizatione_004Also known as: Brooks Stairlifts
Brooks Stairlifts Limited (Companies House 01042173) is the UK company behind the Brooks stairlift brand, which reaches buyers through independent dealers.
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Brooks is an older name, founded in 1972 by Frederick Brooks, who built the first one for his wife, and it reaches customers through independent dealers instead.
Brooks stairlifts start from around £1,500 for a straight model and £3,500 for a curved one, fitted. The single most useful thing to know is that Brooks and Acorn share a controlling owner: Acorn sells direct to the public, Brooks reaches you through independent dealers.
TK Access Solutions Limited
Organizatione_005Also known as: TK Home Solutions
TK Access Solutions Limited of Stockton-on-Tees (Companies House 01166449) trades to the public as TK Home Solutions and to the trade as Access BDD. Its parent, TK Elevator, is subject to a pending combination with KONE announced on 29 April 2026.
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These two trade quite separately, one selling to the public and one supplying the trade, but both are TK Access Solutions Limited of Stockton-on-Tees, company number 01166449.
TK Home Solutions and Access BDD are the same UK company, TK Access Solutions Ltd, selling to consumers under one name and to the trade under the other. Its parent is subject to a pending takeover by KONE.
Also known as: Stannah Stairlifts
Stannah is the British stairlift brand of the Stannah group, whose holding company is Stannah Lifts Holdings Limited; it is headquartered and manufacturing in Andover, Hampshire, and owned by the Stannah family, now in its fifth generation. Stannah publishes no stairlift prices of its own; reseller prices are recorded in the UK Stairlift Price Tracker.
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Stannah is the exception that makes the rest of the map interesting. More than 150 years old, still headquartered and manufacturing in Andover, and still owned by the Stannah family, now the fifth generation.
The Companies House register for Stannah Lifts Holdings Limited lists seven family members as persons with significant control, several holding through trusts. There has been no change of ownership.
Stannah publishes no price. Its pricing page names no figure, and the online stairlift builder its range page links to redirects to the homepage.
Dolphin Lifts also states that the same Starla runs around £2,500 less on a straight staircase than on a curved one, which is the clearest published figure we have found for what the bend itself costs.
Savaria Corporation
Organizatione_042Also known as: Savaria
Savaria Corporation, of Laval, Quebec, listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange as SIS, owns six stairlift brands sold in the UK: Handicare, Minivator, Freelift, Sterling, Companion and Garaventa. Its UK company was renamed Savaria Lifts (UK) Ltd on 19 January 2026.
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Savaria Corporation is based in Laval, Quebec, and listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker SIS. It is the biggest single presence in the UK stairlift market and almost invisible as a name, because it sells here under everyone else's.
Then in March 2021 it completed a takeover of Handicare Group AB, the Swedish listed company, which brought with it Handicare, Minivator, Freelift, Sterling and Companion in one transaction.
The UK company, Minivator Limited by birth and Handicare Accessibility Limited for most of the last fifteen years, was renamed Savaria Lifts (UK) Ltd on 19 January 2026.
Handicare
Organizatione_043Also known as: Handicare Stairlifts
Handicare is a stairlift brand owned by Savaria Corporation since Savaria completed its takeover of Handicare Group AB on 11 March 2021. Stairlift Costs treats it as a brand rather than a company; Handicare lifts are built in the UK, at Kingswinford in the West Midlands, and in the Netherlands, and sold through dealers and direct.
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Savaria Corporation of Laval, Quebec, listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange as SIS. Savaria completed its takeover of Handicare Group AB on 11 March 2021.
The consumer-facing Handicare websites were still carrying Handicare branding when we checked in August 2026. Treat Handicare in 2026 as a brand and not as a company.
Handicare Freecurve, curved single rail: from £3,995 at Clear Choice Stairlifts, and up to £5,295 elsewhere for the same model.
Handicare 1000, straight, new: from £1,895 at Clear Choice Stairlifts.
Savaria Corporation of Laval, Quebec, completed its takeover of Handicare Group AB on 11 March 2021, and the UK company was renamed Savaria Lifts (UK) Ltd on 19 January 2026. So Handicare is now a brand rather than a separate company, and its UK lifts are built in Kingswinford in the West Midlands.
Companion Stairlifts
Organizatione_044Also known as: Companion
Companion Stairlifts is a UK stairlift brand under Savaria Corporation that sells Handicare models with its own sales, installation and aftercare, and does not manufacture. The company Companion Stairlifts Limited (04728243) was dissolved on 6 January 2026 by voluntary strike-off; the brand still trades from Guiseley, Leeds, and the entity now behind it is not settled by the public record.
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Companion is the odd one out and worth a paragraph of its own. It never manufactured anything; its own website says so, describing itself as part of the Handicare group and stating that Handicare builds all its lifts.
Companion Stairlifts Limited applied to be struck off in July 2025 and was dissolved on 6 January 2026. This was a voluntary strike-off with accounts filed on the way out, which is the pattern of a solvent group tidying up, not a business failing.
Yes, the brand does. Companion Stairlifts still trades from Guiseley, Leeds, and its website was live when we checked on 16 September 2026.
Companion and Handicare are sister brands. Both belong to Savaria Corporation, the Canadian group that completed its purchase of Handicare Group AB in March 2021 and also owns Minivator, Freelift, Sterling and Garaventa. Companion handles sales, installation and aftercare, and the models it lists are Handicare models.
Halton Stairlifts
Organizatione_045Also known as: Halton
Halton Stairlifts is a UK family-run independent stairlift supplier, not a manufacturer. It supplies and fits new and reconditioned lifts from Acorn, Brooks, Handicare and Platinum, and handles survey, sale, installation, servicing and aftercare itself.
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Halton Stairlifts is a UK family-run independent supplier, not a manufacturer. That single fact explains both its strengths and what to check before buying.
Because Halton is not tied to one maker, it supplies new and reconditioned lifts from several brands, Acorn, Brooks, Handicare and Platinum, and can recommend whichever suits your stairs and budget. Reconditioned lifts start from around £900 and new straight lifts from around £2,000, with fast, often next-day, installation nationwide.
Instead it sources from established manufacturers, so customers get tried-and-tested technology, while Halton handles the survey, sale, installation, servicing and aftercare.
Also known as: Otolift Stairlifts
Otolift is a Dutch curved-stairlift manufacturer, owned by the Ooms family and NPM Capital and building in the Netherlands and Slovakia, known for a single-tube rail. Its UK range is now one model, the Modul-Air Smart, with curved prices from around £5,000 fitted.
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Otolift is a curved stairlift specialist, and its prices start from around £5,000 fitted. The thing that sets it apart is the single-tube rail: where most curved stairlifts use two rails, Otolift runs on one slim tube that sits close to the wall, leaving more of the staircase free to walk on.
Otolift now lists a single model in the UK, the Modul-Air Smart. The Air, the Two and the earlier Modul-Air have gone from the range.
the date NPM Capital invested in Otolift is given as 2022 by NPM and 2023 by Otolift.
Platinum Stairlifts
Organizatione_047Also known as: Platinum
Platinum Stairlifts is a British stairlift manufacturer building in Keighley, West Yorkshire, owned by NorthEdge Capital and its founder, and selling through independent dealers. It is outside the four large ownership groups.
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Platinum and Bespoke are also British companies. Savaria is Canadian and TK Elevator is private-equity owned.
Stannah builds in Andover, Acorn and Brooks in Yorkshire and Scotland, Handicare and Minivator in Kingswinford, Platinum in Keighley and Bespoke in Bradford.
Brooks, Platinum, Bespoke and Access BDD reach you through independent dealers, which means the lift and the service come from different businesses, and the quality of the dealer matters as much as the quality of the lift.
Pricing and grants 15
Median published UK stairlift price, 20 August 2026 capture
Metrice_008Also known as: £2,800 median stairlift price
The first capture behind the UK Stairlift Price Tracker, taken 20 August 2026: a median of £2,800 for all new stairlifts (73 prices from 25 sellers), £1,995 straight and £4,395 curved, and £1,595 for reconditioned lifts across 56 prices. It measures what sellers publish, not what buyers pay after a survey. Superseded as the headline figure by the 20 October 2026 capture, but kept as a dated record.
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The median published price of a new UK stairlift is £2,800, and the shape of the rail explains most of it. A curved lift's median is £4,395 against £1,995 for a straight one, so a made-to-measure rail adds about £2,400.
Reconditioned stairlifts: median £1,550 across 32 published prices on 20 October 2026 (£1,595 across 56 on 20 August; two of the largest reconditioned sellers could not be read this time).
The average (mean) of the same 73 new prices is £3,308. It sits higher because a few prices for multi-bend curved and heavy-duty lifts, up to £10,000, pull it upwards. A single £10,000 lift cannot move the median, so it describes the typical published price better.
Annual stairlift running cost (UK 2026)
Metrice_010Also known as: £235 a year
The typical yearly cost of keeping a stairlift in the UK in 2026: £235, about £4.50 a week, with a realistic range of £118 to £357. It adds the annual service, budgeted repairs, batteries and electricity, and servicing makes up 64% of it.
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Running a stairlift costs £235 a year, about £4.50 a week. The realistic spread is £118 to £357.
Servicing accounts for 64% of that. Electricity accounts for 5%.
Our running costs report adds £235 a year for servicing, repairs, batteries and electricity, plus about £225 to remove the lift at the end of its life.
Annual stairlift electricity use and cost
Metrice_011A modelled 47 kWh a year for a typical stairlift, costing £12 at the Ofgem price-cap unit rate of 26.11p per kWh for 1 July to 30 September 2026, with a range of £8 to £17. Most of it is the trickle charge, not the motor.
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Electricity works out at 47 kWh, or £12 a year, which is less than a broadband router costs to leave switched on.
At the Ofgem price cap unit rate of 26.11p per kWh for 1 July to 30 September 2026, 47 kWh comes to £12 a year, with a range of £8 to £17.
Ten-year cost of staying put with a new stairlift
Metrice_014Also known as: £10 a week to stay put
About £5,375 over ten years, roughly £10 a week: the £2,800 median published price of a new stairlift (20 August 2026 capture) plus £235 a year running costs and £225 removal. Stairlift Costs sets it against a self-funded residential care home at £1,298 a week, a carehome.co.uk average.
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Staying put with a new stairlift costs about £5,375 over ten years, roughly £10 a week. That starts from the £2,800 median published price of a new stairlift and adds servicing, repairs, batteries, electricity and eventual removal.
Answer checked 7 September 2026. The stairlift figure starts from the £2,800 median of 73 prices published for new stairlifts (published by 25 UK sellers, captured 20 August 2026, full dataset) and adds £235 a year running costs plus £225 removal.
Same-seller stairlift price difference by staircase type
Metrice_015Also known as: Stairlift cost by staircase type
The extra cost each staircase type adds when a seller's own prices are compared like for like, read from 50 pages of 23 UK sellers on 1 October 2026. A narrow straight flight added nothing, an outdoor version a median £800, and a curved lift a median £3,650 over the same maker's straight model.
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Comparing each seller’s own prices on 1 October 2026, a narrow staircase added nothing to the cost of a straight stairlift, the outdoor version of the same lift cost a median £800 more, and a curved lift cost a median £3,650 more than the same maker’s straight model.
No seller we checked publishes a price for a spiral staircase or for more than two bends.
The straight and curved medians come from our UK Stairlift Price Tracker and its methodology.
Published stairlift price
Concepte_024A price a UK stairlift maker, dealer or seller shows on its own public web page, recorded exactly as worded with its source and date. Sellers do not publish on a common basis: many are "from" prices and many do not say whether fitting is included.
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Figures are what sellers publish, not quotes we received.
A published price is a figure that a UK stairlift maker, dealer or seller shows on its own public web page. We record the figure exactly as worded, the page it came from and the date we read it.
Stairlift sellers do not publish prices on a common basis, and the tracker records them as published rather than adjusting them.
Installed stairlift price
Concepte_025Also known as: Fitted stairlift price
The price of a stairlift fitted on the stairs, which most suppliers quote with installation, a basic warranty and one or two service visits bundled in. Where a seller prices fitting separately it runs £300 to £600 for a straight lift.
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Most suppliers include installation, a basic warranty, and one or two service visits in the quoted price. Always ask whether installation is included before comparing quotes.
Where a seller does price fitting on its own, it runs £300 to £600 for a straight lift.
19 do not say whether fitting is included, and 9 more mention fitting without itemising what it costs.
Stairlift servicing
Servicee_027Also known as: Stairlift maintenance
A routine inspection of a stairlift by a trained engineer, usually once a year and often a warranty condition. A single service costs £100 to £200 in the UK in 2026; an annual cover plan costs £150 to £300.
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A standard single stairlift service costs £100 to £200 in the UK in 2026, taking 45 to 90 minutes.
Stairlift servicing is a routine inspection performed by a trained engineer to ensure the stairlift operates safely and correctly.
A one-off annual service costs £100 to £200 in the UK in 2026. An annual cover plan bundling the service with breakdown cover and call-outs costs £150 to £300 a year.
Stairlift repair call-out charge
Concepte_028Also known as: Call-out fee
The charge for an engineer visit to repair a stairlift outside a service agreement, typically £75 to £200 a visit before parts.
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Repair callouts outside of a service agreement typically cost £75 to £200 per visit before parts.
An annual service is usually a warranty condition. Skipping it can void cover and turns small faults into £75-£200 callouts.
Disabled Facilities Grant
Regulatione_031Also known as: DFG
A means-tested council grant (administered by NIHE in Northern Ireland) for home adaptations that can pay for a stairlift after an occupational therapist assessment. Maximums are £30,000 in England, £36,000 in Wales and £35,000 in Northern Ireland; Scotland has no DFG.
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- ENABLES Stairlift installation means-tested; England, Wales and Northern Ireland; Scotland uses the Scheme of Assistance · 2026-09 · UK
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The Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) is a government-backed grant designed to help disabled people make essential adaptations to their homes. Stairlifts are commonly covered when assessed as necessary.
Not yet. As of 30 September 2026 the government has not announced a new maximum, and the limit in England is still £30,000, the figure set in 2008 by the Disabled Facilities Grants (Maximum Amounts and Additional Purposes) (England) Order 2008.
Status checked 30 September 2026. The review covers England only; Wales (£36,000) and Northern Ireland (£35,000) set their own limits.
Scheme of Assistance (Scotland)
Regulatione_032Scotland's route for help with housing adaptations, including stairlifts, under the Housing (Scotland) Act 2006. Each of the 32 councils publishes its own scheme; there is no Disabled Facilities Grant in Scotland. The grant for an essential adaptation is at least 80 per cent of the eligible cost, and 100 per cent for people on certain benefits.
Evidence
Scheme: Scheme of Assistance for housing adaptations (Housing (Scotland) Act 2006).
There is no Disabled Facilities Grant in Scotland. If a site tells you to apply for a DFG for a Scottish address, it is using English wording for the wrong country.
Means-tested? Usually yes for owner-occupiers and private tenants. Some essential adaptations attract a mandatory 80 per cent grant regardless of income.
A grant of at least 80 per cent of the eligible cost if you are an owner-occupier, rising to 100 per cent if you get certain benefits, such as Universal Credit, the guarantee credit part of Pension Credit, income-based Jobseeker's Allowance, income-related Employment and Support Allowance or Income Support
VAT relief on stairlifts for disabled people
Regulatione_033Also known as: Stairlift VAT exemption
UK VAT relief under HMRC VAT Notice 701/7 that removes VAT from a stairlift, its installation, servicing and repairs when the user has a chronic illness or disability, claimed by signing a declaration at the point of sale. The site calls it VAT exemption; in HMRC terms the supply is zero-rated.
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Evidence
VAT relief on stairlifts is not a grant or a discount from the supplier. It is zero-rating (often called VAT exemption) under VAT Notice 701/7
VAT exemption also applies to stairlift servicing and repairs if you have a qualifying condition.
Yes. VAT is a UK-wide tax, so the exemption rules are the same across all four nations.
Median published UK stairlift price, 20 October 2026 capture
Metrice_040Also known as: £2,972.50 median stairlift price
The current headline figure of the UK Stairlift Price Tracker: the median of new-stairlift prices published by UK sellers on 20 October 2026 is £2,972.50 for all types (62 prices from 22 sellers), £1,995 straight (25 prices) and £4,597.50 curved (26 prices); reconditioned lifts £1,550 across 32 prices. The rise from August's £2,800 reflects which prices could be read, not prices moving: across the 60 new prices read on both dates the median is £2,972.50 both times.
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Stairlift Costs' UK Stairlift Price Tracker puts the median published price of a new UK stairlift at £2,972.50 (straight £1,995, curved £4,597.50), from 62 prices published by 22 UK sellers and captured 20 October 2026.
Reconditioned stairlifts: median £1,550 across 32 published prices on 20 October 2026 (£1,595 across 56 on 20 August; two of the largest reconditioned sellers could not be read this time).
Their August prices are not used in the October figures. Because the missing prices are not a random sample, compare like for like: across the 60 new prices read on both dates, the median is £2,972.50 both times.
The median published price for a new UK stairlift is £2,972.50, from 62 prices published by 22 UK sellers and captured on 20 October 2026
Stairlift extended warranty and service plan
Servicee_049Also known as: Stairlift warranty plan
A yearly contract, sold as an extended warranty, service plan, maintenance plan or breakdown cover, that combines the annual service with engineer callouts and some or all parts, typically £150 to £300 a year in 2026. New stairlifts come with a manufacturer warranty, usually 12 months and sometimes 24 on the motor and gearbox.
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Stairlift cover is sold under several names: extended warranty, service plan, maintenance plan, breakdown cover, even "stairlift insurance." They mostly describe the same thing, a yearly contract that combines servicing with repair callouts.
A typical plan at £150 to £300 a year includes the annual service, unlimited or capped engineer callouts, and some or all parts.
A new stairlift includes a manufacturer warranty, usually 12 months and sometimes 24 on the motor and gearbox. Reconditioned lifts from reputable suppliers typically include 6 to 12 months.
Of the 21 new prices that state a term, 12 give two years, six give 12 months, one gives three years and two say lifetime.
Stairlift fitting cost where priced separately
Metrice_050Also known as: Stairlift installation cost
The installation charge shown where a UK seller prices fitting as its own line, read from the UK Stairlift Price Tracker's 20 August 2026 capture: £300 to £600 for a straight lift, with one retailer listing £600 to £1,500 for curved and £500 to £1,000 for outdoor. Most sellers bundle fitting into the price, and the home survey is free.
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Fitting costs £300 to £600 where a seller prices it separately, the home survey is free, and a buyer who qualifies for VAT relief pays no VAT at all.
We checked every new-lift price in our tracker for an itemised split into rail, chair, fitting and tax. None of the 73 has one. Two retailers publish an installation charge as a separate line, and one dealer page last updated in 2018 prices a few options one by one.
One retailer lists curved fitting at £600 to £1,500 and outdoor at £500 to £1,000.