What Evac+Chair does

Evac+Chair is a UK-based manufacturer and supplier of emergency evacuation chairs and transfer devices, founded in 1982 and headquartered at Blythe Valley Park, Solihull. The company designs, produces, and distributes a comprehensive range of manual evacuation chairs (models 200H, 300H, 500H, 600H, 110, IBEX), a powered evacuation chair (Evac+Power 1000H with a 36V lithium-ion battery and 270kg payload), transfer products (ProMove slings, ResQMat, ResQSheet), and the Voyager transfer chair line. Core technology centres on a proprietary friction belt track system for controlled stairwell descent, with independent University of Greenwich testing demonstrating 0.84 m/s descent speed and 30% faster evacuation versus alternatives. Products are CE and UKCA marked as Class 1 Medical Devices, manufactured to ISO 13485 and ISO 9001 quality standards, and exported to over 70 countries.

The company sells through a hybrid model combining direct enterprise field sales — a nationwide UK team conducting complimentary evacuation assessments — with self-serve e-commerce via evacchair.co.uk and the Evac Xpert™ online product consultant. Revenue streams include one-time chair sales (£433–£2,995 ex VAT), bundled kits (Pro Kit, ResQ Kit, Combi Kit), recurring maintenance contracts (1, 3, and 5-year terms) ensuring PUWER compliance, accessories, and training services (Operator and Key Trainer courses). Customers span eight primary verticals: care homes and nursing homes, hospitals and healthcare, education, government and public buildings, retail, stadiums and entertainment venues, hospitality, and transport hubs, with named enterprise customers including Google, Amazon, HSBC, Boots, Aldi, Vodafone, Zara, Fujitsu, 3M, and Everton FC.

Evac+Chair has operated as a subsidiary of the Allvida Group since 2020 and continues to invest in product innovation, including the July 2025 launches of the Evac+Power 1000H powered chair and the Evac Xpert™ virtual assistant, alongside content marketing initiatives (Evac+Pod podcast, webinars) targeting regulatory tailwinds such as Martyn's Law, RPEEPs, the Equality Act 2010, and the Fire Safety Order. Recent recognition includes the 2025 Birmingham Business Awards 'Accessibility in Action' award and the 2026 West Midlands Medium Business of the Year award.

Name

Evac+Chair

Legal name

Evac+Chair

Website

https://evacchair.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

1982

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Evac+Chair is a UK-based manufacturer founded in 1982 that designs, produces, and supplies emergency evacuation chairs and transfer devices for mobility-impaired individuals, serving care homes, hospitals, education, government, retail, and transport customers across 70+ countries.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Emergency Evacuation Equipment

akta.pro primary industry

Medical Emergency Response & On-site First Aid/Paramedics (BPABANAG)

Keywords

• Emergency evacuation chairs
• Mobility evacuation solutions
• Powered evacuation equipment
• Transfer and evacuation devices
• Stairway evacuation systems

Headquarters

HQ city

Solihull

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

Operations, Supply Chain, Personnel, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Evacuation Chair Sales: One-time sale of evacuation chairs including manual models (300H, 500H, 600H, 110, 200H, IBEX) and powered models (1000H), priced from £433 to £2,995 ex VAT.
2. Accessories and Add-ons: Sale of accessories including wall hooks, dust covers, chair stands, and replacement parts for all evacuation chair models.
3. Bundled Solutions: Pre-configured evacuation bundles including Pro Kit (chair + ProMove Sling), ResQ Kit (chair + ResQMat), and Combi Kit (chair + sling + mat), priced from £915 to £1,323 ex VAT.
4. Maintenance Contracts: Annual maintenance packages in 1, 3, or 5-year terms ensuring equipment remains compliant with PUWER regulations, including full inspection, professional servicing, and genuine replacement parts.
5. Training Services: Nationwide training programmes including Operator Training Course and Key Trainer Course, combining hands-on practice with essential theory for safe evacuation chair operation.
6. Transfer Equipment: ProMove slings (adult and child sizes) and ResQMat/ResQSheet for evacuating individuals unable to self-transfer into evacuation chairs.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels7 records

Core offering

Evac+Chair designs, manufactures and supplies emergency evacuation chairs, transfer chairs, evacuation slings, evacuation mats and sheets used to safely evacuate mobility-impaired individuals down stairs during emergencies when lifts cannot be used. The company also delivers certified operator training and annual maintenance contracts ensuring compliance with UK PUWER, Fire Safety Order, and Equality Act requirements.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Evac Xpert™: A cutting-edge virtual assistant to support the completion of evacuation assessments online, providing fast, accurate and tailored product recommendations.
• Evac+Power
• Evac+Chair Voyager
• Evac+Pod
• ResQMat
• ResQSheet
• ProMove

Products and services

• Evac+Chair 300H The original Evac+Chair manual evacuation chair with 182kg payload designed for single-operator controlled descent of mobility-impaired individuals on stairs during emergencies. Targeted at facilities managers and fire safety officers across care, healthcare, education and commercial buildings.
• Evac+Chair 500H Robust manual evacuation chair with 227kg payload using Evac+Chair's friction belt system, designed for demanding environments requiring high build integrity. Suited to facilities with intensive usage in healthcare, public sector and high-traffic premises.
• Evac+Chair 600H Versatile manual evacuation chair with 182kg payload, capable of single-person descent or 2–4 operator team-assisted ascent and able to navigate obstacles and high thresholds. For facilities requiring maximum adaptability across complex building layouts.
• Evac+Power 1000H Powered evacuation chair launched in July 2025 with 36V lithium-ion battery, world-leading 270kg payload capacity, and up to 90 minutes or 150 flights of stairs continuous use. Sold to enterprise customers needing powered ascent and descent for heavier users and longer evacuations.
• Evac+Chair 110 Ultra-slim manual evacuation chair with 150kg payload designed for narrow staircases in older buildings and heritage sites where space-constrained evacuation is required. Suitable for facilities with restricted stair geometry.
• Evac+Chair 200H Entry-level lightweight aluminium manual transfer chair with 200kg payload for fast, safe transfers of mobility-impaired individuals on single-floor buildings. Targeted at facilities needing a stair-free transfer solution.
• IBEX Evacuation Chair Durable, adaptable manual evacuation chair with 159kg payload designed for two-person operation on spiral, narrow or steep staircases in complex environments such as historic or industrial buildings.
• Evac+Chair Voyager Flibex Complete transfer chair within the Evac+Chair Voyager line, designed for accessible and inclusive passenger transfer in travel and mobility scenarios.
• Evac+Chair Voyager Ambi Narrow transfer chair within the Voyager line, designed for accessible transfer in confined spaces and narrow aisles.
• Evac+Chair Voyager Air+Chair Ultra-light aisle chair within the Voyager transfer chair range, designed to support accessible passenger transfer in tight travel environments.
• ProMove Sling Lightweight, portable transfer sling enabling safe, comfortable and dignified manual transfer of mobility-impaired individuals without the need of a hoist, with adult safe working load up to 45 stone (285kg). For facilities evacuating individuals unable to self-transfer into an evacuation chair.
• ResQMat Evacuation mat for horizontal evacuations with low-friction base glides, integrated pillow and padded mini mattress supporting payloads up to 300kg. For evacuating incapacitated or unconscious individuals from hospitals, care homes and other facilities.
• ResQSheet Evacuation aid designed to remain permanently under a bed mattress, providing 300kg capacity evacuation capability for bedridden patients in care homes, hospitals and residential settings.
• Evac+Chair Maintenance Contract Annual maintenance contracts available in 1, 3 or 5-year terms providing inspection, professional servicing and genuine replacement parts to keep Evac+Chair evacuation equipment compliant with PUWER regulations. Offered to enterprise customers across healthcare, education, retail and public sector.
• Evac+Chair Training Course Certified nationwide training programmes covering operator training and key trainer courses, combining hands-on practice with the essential theory for safe evacuation chair operation. Sold to organisations across care, healthcare, education, retail and corporate settings.
• Evac Xpert™ Online virtual assistant product consultant launched in July 2025, providing fast, accurate and tailored evacuation product recommendations based on building characteristics and stairwell requirements. Supports customers to self-identify suitable evacuation solutions via the evacchair.co.uk website.

Quantifiable outcome

• 30% faster evacuation than alternative devices in University of Greenwich study
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers14 records

Segments8 records

Ideal customer profiles6 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves7 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Ferno Healthcare: Ferno is a global EMS and patient-handling equipment manufacturer whose EZ Glide evacuation chair competes head-to-head with Evac+Chair in the stair-evacuation category. Both sell tracked chairs, performance accessories, and training programmes into the same healthcare, public-building and industrial facility buyer base.
• Garaventa Lift: Garaventa Lift manufactures inclined lifts and accessibility lifting platforms that solve the same fundamental problem as evacuation chairs — moving mobility-impaired individuals between floors in buildings — and is a relevant competitor particularly in built environment and accessibility specifications.
• Bruno Independent Living Aids: Bruno is a US leader in stair lifts and accessibility mobility products targeting residential and commercial buildings. It competes with Evac+Chair for the same mobility-impaired evacuation and vertical-mobility specification at the building level.

Broad incumbents

• Stryker: Stryker is a large diversified medical device company whose Stair-PRO and Stair-PRO 6252 stair chairs sit in the same category as Evac+Chair's powered 1000H. Stryker competes across a much wider portfolio but overlaps directly in powered patient transport and evacuation solutions sold to hospitals and EMS.
• ThyssenKrupp Accessibility: ThyssenKrupp's accessibility division supplies home lifts, platform lifts and stair lifts globally as part of a broader elevator portfolio. It is a relevant incumbent competing for the same building-level mobility and evacuation specification as Evac+Chair, particularly in commercial real estate.
• Handicare (a Stannah company): Handicare (now part of Stannah Group) manufactures stair lifts, patient handling and accessibility equipment across the same mobility-and-evacuation specification as Evac+Chair, with overlapping customer bases in care homes, hospitals and public buildings.
• Arjo: Arjo is a global medical device company focused on patient handling and hygiene, including transfer and lifting equipment sold to hospitals and care homes. Its transfer aids and patient-mobility portfolio overlap with Evac+Chair's ProMove and ResQMat/ResQSheet ranges in the same healthcare buyer ecosystem.
• Baxter (Hill-Rom): Baxter's Hill-Rom hospital care portfolio includes patient handling, mobility and evacuation support products used by the same NHS and private hospital customers purchasing Evac+Chair solutions, positioning it as a broad-incumbent competitor in healthcare evacuation specification.

Emerging players

• HoverTech International: HoverTech manufactures air-assisted patient transfer and lateral transfer devices used in hospitals and EMS for moving mobility-impaired and bed-bound individuals. Its HoverMatt range competes with Evac+Chair's ResQMat/ResQSheet in evacuation and transfer scenarios.
• SureHands Lift & Care Systems: SureHands supplies ceiling-mounted and mobile hoists and transfer aids for accessibility and evacuation use in care homes, hospitals and private homes. It competes for the same transfer-and-evacuation specification and accessibility-driven tenders as Evac+Chair's ProMove and Voyager ranges.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/evacchair

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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