Homelift Suter

What Homelift Suter does

Homelift Suter GmbH is a privately held Swiss family business founded in 2006 and headquartered in Alpnach, Canton Obwalden. The company sells, installs, and maintains accessibility lift systems for residential and commercial customers, with a product portfolio spanning indoor home lifts (Motala 2000, Quattroporte cabin elevator), outdoor lifts (BA 4000Z), platform and seat stairlifts (PLG7/PLK8, HW-10, A-120), hydraulic lifting platforms (Eni, Unaporte), and an adjacent line of daily living aids. Core technologies are sourced from European partners (Ascendor, Motala, Hawle, Aacurat, Lifttec) rather than developed in-house, with notable features including toothed-belt outdoor drives, 2D laser scanner cabin safety, and rack-and-pinion platform drives with battery backup.

The business operates a direct-to-consumer and consultative field-sales model: trained outside sales staff conduct free on-site consultations, measurement, and quote preparation, with leads captured through the website, phone, WhatsApp, and email. Revenue is generated from three streams: one-time product sales, professional installation services, and recurring maintenance contracts available 7 days a week. Pricing is custom and non-public. The customer base is dominated by private individuals with mobility needs (seniors, people with disabilities), with a secondary commercial and public-building segment; over 500 systems have been installed since founding.

Operationally the firm is a micro-SME (1–10 employees) with no disclosed funding, M&A, leadership changes, patents, awards, or geographic expansion beyond Switzerland. It maintains an active hiring pipeline (careers page), a continuously refreshed product catalog, and a recurring-service annuity from its installed base. No AI, software, API, or data products are part of the offering; competitive differentiation rests on regional distribution, supplier partnerships, custom-fit installation quality, and long-term service availability.

Name

Homelift Suter

Legal name

HOMELIFT Suter GmbH

Website

https://homelift.ch

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Swiss family-owned GmbH (founded 2006, Alpnach) selling, installing, and servicing residential and commercial accessibility lifts, stairlifts, platform lifts, and daily living aids across Switzerland through direct field sales and 7-day maintenance.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Accessibility Lift Solutions

NAICS

Elevator and Moving Stairway Manufacturing (333921)

akta.pro primary industry

Stair Lifts, Platform Lifts & Residential Elevator Services (HSABAJAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Stair Lifts & Residential Platform Lifts (HSAPANAC), Patient Lifts, Transfer & Safe Handling Equipment (Hoists, Slings, Transfer Boards) (HLAHAMAE), Hospital Bed, Lift & Transfer Equipment (Beds, Hoyer Lifts, Slings) (HSABAKAF)

Keywords

• Home lift systems
• Stairlift installation services
• Mobility solutions
• Platform lift equipment
• Accessibility aids

Headquarters

HQ city

Alpnach

HQ country

Switzerland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Lift Product Sales: Sale of various lift products including outdoor lifts, cabin lifts, platform lifts, and stair lifts for residential and commercial accessibility needs
2. Installation Services: Professional installation of lifts by trained technicians with precise millimeter-accurate measurement and custom fitting
3. Maintenance and Service: Ongoing maintenance and repair services, available 7 days a week including outside business hours with experienced service technicians

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Homelift Suter specializes in the sales, installation, and maintenance of lift systems, handicapped lifts, home lifts, stairlifts, and platform lifts for residential and commercial accessibility needs in Switzerland. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio including indoor cabin lifts, outdoor lifts, platform stairlifts, seat stairlifts, hydraulic lifting platforms, and daily living aids, complemented by free at-home consultation, millimeter-accurate measurement, professional installation, and 7-day maintenance services.

Product overview

Homelift Suter GmbH is a Swiss family-owned company (founded 2006, Canton Obwalden) that provides a comprehensive portfolio of accessibility and mobility solutions. The product range centers on homelifts/cabin elevators (Motala 2000, Quattroporte), outdoor lifts (BA 4000Z), and stairlifts (seat and platform variants including PLG7/PLK8, HW-10, A-120), complemented by hydraulic lifting platforms (Eni, Unaporte). Supporting these core mobility products is a line of daily living aids (walking aids, wheelchairs, electric scooters, care beds, ceiling lifts, bathroom safety equipment). The company also provides consultation, installation, and 7-day service/maintenance for all products, with over 500 installed systems.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Motala 2000 Homelift

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• AscendorcoreTechnology or IntegrationAustrian lift manufacturer specializing in platform lifts and stair lifts. Ascendor PLG7/PLK8 platform stair lift is a core product offered by Homelift Suter with detailed technical specifications on their website.
• NovomedminorChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorSwiss medical equipment company. Novomed is a channel partner for mobility and accessibility products in Switzerland.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• ThyssenKrupp Encasa: ThyssenKrupp's home elevator brand, offering cabin lifts and stairlifts for private residences across Europe. Comparable product portfolio and target customer, but backed by a major industrial group with broader portfolio and brand reach than a single-region specialist.
• Stannah Stairlifts: UK-headquartered stairlift and homelift manufacturer with Swiss distribution. Overlaps directly in residential stairlifts and homelifts, but operates as a multinational brand selling through regional dealer networks rather than a single local specialist.
• Acorn Stairlifts: Global stairlift specialist with Swiss operations offering seat stairlifts direct to consumers. Comparable on product category and target customer, but as a much larger international incumbent it competes on brand awareness and scale rather than local specialist service.
• Schindler Aufzüge: Swiss-headquartered global elevator and escalator major with a residential/home lift offering. Comparable on elevator technology and Swiss market presence, but a broad incumbent serving commercial, public, and residential segments rather than specializing in accessibility-only retrofits.
• KONE Residential Flow: Global elevator major with a dedicated Swiss presence and residential/home elevator product lines. Competes for residential lift projects in Switzerland but as part of a much broader portfolio and not focused solely on accessibility retrofits.

Direct peers

• CIBES Lift: Swedish manufacturer of screw-driven home elevators and platform lifts with active sales and installation operations in Switzerland. Closely comparable product (compact residential lifts) and overlapping Swiss customer base, making it a head-to-head competitor for homelift projects.
• Lifta (Switzerland): Swiss arm of German stairlift specialist Lifta, selling and installing straight and curved stairlifts to private households. Directly comparable in product focus (stairlifts for residential mobility) and go-to-market (consultative home visits) in the same Swiss market.
• Garaventa Lift: Swiss manufacturer and installer of home lifts, platform lifts, and stairlifts. Directly comparable to Homelift Suter as a domestic Swiss specialist in residential accessibility lifts, with similar products (homelifts, platform lifts) and overlapping service territory.

Others

• Ascendor: Austrian manufacturer of platform stairlifts and homelifts (PLG7/PLK8) that is Homelift Suter's core product supplier. Comparable in product category, but operates as the upstream OEM/supplier rather than as a direct sales-and-installation channel to end customers.
• Hawle Treppenlifte: German manufacturer of straight and curved stairlifts that supplies Homelift Suter. Comparable in product category, but functions as a product supplier/OEM rather than a competing end-customer installer in the Swiss market.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/homelift-suter

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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