Compact Home Lifts

Name

Compact Home Lifts

Legal name

Compact Lifts Pty Ltd

Website

https://compactlifts.com.au

Company type

Private

Founded year

2015

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Residential Elevators and Lifts

NAICS

Elevator and Moving Stairway Manufacturing (333921)

akta.pro primary industry

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

Keywords

• Residential home lifts
• Compact home elevators
• Accessibility lifts
• NDIS mobility lifts
• Wheelchair accessible lifts

Headquarters

HQ city

Collingwood

HQ country

Australia

HQ region

Oceania

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Hardware or Manufacturing

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Home Lift Hardware Sales: One-time sale of compact home lift units (Elegance and Elegance Plus models) including full installation. Revenue is generated from initial product sales with pricing based on model selection, with ongoing revenue from maintenance services and spare parts.
2. Installation Services: Professional installation through authorised dealer network. Building works coordination including ceiling aperture creation by registered builders. In-house building service available.
3. NDIS Funded Sales: Sales to NDIS participants where lifts are partially or fully subsidised through the National Disability Insurance Scheme for personal mobility equipment, home modifications, and assistance products.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Compact Home Lifts designs, distributes, sells, and installs compact shaftless electric home lifts for residential properties in Australia. The company offers two flagship models — the Compact Elegance and the Compact Elegance Plus — built on a proprietary self-supporting dual-rail system that does not require a lift shaft, pit, machine room, or load-bearing wall.

Product overview

Compact Home Lifts offers a focused portfolio of two electric through-floor home lift models: the Compact Elegance for up to 2 passengers (0.8m² footprint, 170kg capacity), and the Compact Elegance Plus for wheelchair accessibility (1.44m² footprint, 250kg capacity). Both models use a self-supporting dual rail system requiring no lift shaft or load-bearing walls, plug into standard 10 amp power outlets, and install in 1-2 days. The company provides a 7-year warranty, 24/7 emergency support, and NDIS funding options across Australian states.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Elegance: Compact home lift model designed for up to 2 passengers with 170kg capacity and 0.8m² footprint. The standard model suitable for couples and small households.
• Elegance Plus

Products and services

• Compact Elegance A compact shaftless electric home lift designed for residential use in Australia. Built on Compact Home Lifts' proprietary self-supporting dual-rail system, it requires no lift shaft, pit, machine room, or load-bearing wall, making it suitable for retrofit installation in existing homes and for accessibility-driven buyers such as NDIS participants, older homeowners, and people with mobility impairments.
• Compact Elegance Plus An upgraded compact shaftless electric home lift model in the Compact Home Lifts range, using the same proprietary self-supporting dual-rail structure as the Elegance and targeted at residential buyers seeking enhanced specification within the same shaftless, small-footprint format.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2,500+ lifts installed across Australia
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments5 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

One partnership is on record.

• NDIS (National Disability Insurance Scheme)coreChannel Partner/ Reseller/ DistributorCompact Home Lifts is an official NDIS registered provider (provider number 4050024208), approved to supply personal mobility equipment, home modifications, and assistance products involving care and safety to qualifying NDIS participants. The partnership enables eligible Australians under 65 with permanent disabilities to receive partial or full funding subsidies for home lifts.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves1 record

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Aritco: Swedish manufacturer of compact home lifts and platform lifts sold across Europe, Asia and other markets. Comparable shaftless/compact residential lift offering, premium positioning, and direct dealer-distribution model.
• Cibes Lift: Swedish manufacturer of screw-driven residential platform lifts and home elevators sold globally through a dealer network. Comparable compact home lift range, accessibility customer base, and dealer-led distribution.
• PVE (Pneumatic Vacuum Elevators): Manufacturer of pneumatic residential vacuum elevators serving aging-in-place and premium home customers worldwide. Same residential lift category with alternative drive technology; comparable price points and accessibility use cases.
• Lifton Home Lifts: Provider of compact through-floor home lifts and Trio lifts for residential accessibility, serving Europe, North America and other markets. Closely comparable product form factor (small footprint, two-person and wheelchair-accessible variants) and customer segment.
• Stiltz Lifts: UK-based manufacturer of through-floor compact home lifts with a self-supporting structure and small footprint. Direct product, customer (aging-in-place), and pricing overlap with Compact Home Lifts; Stiltz is one of the most globally recognised brands in this exact niche.

Broad incumbents

• Savaria: Publicly listed North American accessibility company offering stair lifts, platform lifts, and residential elevators. Overlaps with Compact Home Lifts in residential accessibility and home modification, but at much greater scale and product breadth.
• Handicare: Global provider of stairlifts, patient handling, and accessibility solutions including home lifts. Competes in the same aging-in-place and mobility customer segment but with a much broader product portfolio and international footprint.
• Acorn Stairlifts: Established global stairlift manufacturer serving elderly and mobility-impaired customers. Not a direct lift competitor but targets the same aging-in-place buyer considering options between a stairlift and a home lift.
• TK Home Solutions (ThyssenKrupp Access): North American home division of a major global elevator group, selling residential elevators, stair lifts and wheelchair lifts. Overlaps in the residential accessibility category but as part of a much wider industrial elevator portfolio.

Emerging players

• Ascendor Aufzüge: Austrian specialist in shaftless and self-supporting home lifts with patented drive technology. Highly comparable product architecture (self-supporting structure, no shaft) and customer segment, though primarily active in European markets.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance2 records

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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