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Lift maintenance contracts

UK public sector · 289 contracts awarded in the 12 months to 6 October 2026

Covering 600+ buyer portals · 5 years of records · Updated 6 October 2026 · How we count

Contracts awarded
289
Last 12 months
Median contract
£170k
Recorded value
Recorded value
£240m
274 of 284 main-service contracts have a published value
Buyers
190
Suppliers
102

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What stands out

  • The five suppliers that won the most lift maintenance contracts took 28% of them (81 of 289).
  • Contracts awarded per quarter fell 29% from the first half of the period to the second.
  • The median contract, £170k, is 23% above the median across construction & trades contracts (£139k).
  • London had the most contracts: 46, or 16% of the total.

Who buys lift maintenance

By contracts awarded, the 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Metropolitan Police Service14 contracts
  2. 2HOUSING 2110 contracts
  3. 3Leeds City Council - PACS8 contracts
  4. 4Metropolitan Housing Trust8 contracts
  5. 5NHS Property Services Limited7 contracts
  6. 6DERBY CITY COUNCIL6 contracts
  7. 7University of the West of England Higher Education Corporation6 contracts
  8. 8West Kent Housing Association4 contracts
  9. 9City of London Corporation3 contracts
  10. 10The Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust3 contracts

Top lift maintenance contractors by contracts won

The 12 months to 6 October 2026.

  1. 1Morris Vermaport Ltd20 contracts
  2. 2Jackson Lift Services19 contracts
  3. 3Stannah16 contracts
  4. 4Coniston Limited14 contracts
  5. 5RJ Lift Services12 contracts
  6. 6Concept Elevators11 contracts
  7. 7Pickerings Lifts10 contracts
  8. 8GUIDELINE LIFT SERVICES LIMITED9 contracts
  9. 9Lift and Engineering Services Limited7 contracts
  10. 10Unite Lift Services Limited6 contracts

Latest and largest awards

Each links to the official notice.

Latest

Largest

Contracts awarded by quarter

62Q4 2025*82Q1 202687Q2 202658Q3 20260Q4 2026*
* part quarter

Where the contracts were awarded

England 255 · Wales 16 · Scotland 13 · Northern Ireland 5

London46East of England31North West30Yorkshire and The Humber28East Midlands27West Midlands24South East22South West17Wales16North East15Scotland12Northern Ireland5UK-wide or not stated16

What is included

Installation, replacement, modernisation, refurbishment, servicing, breakdown repair and statutory testing of passenger, goods and service lifts.

  • Lift PPM, servicing and 24/7 breakdown call-out
  • Lift modernisation and refurbishment
  • Lift replacement and new lift installation
  • Goods lift replacement
  • Lift maintenance contracts including LOLER testing
  • Mobility lift installations maintained with passenger lifts

What is not included

  • LOLER inspection bought on its own (con.me.engineering-inspection)
  • Stairlifts, through-floor and platform lifts (con.lifts.stairlifts-access-lifts)
  • Escalators (con.lifts.escalators)
  • Vehicle lifts and cranes (con.lifts.cranes-lifting-equipment)
  • Lifts maintained inside multi-discipline M&E contracts (con.me.integrated-me-maintenance)
  • Patient hoists (another industry: healthcare)

Often bought by the same buyers