Five Chinese home elevator makers spotlighted as new safety standard takes effect

China’s home elevator sector is gaining momentum as a revised national safety standard took effect in March 2026, sharpening requirements for residential lift design and installation. A new industry overview highlights five Chinese manufacturers serving villas, private homes and renovation projects with compact, customizable and space-conscious systems.

Why it matters: - China’s revised home lift standard, GB/T 21739-2025, raises the bar for construction and installation planning in private residences. - The update puts more focus on shaft size, pit depth, headroom, power supply, installation conditions and safety functions before a lift reaches a home. - The shift matters most for villas, multi-floor homes and renovations, where space is tight and conventional elevator construction can require extra civil work. - The market is also expanding as residential mobility becomes a bigger part of aging-in-place and home renovation planning.

What happened: - An industry overview spotlights five Chinese companies active in home elevators and residential vertical mobility: Zhejiang Homeway Elevator, Suzhou Franz Intelligent Elevator, Hangzhou Creatman Elevator, Jinan Yongli Lifting Machinery and Delfer Elevator. - GB/T 21739-2025, titled Safety rules for the construction and installation of home lifts, was issued on Aug. 29, 2025 and took effect on March 1, 2026. - The standard replaced GB/T 21739-2008 and is listed as an active national standard by China’s State Administration for Market Regulation and the National Standardization Administration. - Home elevator product categories increasingly include low-pit, compact, small-shaft, shaft-free and self-supporting systems.

The details: - Future Market Insights estimates the global home elevator market at $3.8 billion in 2026 and projects $6.5 billion by 2036, a 5.5% CAGR. - Fortune Business Insights uses a broader residential elevator definition and estimates the market at $65.14 billion in 2024, rising to $118.67 billion by 2032. - The two market estimates are not directly comparable because they use different definitions. - Zhejiang Homeway Elevator, headquartered in Ningbo, combines R&D, design, manufacturing, sales and service for residential elevator applications. - Homeway’s portfolio includes enclosed elevators, steel-shaft systems, panoramic elevators, duplex configurations and sightseeing-oriented residential designs. - Homeway lists product families including Homeway-1000, HomeWay-2000, Homeway-3000, Homeway-3000M and Homeway-5000M, Homeway-6000, Homeway-8000 and Homeway-9000. - Homeway says its panoramic range includes sizes from about 830 × 900 mm to 1600 × 1800 mm, while the 9000 Series uses curved tempered glass for a 360-degree view. - Homeway’s documented residential series use steel-belt traction technology rather than conventional hydraulic drive. - Published HomeWay-2000 specifications include rated loads of about 250–630 kg, speeds of 0.3–0.63 m/s, two to six floors and stops, and shaft dimensions from about 830 × 900 mm to 1800 × 1800 mm. - HomeWay-2000 pit depth begins at 60 mm, with a website-promoted minimum footprint of about 0.75 m² and indoor installation using a single-phase 220 V power supply. - Homeway discloses dual-channel door-lock monitoring, maintenance guidance on power isolation and qualified personnel, and certification coverage for complete elevators and door-lock systems. - The company reports a 13,000-square-meter production facility, a 1,500-square-meter showroom, domestic showroom coverage in multiple Chinese cities and distribution across Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Australia, New Zealand and Europe. - Suzhou Franz Intelligent Elevator focuses on home elevators for villas and private residences, with products including Youjia G1, Youjia G2, Yijia Q, Yijia QR-Lift platform and the Up-Down series. - Franz says it uses a permanent-magnet synchronous gearless hoisting machine with a steel-belt drive system and emphasizes quiet operation. - Franz provides measurement and design support in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai. - Hangzhou Creatman Elevator develops smart and customized home elevator solutions with a focus on safe, stable, energy-efficient and quiet systems. - Creatman’s portfolio includes the M900, S500, X350, E300 and J200 series. - Creatman presents the M900 as a panoramic home elevator for larger shafts, the E300 as a steel-belt model and the J200 as a compact design. - Creatman publishes CE references for selected models and management-system certification information. - Jinan Yongli Lifting Machinery lists compact home elevators, villa elevators, gantry-type residential elevators, traction models, hydraulic systems and shaftless residential systems. - Yongli’s public listings show two- to five-floor configurations, small-footprint and pitless designs, and traction elevators built with aluminum-alloy and steel structures. - Trade data records Yongli shipments to overseas markets, including the United States. - Delfer Elevator supplies passenger elevators and other vertical transportation products, including some residential applications. - Trade records show Delfer has supplied machine-room-less passenger elevators to overseas markets.

Between the lines: - The category is moving from a single elevator format toward a broader mix of residential mobility solutions. - Steel-belt traction, machine-room-less systems, platform lifts and shaftless designs are becoming more visible because they fit tighter residential spaces. - Panoramic glass cabins and customized interiors show that the elevator is increasingly treated as part of the home’s design, not just infrastructure. - Documentation and certification are becoming more important as manufacturers serve both domestic projects and export markets. - For buyers, architects and developers, the key challenge is matching the elevator configuration to the building structure before installation starts.

What’s next: - Chinese manufacturers are likely to keep pushing designs that reduce pit depth, shrink shaft requirements and simplify installation. - Product differentiation is expected to continue around space efficiency, ride comfort, appearance, drive technology and customization. - Export-facing suppliers will need to keep aligning domestic qualifications with destination-market certification requirements.

The bottom line: - China’s home elevator market is entering a more defined phase, shaped by a new safety standard and rising demand for compact residential mobility systems.