Commercial dishwasher finance
Warewash is the part of the kitchen nobody photographs and everybody depends on, and a failed machine closes a restaurant faster than a broken oven.
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Yes. Commercial dishwashers, from undercounter machines to pass-through hoods and rack conveyors, are funded as equipment on hire purchase or lease. Used machines from trade dealers are fundable. The point that catches people out is the chemical contract. Suppliers frequently bundle the machine with a multi-year detergent and rinse aid agreement, sometimes at a nominal machine price, and the funder can only fund the machine itself, not the chemical commitment. Look at what the chemicals cost across the whole term before deciding that the cheap machine was cheap.
Who finances this
Restaurants and hotels replacing a machine that has begun leaking or failing to sanitise, pub kitchens moving from a domestic-grade unit that was never going to cope, and contract caterers and schools fitting out a new kitchen. The trigger is usually breakdown, because warewash runs until it dies. Larger sites buy rack conveyors when the pot wash area becomes the bottleneck that holds up every service.
How lenders see it
Warewash machines are among the more fundable items in a kitchen. Winterhalter, Hobart and Meiko are strong names, machines are serial numbered, and refurbished units sell readily through dealers, so the security is genuine. The soft element is water treatment and installation: softeners and reverse osmosis units supplied with the machine usually sit on the invoice, but plumbing, drainage, tabling and extraction hoods for a pass-through are installation work with no recovery value. Hospitality is underwritten with its usual caution, so accounts, time trading and bank conduct drive the decision, and new-start sites need a guarantee. Where a supplier is offering a machine at an artificially low price against a chemical tie, funders will only advance against the true invoice value.
Buying used
Yes, reconditioned pass-through and undercounter machines are routinely funded when a dealer has replaced the wash and rinse components and can warrant the machine.
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Funding a seasonal trade
Flowzo funds restaurants, pubs and cafes against card takings rather than filed accounts, useful when the kit is bought and the quiet months still have to be covered.
Machines we have funded
Typically £1,870–£7,601 + VAT to buy. Undercounter commercial dishwashers from Maidaid and Classeq up to Winterhalter UC-XLE with softener.Checked 2026-10-18.
| Winterhalter UC-M | Undercounter dishwasher for small kitchens |
|---|---|
| Winterhalter PT-M | Hood-type passthrough dishwasher for restaurants |
| Winterhalter rack conveyor dishwashers | Conveyor warewashing for large operations |
| Hobart Ecomax Plus H603 | Passthrough dishwasher with rinse pump |
| Hobart Profi passthrough dishwashers | Premium hood machines for busy kitchens |
| Meiko M-iClean UM | Undercounter dishwasher with heat recovery |
| Meiko M-iClean HM | Hood-type dishwasher for restaurants |
| Classeq passthrough dishwashers | British-built hood warewashers for kitchens |
| Maidaid Halcyon passthrough dishwashers | Value passthrough warewashers for busy kitchens |
| Electrolux Professional green&clean dishwashers | Hood and rack machines for kitchens |
Can the detergent contract be included in the finance?
No. Chemicals are consumables bought month by month, and asset finance funds assets, not supply agreements. That matters because some suppliers discount the machine heavily in exchange for a long chemical tie. Work out the total across the whole period before you accept, and compare it with buying the machine on finance and shopping for chemicals freely.
Is a pass-through machine harder to fund than an undercounter?
Easier, if anything. Pass-through and hood machines cost more, so the facility clears the funder’s minimum comfortably, and brands like Winterhalter and Meiko carry real used value. Undercounter machines are sometimes too small to fund alone and are better placed on a schedule with the rest of your kitchen order.
Does dishwasher finance cover the tabling and sinks?
Sometimes as a soft cost within a larger package. Inlet and outlet tabling and bespoke stainless are fabricated to your room and worth little once removed, so a funder with a narrow appetite will fund only the machine. Where the rest of the invoice is strong and your accounts are sound, the tabling usually goes through with it.
Do I need a water softener, and can I fund it?
In a hard water area, yes, and it is cheaper than replacing elements and boilers ruined by scale. Where the softener or reverse osmosis unit is supplied with the machine on the same invoice it normally sits on the agreement. Plumbing it in is labour and is typically outside the finance.
Can I finance a rack conveyor for a hotel kitchen?
Yes, and large conveyor machines are good assets to fund because the value is substantial and the brands are well recognised. The practical issues are access and installation: getting the machine into a basement kitchen and connecting extraction and drainage can be expensive, and that installation work usually sits outside the equipment agreement.
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