Spread the cost of automated guided vehicles from £20,000 to £160,000 with flexible finance options. HP, lease, or refinance, compare rates from 40+ lenders.
Yes, agv robots are financed as a standard asset purchase, usually on hire purchase or a lease, with the machine itself acting as the security. UK prices typically run £20,000 to £160,000, and most deals are written over 24–60 months with a deposit of around 15–20%. Decisions typically take 1–2 weeks. Used machines are financeable too, usually with a shorter term.
Typical Cost
£20k – £160k
Approval Speed
1–2 weeks
Longer for first-time automation projects
Rates From
6.5% APR
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Check EligibilityOn a purchase price of £60,000: a 10% deposit of £6,000, then 48 monthly payments of £1,266 at 5.9% APR representative (fixed). Total amount payable £66,768, including the deposit. The rate you are offered depends on your business and the asset.
Guide prices for sizing a finance agreement, not quotes. Manufacturers in this market mostly price on application, so where a current UK list price could not be confirmed the row describes a specification class rather than naming a model. Your supplier quote is what the agreement is written against.
| Machine or specification | Guide price | Type |
|---|---|---|
| Light-Duty Automated Guided Cart | £20,000 – £35,000 | Light-Duty AGC (tow/cart) |
| Medium-Duty Autonomous Mobile Robot | £35,000 – £60,000 | Medium-Duty AMR (200–300kg payload) |
| Unit Load AGV | £55,000 – £90,000 | Unit Load Vehicle |
| Forklift AGV | £90,000 – £160,000 | Automated Forklift |
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Check EligibilityAGV robots qualify for the Annual Investment Allowance (AIA), letting you deduct the full purchase cost from taxable profits in the year of purchase, subject to the current AIA limit. Hire purchase lets you claim capital allowances as you own the asset from day one. Finance lease and robots-as-a-service payments are treated as a revenue expense and are usually fully deductible against profits, which is why many operators trial automation on a leased or subscription basis before committing to outright ownership.
AGVs and autonomous mobile robots are bought by e-commerce fulfilment operations, third-party logistics providers and manufacturers automating repetitive movement of totes, carts or pallets between fixed points. Pricing spans a wide range because a light-duty tow cart is a very different investment from a heavy forklift AGV rated to lift and stack pallets, and most operators start with a smaller pilot fleet before scaling up once the return on the automation is proven internally. Because the underlying software and hardware moves quickly in this category, some operators prefer an operating lease or robots-as-a-service style agreement with an upgrade path built in, rather than owning a fleet that could be technically superseded within a few years, while others with a stable, well-understood application choose hire purchase. Integration, site mapping and software licensing are usually significant additional costs alongside the vehicles themselves, and there is currently very little secondary market for used AGVs given how new the technology still is and how tied each fleet is to its own site software.
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