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Hearing Test Booth Finance

Spread the cost of a hearing test booth and audiometry equipment from £5,000 to £30,000 with flexible finance options. HP, lease, or refinance, compare rates from 40+ lenders.

Can you finance a hearing test booth?

Yes, hearing test booths 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 £5,000 to £30,000, and most deals are written over 12–72 months with a deposit of around 10–20%. Decisions typically take 24–48 hours. Used machines are financeable too, usually with a shorter term.

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Typical Cost

£5k – £30k

Approval Speed

24–48 hours

Often same-day for single booths

Rates From

4.9% APR

What would a hearing test booth cost per month?

£14,000
10%
60 months
9%
£0

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Finance options

Hire Purchase (HP)

Rate
From 4.9% APR
Term
12–72 months
Deposit
10–20%
Ownership
Yours at the end
Best for
Practices wanting to own equipment outright

Finance Lease

Rate
From 4.5% APR
Term
12–72 months
Deposit
None required
Ownership
Return or buy (balloon payment)
Best for
Tax-efficient, claim 100% of payments against profit

Operating Lease

Rate
From 5.2% APR
Term
24–60 months
Deposit
None required
Ownership
Return at end
Best for
Multi-site providers standardising equipment across branches

Representative example

On a purchase price of £14,000: a 10% deposit of £1,400, then 48 monthly payments of £295 at 5.9% APR representative (fixed). Total amount payable £15,560, including the deposit. The rate you are offered depends on your business and the asset.

What buyers actually specify

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
Single-person acoustic test booth £5,000 – £10,000 Acoustic Test Booth
Double-walled sound-attenuating booth with audiometer £10,000 – £20,000 Booth + Audiometer
Full hearing assessment suite (booth, audiometer, tympanometer) £18,000 – £30,000 Full Assessment Suite

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Tax benefits

Equipment used wholly for the business qualifies for the Annual Investment Allowance (AIA), letting you deduct the full cost from taxable profits in the year of purchase, up to the current £1,000,000 AIA limit. Hire purchase lets you claim capital allowances as you own the asset from day one. Finance lease and operating lease rentals are treated as a revenue expense and are usually fully deductible against profits, which is why many practices prefer leasing for equipment that needs replacing on a fixed cycle.

Market context

Hearing test booths are bought by independent audiology and hearing care practices, often alongside multiple opticians and pharmacy groups adding hearing services as an additional revenue line. A booth is typically financed together with the audiometer and any tympanometry equipment as one package rather than separately, since the booth on its own isn't useful without the testing instruments it houses, and multi-site providers commonly finance identical setups across several branches as they roll a hearing service out.

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Several of our 200+ lenders specialise in businesses with imperfect credit histories. You may need a larger deposit or personal guarantee, but options exist. Checking your options here does not affect your credit score, because we do not run a credit search to match you. A lender will run their own checks only if you decide to apply.

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Frequently asked questions

Can I finance the booth and audiometer as one purchase?
Yes, this is the standard approach, since the booth and the testing equipment inside it are bought together when setting up or expanding a hearing service. Lenders treat this as one equipment finance agreement rather than two separate purchases. Combining several items into one facility also means a single credit check and a single monthly repayment date, which most practices find easier to manage than tracking multiple agreements running to different schedules.
What deposit is typical?
Hire purchase usually asks for 10–20% deposit; finance and operating leases often require none. Given the moderate deal size typical of this category, many purchases qualify for standard terms without a large deposit. Putting down more than the minimum deposit lowers the monthly repayment and can support a better headline rate, which is worth weighing against keeping cash in the business for working capital instead.
How quickly can I get approved?
Most hearing test booth finance applications are approved within 24-48 hours, and smaller single-booth purchases are often same-day given the modest deal size relative to imaging or surgical equipment. Having a recent set of accounts, a supplier quote and the full equipment specification ready at the point of application tends to speed the decision up, since most of the time in any application goes on the lender confirming trading history and affordability.
Can I finance identical setups across multiple branches?
Yes, multi-site opticians and pharmacy groups rolling out a hearing service across several branches commonly finance identical booth and audiometer setups either as one combined agreement or as separate agreements per site, depending on rollout timing. Lenders will want to see the practice's recent trading history and a supplier quote for the specific equipment before confirming terms, which is standard for this kind of asset finance regardless of the equipment category.
Does the equipment need to meet a specific standard?
Audiometric equipment sold in the UK must carry UKCA or CE marking as a medical device, and the booth itself is specified to a sound attenuation standard appropriate to the testing environment. Your supplier can confirm the right specification for your setting; finance covers the commercial purchase. This is separate from the finance process itself, which is a straightforward commercial assessment of the business's ability to repay; the compliance and registration side sits with the practice, the supplier and the relevant regulator or local authority.

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