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Yes, rfid systems 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 £2,500 to £100,000, and most deals are written over 24–48 months with a deposit of around 10–20%. Decisions typically take 24 hours. Used machines are financeable too, usually with a shorter term.
Typical Cost
£3k – £100k
Approval Speed
24 hours
Same-day for < £30k
Rates From
5.6% APR
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Check EligibilityOn a purchase price of £20,000: a 10% deposit of £2,000, then 48 monthly payments of £422 at 5.9% APR representative (fixed). Total amount payable £22,256, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Zebra FX Series Fixed RFID Reader | £1,200 – £4,000 per unit | Fixed RFID Reader |
| Handheld RFID Reader/Scanner | £1,500 – £4,500 per unit | Handheld RFID Reader |
| RFID Portal/Doorway Antenna Kit | £3,000 – £12,000 per portal | Portal Antenna System |
| RFID Tags & Labels (bulk order) | £0.05 – £0.50 per tag | Consumable Tags |
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Check EligibilityRFID readers, antennas and portal hardware qualify for the Annual Investment Allowance, so a purchase or HP agreement can be deducted against taxable profit in the year of purchase, and lease payments are deductible in full as they are paid. RFID tags and labels are a consumable, purchased on an ongoing basis and expensed as used rather than capitalised, and any inventory or asset-tracking software platform is licensed separately as a running cost.
The typical buyer is a retailer improving stock accuracy at the item level, a warehouse or logistics operation automating goods-in and goods-out counting, or an asset-heavy business tracking equipment across sites, most commonly installing fixed readers at doorways or dock doors alongside handheld readers for cycle counting. RFID adoption in retail in particular has grown as the technology has matured, since item-level tagging allows near-instant stocktaking compared with manual barcode counting, though the tags themselves are an ongoing consumable cost that scales with the volume of goods tagged, separate from the reader and antenna hardware being financed. Fixed reader and antenna installations are usually planned around specific choke points, such as doorways or conveyor lines, which makes the installation and positioning of hardware as important to the project as the equipment specification itself.
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