For a restaurant an outage is inventory dying in the walk-in. For retail it is a dark POS at peak hours. For a clinic it is refrigerated vaccines. Commercial backup power usually pays for itself in the first serious event.
Add one day of lost revenue, spoiled inventory (a walk-in commonly holds $2,000 to $10,000), staff hours, and the customers who go elsewhere and stay there. Against that, essentials-level standby power for a small commercial space costs in the range of a residential system, and commercial financing spreads it monthly.
Refrigeration, POS and networking, life-safety lighting, and enough HVAC to keep the doors open. Load management lets a right-sized generator carry a bigger footprint by rotating large loads rather than buying capacity for everything at once. Natural gas is the default for continuous-operation businesses; propane covers rural sites.
Walk-ins, prep refrigeration, POS, and hood systems. The inventory math alone usually justifies the system.
Refrigerated medications and vaccines, records systems, and appointments you cannot afford to cancel.
POS, lighting, coolers, and fuel pumps. Being the store that is open after a storm is worth more than the generator.
Compressors, lifts, and process equipment sized around real starting loads, not nameplate guesses.
Common areas, elevators, gates, and water systems, with documentation boards and insurers accept.
Wells, stock tanks, milk cooling, and grain systems where an outage is a livestock problem, not an inconvenience.
Commercial standby systems range widely because the load does: a small retail space or clinic may need 22 to 48kW, while restaurants with electric kitchens, multi-tenant buildings, and facilities with elevators or refrigeration racks run well beyond that into liquid-cooled equipment. We size from your panel and equipment list, then quote factory-direct across Generac, Cummins, and Briggs & Stratton commercial lines.
It depends on what has to stay running. Refrigeration, POS and networking, life-safety lighting, and enough HVAC to stay open is the usual core, and load management lets a smaller unit carry a larger footprint by shedding non-critical circuits. A walk-through of your panel gives a precise number.
We supply equipment factory-direct and coordinate the project. Installation is performed by independent licensed commercial contractors in your state who handle permits, fire-marshal review where required, gas, and electrical. Commercial permitting is stricter than residential, which is exactly why that work sits with licensed local specialists.
Yes, commercial financing is available through Synchrony, and Section 179 expensing may apply to equipment purchases. Confirm the tax treatment with your accountant. Our nonprofit factory-direct pricing lowers the financed amount before any of that math starts.
Three fields, then a real person calls or texts you back, usually the same business day. Free load sizing, factory-direct pricing, no commissions.
Free load assessment, factory-direct commercial pricing, licensed commercial installation.
Or text POWER to 816-785-1268. Real reply from a real person, usually within the hour.
