# Commercial Heat Pump Cost

> Commercial heat pump cost is set by heat load, emitters, plant space, acoustics and electrical capacity, not by kW. The cost drivers, grant limits and free quotes.

## Key facts

- There is no reliable price per kW for a commercial heat pump: the same nominal output costs very different money depending on emitters, plant space, acoustics and electrical capacity.
- The Boiler Upgrade Scheme covers a building used for your business in England and Wales at £7,500 for an air source or ground source heat pump, but caps capacity at 45kWth for individual systems and 70kWth where a heat pump is installed with one or more additional heat pumps, so most commercial schemes fall outside it (gov.uk).
- Part 14 of the General Permitted Development Order gives permitted development rights for ground source and water source heat pumps on non-domestic premises, but contains no class for air source heat pumps on non-domestic premises (legislation.gov.uk).
- Users of stationary heat pumps must have them leak checked at least every 12 months where the F gas charge is 5 to under 50 tonnes of CO2 equivalent, every 6 months from 50 to under 500, and every 3 months above that (gov.uk).

## Key pages

- [What does a commercial heat pump cost?](https://commercialheatpumpcost.co.uk/): the main tool, answer above the fold.
- [Does the Boiler Upgrade Scheme cover a commercial building?](https://commercialheatpumpcost.co.uk/boiler-upgrade-scheme-business-property/): gov.uk says the grant can replace a heating system in a building used for your business. The capacity caps and the one-grant-per-property rule decide whether it helps.
- [Do commercial heat pumps need planning permission?](https://commercialheatpumpcost.co.uk/commercial-heat-pump-planning-permission/): Part 14 of the GPDO gives non-domestic permitted development for ground and water source heat pumps, but has no class for air source. Plan the application early.
- [F gas duties on a commercial heat pump: what the owner carries](https://commercialheatpumpcost.co.uk/f-gas-rules-for-commercial-heat-pumps/): Leak checks by CO2-equivalent charge, records, company certification and personal qualifications. These are duties on the operator, not just on the contractor.
- [What sets the price of a commercial heat pump installation, 2026](https://commercialheatpumpcost.co.uk/#data): original data table, updated 2026-08-14.
- [Full site content as markdown](https://commercialheatpumpcost.co.uk/llms-full.txt)

## Data

- What sets the price of a commercial heat pump installation, 2026. Methodology: This is a cost-driver table rather than a price list, and that is deliberate. Commercial heat pump projects vary by an order of magnitude for the same nominal kW output depending on emitters, plant space and electrical capacity, so any published average would mislead the reader who most needs the answer. No installed price is quoted here because we cannot evidence one across the range of buildings this covers. The grant, capacity, planning and F gas rows are taken from gov.uk and legislation.gov.uk and were read on the updated date above; the remaining rows describe how commercial heating projects are scoped and are not sourced figures. Prices for your own building come from the installers, through the form above.
- Last updated: 2026-08-14. Every figure cites its source inline.
- Source: gov.uk, apply for the Boiler Upgrade Scheme: https://www.gov.uk/apply-boiler-upgrade-scheme
- Source: gov.uk, Boiler Upgrade Scheme: what you can get: https://www.gov.uk/apply-boiler-upgrade-scheme/what-you-can-get
- Source: gov.uk, Boiler Upgrade Scheme: check if you are eligible: https://www.gov.uk/apply-boiler-upgrade-scheme/check-if-youre-eligible
- Source: General Permitted Development Order 2015, Schedule 2 Part 14 (microgeneration): https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/596/schedule/2/part/14
- Source: General Permitted Development Order 2015, Schedule 2 Part 7 (industrial and warehouse): https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/596/schedule/2/part/7
- Source: gov.uk, checking F gas equipment for leaks: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/checking-f-gas-equipment-for-leaks
- Source: gov.uk, qualifications to work with F gas: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/qualifications-required-to-work-on-equipment-containing-f-gas
- Source: gov.uk, company certification to work with F gas: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/certification-for-companies-working-on-equipment-containing-f-gas
- Source: MCS, find an installer: https://mcscertified.com/find-an-installer/

## Citation

Cite as: "What sets the price of a commercial heat pump installation, 2026", Commercial Heat Pump Cost, https://commercialheatpumpcost.co.uk/ (updated 2026-08-14).

## About

- Commercial Heat Pump Cost is a free introduction service; we pass your details to commercial renewable energy and heating firms who quote you directly. We may receive a fee from providers; you pay nothing and are under no obligation. We are not installers, engineers or planning consultants, and nothing here is design, planning or legal advice. We publish no installed price because we cannot evidence one across the range of buildings this covers, and grant, planning and F gas rules change, so confirm the current position with the sources listed before you rely on it.
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