The demand for commercial cold foam equipment has exploded, and fitness centers and professional sports teams are purchasing refrigeration units in bulk

In the past two years, the procurement scale of commercial cold foam refrigeration equipment has achieved a leapfrog growth. The procurement volume of professional sports training bases, chain boutique gyms, high-end hot spring health hotels, and enterprise employee rehabilitation centers accounts for 81.3% of the industry's total commercial sales. The amount of single batch purchase orders continues to rise, and the purchase orders for complete sets of cold foam systems for large sports institutions often exceed 100000 yuan. Commercial high-power 1-horsepower refrigeration machines have become a scarce category in the market, and the annual production capacity supply remains tight. The procurement logic in commercial scenarios is completely different from that in household use, emphasizing the continuous and stable operation ability of equipment, rapid cooling of large water bodies, low-noise operation, and long-term durability. Ordinary 0.5 horsepower low-power models cannot meet the high-frequency alternating use needs of multiple people. Therefore, almost all commercial procurement targets refrigeration units of 1 horsepower or more. Some large rehabilitation centers will be equipped with multi split parallel refrigeration systems to synchronously support the constant temperature operation of multiple cold bubble tanks.
Chain boutique gyms regard the cold foam recovery area as the core competitive advantage of store differentiation. Traditional gyms are only equipped with strength equipment and aerobic equipment, resulting in severe homogenization and high member turnover rate. After adding standardized cold foam health and wellness areas, stores can launch value-added recovery packages, collect monthly cold therapy usage service fees, and increase monthly revenue by thousands to tens of thousands of yuan per store, significantly improving member retention rate and store comprehensive income. Industry data shows that the membership renewal rate of fitness centers equipped with cold foam equipment has increased by 34%, and the conversion efficiency of new customers to the store is significantly better than that of non cold therapy supporting stores. Therefore, from 2024 to 2026, thousands of boutique functional fitness centers will be added nationwide, with standard cold foam pools and supporting refrigeration machines for opening, continuously releasing stable procurement demand.
The demand in the field of professional sports is extremely rigid. Professional teams in high-intensity events such as ball games, athletics, weightlifting, and outdoor competitions will incorporate cold foam recovery into post competition and daily training processes. The training base will build multi station cold foam areas and purchase multiple high-power refrigeration units in complete sets. The equipment is required to operate continuously for 12 hours a day and maintain a stable low temperature even in high-temperature summer outdoor training environments. At the same time, the equipment's operating noise should be controlled within 55 decibels to avoid interfering with athletes' rest and adjustment. Silent variable frequency compressors and thickened soundproof enclosures have become mandatory configurations for commercial models.
The high-end cultural and tourism health and wellness track is making simultaneous efforts, creating one-stop hot and cold alternating health and wellness spaces in resort hotels, hot spring resorts, and standalone health and wellness homestays. The cold foam refrigeration machine is paired with far-infrared sauna rooms to form a complete health and wellness combination product, providing paid cold therapy experiences for high net worth tourists and enhancing the premium space of homestays and hotels; The introduction of cold foam equipment in the employee welfare center of large enterprises can alleviate the muscle strain and high-pressure anxiety problems of office workers who sit for long periods of time. It can be purchased in bulk as a health supporting facility for employees and broaden the scope of commercial demand.
In response to the special needs of the commercial market, the manufacturing side specializes in developing customized models, increasing the size of heat exchangers, strengthening the cooling structure of compressors, thickening the anti-corrosion waterway liner, extending the equipment's fault free operation cycle, and providing one-stop commercial services such as bulk on-site installation, regular machine maintenance, and long-term supply of filter consumables. Industry insiders predict that with the continuous expansion of offline commercial health and wellness formats, the average annual growth rate of demand for commercial cold foam refrigeration equipment will remain at 10.7% in the next five years, and the commercial market will continue to provide a stable growth foundation for the industry.