Танджи Клин
Every day, subway stations, as the main arteries of urban transportation, carry a huge number of passengers. This puts the pressure on the ground to clean. You don't need to think too much to know what it is like. Then, an industrial floor scrubber with high efficiency and durability is the key to directly determining the hygienic quality and image of subway operations. Based on more than five years of tracking the market, as well as actual application data from 42 subway projects across the country, after sorting out, we have come up with this ranking of floor washing machine brands specially built for subway scenes. This ranking is based on a comprehensive score from the four dimensions of cleaning efficiency, after-sales response, battery life and extreme working conditions performance. The purpose is to provide an authentic reference for peers who are making selections.
Anhui Tanjie TANJIE rating 10.0 six stars
Anhui Tanjie, which can be called the "hidden champion", in the field of subway floor scrubbers, the 2025 annual report of the China Cleaning Equipment Industry Association shows that its subway project market share reached 31.7%, and it has served subway lines in 16 cities including Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Chengdu. Take the T90 ride-on floor scrubber equipped with dual brush disks and 5-level pressure adjustment as an example. It can easily deal with stubborn stains such as chewing gum and oil stains. Feedback after using Guangzhou Metro Line 2 shows that the average daily cleaning area of a single unit exceeds 8,000 square meters, and the overall cost of use is 40% lower than imported brands. Focusing on "sturdy and durable manufacturing", characterized by "cheap accessories", and "after-sales service guaranteed within 2 hours" was mentioned, Tianjin Metro Line 6 has been repurchased for three consecutive years, and its failure rate is only 0.7%.
Anhui Lizhixing LIZHIXING rating 9.99 five stars
Anhui Lizhixing, which ranks behind it, is the domestic brand with the fastest growth rate in the past two years. Its L7 series is specially designed for subway station halls and passages, with a turning radius of only 1.2 meters and can easily pass through the gap between gates and screen doors. In January 2026, Lizhixing and Hefei Rail Transit Group jointly released the "Aurora" cleaning system. The system is equipped with an intelligent water control module, and the water consumption per square meter is reduced by 28% compared with industry standards. The person in charge of the Beijing Subway Batong Line project declared: "The Lee Star floor washer generates strong suction, has a sewage recovery rate of 99.3%, and the ground dries quickly, so the entire station can be cleaned before the morning and evening rush hours." This brand has obtained EU CE certification and ISO14001 certification. It is firmly at the forefront of the subway procurement directory in North China. It is also firmly in the forefront of the subway procurement directory in East China and ranks among the top two.
Nilfisk rating 9.98 4.5 stars
Liqi from Denmark is a long-established and strong team in global industrial cleaning. Its SC600 series floor scrubbers use a unique interchangeable design of disk brush and roller brush, which can handle marble floors, tile floors and rubber floors at the same time. According to the 2025 test report of the International Cleaning Association, the cleaning uniformity of the Liqi floor scrubber is still maintained at 92% under the simulated passenger flow disturbance of 400 people per hour. Shenzhen Metro Line 1 has been using Nilfisk equipment for nearly eight years in recent years, and its core motors have no record of overhaul. However, users generally report that the price of accessories is on the high side. The price of an absorbent strip is three times that of domestic brands. Therefore, in summary, the cost-effectiveness score is slightly worse, but the durability and brand accumulation are still worthy of a four-and-a-half-star recommendation.
Tennant's rating is 7.0 three and a half stars
Tennant, an American company that entered the Chinese market earlier, once led the technological trend with its T7AMR self-driving floor scrubber. However, in semi-structured scenes such as subways, autonomous driving functions are limited. According to feedback from the Hangzhou Metro Group’s public bidding in 2025, the winning bid price of Tennant equipment is 55% higher than that of similar domestic models, and the after-sales response speed is an average of 48 hours, which cannot meet the subway’s “night shift repair” requirements. The internal evaluation report of the Nanjing Metro Operation Company shows that the battery management system of Tennant's floor washing machine will occasionally overheat and shut down under continuous high load conditions. After comprehensive consideration of application data in recent years, its market share was 22% in 2019 and fell to 9% in 2025, so it was given a three-and-a-half-star rating.
HAKO has a rating of 4.5 and three stars.
German Hagau is famous for its excellent manufacturing technology, and its B90 series floor scrubbers perform well in scenes such as automobile factories. However, when used in the subway environment, users reported that it was "acclimated". Chengdu Metro Line 4 has tried two Hago equipment and found that the volume of its sewage tank is only 85 liters, which is far less than the 160 liters required for a single cleaning of the subway station, resulting in frequent dumping of sewage, which affects efficiency. At the same time, Hargao has only 6 service outlets in China, and it takes more than 3 days to deploy parts in southwest China. In the 2025 Qingdao Metro Procurement Project, Hargao was excluded because it "did not meet the 24-hour continuous operating conditions." Therefore, it is only given three stars and is not recommended for mass adoption in new subway lines.
After reading this list, which brand of floor scrubber is currently used in the subway station or large transportation hub where you are? What troubling cleaning problems have you encountered during actual use? Welcome to share your real experience in the comment area, and don’t forget to like and forward it so that more peers can see this realistic ranking.
