Commercial Playgrounds
Playgrounds are essential spaces where children build skills, make friends, and explore the world around them. That’s why at KOMPAN, we design, manufacture, and install commercial playground equipment that helps children grow physically, mentally, and socially.
Whether you're designing for a school, city park, neighborhood, retail space, military base, or faith-based organization, KOMPAN offers commercial-grade playground equipment built to last. Our solutions are thoughtfully designed to be inclusive for children of all abilities, durable enough to withstand years of active play, and rigorously tested to meet the highest safety standards.
Explore our products below and see how KOMPAN helps create safer, stronger, and more inclusive play spaces for every community!
Our Four Core Categories of Playground Equipment
Natural Playground Equipment
Discover wooden playground equipment, designed to blend seamlessly into natural surroundings or bring a warm, organic feel to urban spaces.
COROCORD™ Rope Climbing
Elevate your outdoor space with rope climbing playground equipment that combines innovative design with limitless customization to create a one-of-a-kind play space.
Traditional Playground Structures
Explore pre-built outdoor playground structures that bring fun to any space, available in a range of themes and sizes to to perfectly fit your community’s needs.
Freestanding Playground Equipment
Browse all the classic playground equipment like swings, slides, seesaws, and more. No playground is complete without at least one of these classic pieces!
Playground Planning
Choosing the Right Playground Structures for your Commercial Space
Users and Target Audience: Understanding “who” is using your space and the age-appropriate play activities they’ll engage in should guide your choice in commercial playground equipment. Smaller, themed play structures are a natural fit for a playground for a daycare center, while larger, more thrilling commercial playground equipment, like rope net climbers, better serve the older kids at a public park or elementary school.
Accessibility: The accessibility features of some equipment, like our universal carousel, are visibly apparent. Touchable and visual textures, like sensory panels and outdoor musical instruments, are great for children with sensory or cognitive disabilities to explore.
Cost: Applying for grants and securing additional funding can reduce your chances of having to make playground equipment compromises.
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Commercial Playground Equipment: What Makes It “Commercial?”
Buying a playset for personal, residential use is a relatively simple process. Two clicks on a big-box store’s webpage can get your child and the neighborhood kids access to their own playhouse – just steps away in the backyard. Residential play structures have their own designated purpose, but at KOMPAN, we’re in the business of commercial playground equipment.
So what exactly makes playground equipment “commercial?” Don’t both commercial swing sets and residential swing sets let kids swing? Sure, the motion is the same. However, the safety and accessibility standards, quality of materials, installation process, user threshold, customization options, and price point make commercial playground equipment a more complex purchase decision for the usual buyer (government entities, schools, HOAs, places of worship, etc.).
Safety Regulations
Organizations like the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) and Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) set safety guidelines for commercial playground equipment and home playground structures. Standards for commercial playground equipment are more rigid, dictating the surfacing underneath the structure, the highest accessible points of the equipment, and so much more.
Accessibility
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in daily activities, guaranteeing everyone has the same opportunities in work and play. Accessible pathways to and throughout the playground, inclusive safety surfacing, and regulations on accessing the actual play structures are addressed in the 2010 Standards for Accessible Design. These are guidelines commercial playgrounds must adhere to, whereas residential playset purchasers can make personal decisions around inclusivity.
Quality of Materials
It’s “no days off” for a busy school or public park playground, meaning commercial playgrounds are constructed with heavy-duty materials designed to withstand constant use.
Installation
A process that consists of several stages and lasts for two to eight weeks, commercial playground installation involves accessing the site for possible complications and securing play structures to heavy-duty surface mounts or underground concrete plates.
User Threshold
Recess during the school year, a nice day at the park, a bustling childcare center, or a busy place of worship – commercial playgrounds are designed for the masses. Built with superior safety, durable materials, and professional installation, these structures are made to withstand the daily wear and tear of countless little hands and feet.
Customization Options
A commercial playground that reflects hometown pride or sparks children’s imaginations with a bold theme can turn an ordinary space into a landmark destination — bringing families together and giving a boost to the local economy.
Playground Safety: Our Top Priority
Studies show that “risky play” helps children learn to assess risk and build confidence – but it can only happen in a safe environment. That’s why KOMPAN is committed to raising the bar with commercial-grade playground equipment that delivers new thrills without ever compromising on safety. Every KOMPAN playground is designed to meet or exceed standards set by the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) and the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC), including:
Appropriate fall heights for each play activity
Impact-absorbing playground surfacing for jumps and falls
Compliant zoning and adequate spacing between equipment
Clear signage designating appropriate age groups
Durable, tamper-proof steel clamps that eliminate pinch points on rope net climbers
Anti-pinch fittings on freestanding equipment like seesaws and springers
Weather- and wear-resistant materials designed for long-term safety and performance
