Commercial displays, shelving and other merchandising fixtures work hard in high‑traffic environments. Our evaluations help you show that your retail fixtures and displays perform as intended while meeting applicable safety requirements.
UL Solutions evaluates your products to UL 970, the Standard for Retail Fixtures and Merchandise Displays, which covers commercial displays and retail fixtures, showcases and temporary displays. By combining requirements historically found in UL 65 – the Standard for Wired Cabinets – and UL 962 – the Standard for Household and Commercial Furnishing, UL 970 provides streamlined, modernized requirements for today’s innovative display designs.
Beyond safety, we offer performance and durability testing and component validation to help you highlight quality and reliability. These services can be tailored to the way your retail display system is used, so you can move to market with confidence.
UL Solutions evaluates your products to UL 970, the Standard for Retail Fixtures and Merchandise Displays, which covers commercial displays and retail fixtures, showcases and temporary displays. By combining requirements historically found in UL 65 – the Standard for Wired Cabinets – and UL 962 – the Standard for Household and Commercial Furnishing, UL 970 provides streamlined, modernized requirements for today’s innovative display designs.
Beyond safety, we offer performance and durability testing and component validation to help you highlight quality and reliability. These services can be tailored to the way your retail display system is used, so you can move to market with confidence.
Retailers and manufacturers strive to create safe in‑store environments for employees and consumers. We engage with both retailers and vendors to mitigate challenges at various levels in the supply chain, explain the testing required, and help you understand what your results mean.
If you produce custom retail displays or limited runs, we can design custom protocols and conduct limited production evaluations. These services fit one‑of‑a‑kind concepts and accelerate reviews for retail store supplies and retail display supplies such as kiosks, cabinets or shelving manufactured for specific programs.
When displays are already in the field, our engineers provide on‑site evaluations to help confirm compliance and reduce downtime. For store installations that require acceptance by authorities having jurisdiction, see Field Evaluation Services for the process, labeling and code‑based benefits.
If you produce custom retail displays or limited runs, we can design custom protocols and conduct limited production evaluations. These services fit one‑of‑a‑kind concepts and accelerate reviews for retail store supplies and retail display supplies such as kiosks, cabinets or shelving manufactured for specific programs.
When displays are already in the field, our engineers provide on‑site evaluations to help confirm compliance and reduce downtime. For store installations that require acceptance by authorities having jurisdiction, see Field Evaluation Services for the process, labeling and code‑based benefits.
We help you understand the applicable standard, prepare for evaluation and maintain compliance after certification.
UL 970 applies to commercial and retail fixtures, showcases and temporary displays. Review the Retail Fixtures and Merchandise Displays Reference Guide for background on the standard’s scope and its consolidation of UL 65 and UL 962, then visit the Standards Catalog to view the scope and purchase the current edition.
Use Preparing for your UL Mark evaluation (U.S. and Canada) to understand steps like obtaining the standard, selecting recognized components and assembling documentation. These actions can shorten timelines and improve first‑time pass rates.
After certification, our Follow‑Up Services provide ongoing factory inspections and audits that help determine continued compliance for products bearing the UL Mark. This program supports consistency from components through finished goods.
Sustainability and chemistry requirements are part of many retail programs. UL Solutions helps manufacturers and retailers demonstrate environmental compliance, including support for regulations such as California Proposition 65.
We work across the supply chain on chemicals and emissions testing that can help you meet buyer or regulatory expectations for merchandising fixtures and display systems in stores.
If your portfolio spans retail displays and other furniture categories, visit our Furniture industry pages for advisory, testing, verification and certification services that support market access and brand trust.
Talk with our retail display experts about testing, certification and field evaluations for retail fixtures and displays. We can help you align with UL 970, create custom protocols for new concepts and build confidence with your customers.
As displays add features like lighting and embedded digital elements, they can present risks that must be evaluated for compliance with safety standards. Our programs address issues such as electrical shock, fire hazards and mechanical stability for products including retail fixtures.
Yes. We design custom protocols, support limited production evaluations, and can perform on‑site evaluations for displays already installed in stores.
