Wall-Mounted Vending Machine Dimensions and Capacity

A compact wall-mounted vending machine from KioskForce is typically 400–600 mm wide, 200–350 mm deep and 600–900 mm high, carrying 6 to 30 or more coil selections. Those are bands, not a model size, because each unit is built around the pack it dispenses. Width and height decide how many selections fit; depth decides how many packs sit behind each one. This guide gives the dimension bands, the capacity arithmetic, and how a screen, a card reader and the mounting height each use up space.

Quick answer

• Typical envelope: 400–600 mm (W) × 200–350 mm (D) × 600–900 mm (H), built to your specification.
• Selections: 6 to 30 or more, with coil pitch configured per selection.
• Packs per selection = usable coil length ÷ coil pitch. In a shallow cabinet that is a handful.
• Capacity = selections × packs per selection. Whether that is enough depends on consumption between restocks.
• Screen: optional, 7 to 32 inches. A small touchscreen leaves most of the front for product; a 32-inch screen does not.
• Card terminal: roughly 45 mm deep at the front on a common MDB model, so it is designed in.

Typical dimensions

Dimension	Typical wall-mount band	What sets it
Width	400–600 mm	Number of coil columns side by side, plus the screen or payment panel
Depth	200–350 mm	Coil length, which sets packs per selection; the payment terminal and wiring
Height	600–900 mm	Number of shelves, the shelf height each pack needs, the collection bin, the screen
Selections	6 to 30+	Width × number of shelves, at the coil sizes your packs need
Screen	None, or 7” to 32”	Whether the screen carries the transaction, instructions, a questionnaire or advertising

Source: the compact wall-mount model page and the wall-mount hub. The dimensions of your build are on the specification issued with the quotation.

For scale, our published comparison puts a floor-standing machine at 500 mm or more deep with 40 or more selections, against 200–350 mm and 6 to 30+ for a wall-mount. Depth is the dimension that changes most, and it is the one that decides whether a product suits the format.

Why depth is the dimension that matters

A coil machine holds each product in the gaps of a spiral. When a selection is vended, the motor turns the coil one revolution and the pack at the front drops into the collection bin. The number of packs a selection holds is therefore:

packs per selection = usable coil length ÷ coil pitch

The usable coil length is less than the cabinet depth, because the motor, the back wall, the front clearance and the door all take some of it. In a 200–350 mm deep cabinet, that leaves a short coil. A full-size machine with a 500 mm or deeper cabinet has room for a much longer one. This is the trade-off the wall-mount makes: no floor footprint, in exchange for fewer packs per selection.

Coil pitch and pack size

Coil pitch is the spacing between turns. Each pack sits in one gap, so the pitch must be a little larger than the pack’s thickness. Too tight and packs jam or tear; too loose and two drop at once. Pitch is configured per selection, so narrow and wide packs share one wall-mount: the hub gives the example of narrow coils around 40–50 mm for condom packets alongside wider coils around 70–90 mm for boxed test kits.

Indicative starting points from our own dispensing guides:

Product	Coil pitch (indicative)	Shelf height (indicative)	Source
Tampons, individual or small packs	45–55 mm	70–90 mm	Period products guide
Individual pads	50–60 mm	80–100 mm	Period products guide
Pad multi-packs	60–75 mm	100–120 mm	Period products guide
Single condoms	35–45 mm	50–70 mm	Condom dispensing guide
Condom 3-packs	45–55 mm	70–90 mm	Condom dispensing guide

These are starting points. The pitch for your product is chosen from its measured packaging, and the coil options page and planogram configurator let you lay it out before asking for a quotation.

Shelf height matters as much as pitch: it sets how many shelves fit in the cabinet’s height, and therefore how many selections the machine has. A tall pack costs you a shelf.

Capacity arithmetic

The table below is illustrative. It assumes 250 mm of usable coil length, a figure chosen to show the method in a cabinet near the deep end of the band, not a KioskForce specification. Your quotation states the real figure for your cabinet.

Coil pitch	Packs per selection (250 ÷ pitch, rounded down)	12 selections	20 selections	30 selections
40 mm	6	72	120	180
50 mm	5	60	100	150
60 mm	4	48	80	120
75 mm	3	36	60	90
90 mm	2	24	40	60

Two things follow.

Capacity comes from selections, not depth. A wall-mount will never hold dozens of packs behind one selection. If one product takes most of the demand, give it several selections (“facings”) rather than one.

Service interval decides whether the size works. Divide capacity by consumption. Continuing the illustration: a 20-selection machine at 50 mm pitch holds about 100 packs. If a position uses 50 packs a week, it needs a visit every week, and sooner if demand is uneven across selections. If it uses 10 a week, a monthly visit is plenty. If it uses 200 a week, a wall-mount is the wrong format for that position. Dispense reliability and stockout prevention covers how facings and par levels are set from real consumption.

Screen size and the front panel

The screen is optional and has been supplied from 7 to 32 inches. A screen’s diagonal does not tell you how much of the front panel it takes, so here is the display area of common panel sizes, assuming a 16:9 panel except where shown (simple geometry, not a KioskForce specification):

Screen	Approximate display area (W × H)	On a 400–600 mm wide front
7” (16:9)	155 × 87 mm	Small; leaves most of the front for the product window
10.1” (16:10)	218 × 136 mm	Fits beside or above the product window
15.6” (16:9)	345 × 194 mm	Takes most of the width of a 400 mm cabinet in landscape
21.5” (16:9)	476 × 268 mm	Wider than a 400 mm cabinet in landscape
32” (16:9)	708 × 398 mm	Takes most of the front even of a large cabinet; portrait it is about 398 mm wide by 708 mm tall

Add a bezel and a housing to every figure. A small touch screen vending machine in the 7- to 10-inch range is easy to fit to a compact wall-mount and suits code entry, multi-language instructions or a short questionnaire. The 32-inch build on our free period-product program exists because on-screen advertising pays for the free products, so the screen is the business model. If nothing in your model depends on a screen, a screen-free machine with a QR code is a supported and cheaper configuration.

The card reader and the depth budget

A contactless card terminal sits on the front of the cabinet and reaches back inside it. The user manual for one common MDB terminal, the Nayax VPOS Touch, lists it at 105 mm high, 84.7 mm wide and 45.3 mm deep. In a 200 mm deep cabinet, 45 mm is nearly a quarter of the depth at that point of the front panel, before the cable run and, on a cellular unit, a position for the antenna.

That is why the payment method is decided before the cabinet is designed. The terminal’s position takes front-panel area that could otherwise be product window, and its depth has to clear the coils behind it. Readers connect over MDB, the industry’s open standard for vending peripherals, published by NAMA. Send the make, model and MDB documentation of the terminal you want and fit is confirmed at quotation. Free vend, on-screen QR, SMS code release and RFID badge or PIN either need no reader or a shallow one; see payments. KioskForce is not affiliated with Nayax; it is named here only as a common example.

Height, reach and protrusion

Cabinet height interacts with the mounting height. The rule that applies is the accessibility standard where the machine stands. You specify the height; we build to it, and we do not certify compliance with any access standard on your behalf.

Using the 2010 ADA Standards as the US example, as explained in the U.S. Access Board’s guides:

• Reach range: operable parts within 15–48 inches above the floor for an unobstructed reach. That is a window about 838 mm tall (380–1,220 mm), and the controls, the reader and the collection bin all need to sit inside it.
• Protrusion limit: in a circulation path, an object whose leading edge is between 27 and 80 inches above the floor may protrude no more than 4 inches. A wall-mount projects 200–350 mm (about 8–14 inches).

Illustrative geometry: hang a 750 mm tall cabinet with its bottom edge at 686 mm (27 inches) so it is cane-detectable. Its top is at 1,436 mm, so the top 216 mm of the front sits above the 1,220 mm reach limit and cannot carry controls. A cabinet layout with the screen and reader in the lower part of the front solves that; an alcove that keeps the projection to 4 inches or less removes the protrusion problem altogether. The ADA-compliant vending machines guide covers both rules.

This is a summary for planning, not legal advice. Rules change; confirm with the regulator where the machine will stand.

What to specify if you are buying one

Capacity is engineered from your numbers, so send:

1. Pack dimensions of each product, width × height × depth, as loaded, in its retail packaging rather than the product inside.
2. Expected consumption per position per week.
3. The range: how many products, and what share of demand each takes.
4. Screen or screen-free, and what the screen has to do.
5. Payment method, and for a card terminal, the make, model and MDB documentation.
6. Space at each position: wall width available, any alcove depth, the required mounting height.

On the free period-product build, the client changed the product dimensions mid-build and the coils had to be re-pitched and re-sourced. It was recovered inside 48 hours, but measuring the pack first is cheaper. Use the planogram configurator to try layouts, or send the figures through the contact form. Prices for each configuration are in the cost guide.

Where these dimensions are the wrong answer

• Bulky packs. If the pitch you need leaves one or two packs per selection, the machine will empty too fast. Look at a floor-standing machine or a locker system.
• Very high consumption at one position. If the arithmetic gives a restock every day or two, buy the larger machine.
• Wide ranges. Thirty-odd selections is a ceiling.
• Chilled products. Compact wall-mount units in this family are ambient.
• No wall depth to give. In a narrow corridor with no alcove, a 300 mm projection may fail the local protrusion rule. The optional floor stand or another position is the answer.

Frequently asked questions

What size is a wall-mounted vending machine?

KioskForce’s compact wall-mount units are typically in the region of 400 to 600 mm wide, 200 to 350 mm deep and 600 to 900 mm high, and carry 6 to 30 or more coil selections. They are built to order, so the exact size is set by the pack you will dispense, the number of selections, the screen and the payment hardware. For comparison, a floor-standing machine is typically 500 mm or more deep and carries 40 or more selections. The dimensions of your build are stated on the specification issued with the quotation.

How many products does a wall-mounted vending machine hold?

Multiply the number of selections by the packs per selection. Packs per selection is the usable coil length divided by the coil pitch, and the pitch is set by the pack’s thickness. As an illustration only, if a cabinet gives 250 mm of usable coil length, a 50 mm pitch holds five packs per selection, so twenty selections hold about one hundred packs. Real figures depend on your pack dimensions, which is why capacity is engineered from them and stated on the quotation rather than quoted in advance.

What is coil pitch and why does it matter?

Coil pitch is the spacing between the turns of the spiral that holds and pushes the product. Each pack sits in one gap, so the pitch must be slightly larger than the pack’s thickness: too tight and the pack jams or tears, too loose and two packs can drop at once. In a fixed cabinet depth, a larger pitch means fewer packs per selection. Pitch is configured per selection, so narrow and wide products can share one wall-mount machine, for example condom packets alongside boxed test kits.

Can I get a small touch screen vending machine for a wall?

Yes. The screen on a KioskForce wall-mount is optional and has been supplied from 7 to 32 inches. A 7-inch 16:9 panel is roughly 155 by 87 mm of display and a 10.1-inch 16:10 panel roughly 218 by 136 mm, both small enough to leave most of a 400 to 600 mm wide front for the product window. A small screen suits multi-language instructions, a questionnaire or code entry. If nothing needs a screen, a screen-free machine with a QR code is cheaper and has one less part to fail.

Will a card reader fit in a shallow wall-mount cabinet?

Usually, if it is planned in. A common MDB card terminal, the Nayax VPOS Touch, is listed in its user manual at 105 mm high, 84.7 mm wide and 45.3 mm deep. In a 200 to 350 mm deep cabinet that depth, plus cabling and on cellular devices an antenna position, has to be designed into the front panel rather than added later. Send the make, model and vendor MDB documentation and fit is confirmed at quotation. Free vend, on-screen QR and code release need no reader at all.

How much does a wall-mounted vending machine weigh?

KioskForce does not publish a single weight, because it depends on the cabinet you specify and the stock you load. The loaded weight is stated on the specification issued with your quotation. Give that figure to your installer, who chooses fixings for the actual wall. Remember that a cabinet standing 200 to 350 mm out from the wall also pulls its top fixings outward, and people lean on machines, so the fixing design allows for more than the dead weight.

What mounting height fits a wall-mount vending machine?

The height is set by the accessibility standard where the machine stands; you specify it and we build to it. In the United States, ADA operable parts must sit within 15 to 48 inches above the floor for an unobstructed reach, an 838 mm window. A 600 to 900 mm tall cabinet can fit its controls and collection bin in that window, but in a circulation path a wall-mounted object with its leading edge above 27 inches may project only 4 inches, so a deep cabinet there needs an alcove, a lower bottom edge or a cane-detectable element below.

References

• U.S. Access Board — “Guide to the ADA Standards, Chapter 3: Protruding Objects” (accessed 2 October 2026). https://www.access-board.gov/ada/guides/chapter-3-protruding-objects/
• U.S. Access Board — “Guide to the ADA Standards, Chapter 3: Operable Parts” (accessed 2 October 2026). https://www.access-board.gov/ada/guides/chapter-3-operable-parts/
• Nayax — “VPOS Touch User Manual”, revision 1.6.4, device specifications, hosted by ManualsLib (accessed 2 October 2026). https://www.manualslib.com/manual/2071999/Nayax-Vpos-Touch.html?page=5
• NAMA — “NAMA Releases MDB Version 4.3” (accessed 2 October 2026). https://namanow.org/nama-releases-mdb-version-4-3/

Related

• Wall-mounted and compact vending machines: the cluster guide
• Compact wall-mount vending machines: the model page
• How to install a wall-mounted vending machine
• Mini and small vending machines
• Wall-mounted vs floor-standing vending machines
• ADA-compliant vending machines
• Wall-mounted vending machine prices

Talk to us about sizing a machine

Send the pack dimensions, the expected weekly consumption and the space at each position. We will work out packs per selection, total capacity and the cabinet size, and tell you plainly if a wall-mount is the wrong format.