Custom commercial shopfronts give retailers a distinctive, welcoming entrance, and automatic doors complete the look. This guide covers custom commercial shopfronts and how powered entrances suit them, with options for every kind of storefront.

Commercial Automatic Doors matters for South African property owners planning windows, doors or automatic entrances. This guide explains commercial automatic doors clearly so you can decide with confidence. In this guide we look at commercial automatic doors in line with recognised automatic door technology.

When a commercial project moves from concept to construction, the entrance and facade are where architectural vision meets daily footfall. Coetz™ is more than a residential window supplier — we are a manufacturing partner for architects, developers, and commercial contractors who need custom aluminium systems built to an exact specification and quoted directly from their plans.

More Than Standard Sizes — Built to Your Specification

Off-the-shelf residential dimensions rarely fit a commercial development. Retail entrances, corporate lobbies, and modern showrooms each carry their own structural, dimensional, and building-code requirements. Every Coetz commercial system is engineered to the sizes and performance criteria on your drawings, using robust aluminium profiles and laminated safety glazing suited to high-traffic public environments. Because we design and manufacture to order on a supply-only basis, there is no compromise between the look you specified and the durability the building needs.

Custom Shopfronts & Structural Glass Facades

A shopfront is the first thing a customer sees and the hardest-working element of the building envelope. Our custom shopfront systems combine slim aluminium framing with structural glass to create bright, secure, and contemporary storefronts. Typical applications include:

Retail units and shopping-centre storefronts
Corporate office entrances and reception facades
Showrooms and dealerships where visibility sells
Hospitality, medical, and mixed-use developments

We can integrate large glazed spans, feature entrances, and automatic door openings into a single coordinated facade, so the finished result reads as one clean architectural line rather than a set of separate components.

Automatic Sliding & Swing Door Systems

For buildings that need hands-free, high-volume access, Coetz manufactures custom automatic entrances that integrate seamlessly with the surrounding glazed facade to deliver safety, energy efficiency, and a modern aesthetic.

Automatic sliding doors

Ideal for retail centres, corporate offices, and any entrance with steady two-way foot traffic, automatic sliding doors deliver smooth, energy-efficient access while helping to control heating and cooling losses at the threshold. Our MC-125 sliding system is built for reliability under constant daily use, in single-sliding or bi-parting configurations.

Automatic swing doors

Where a single-leaf entrance, an existing opening, or access control suits the layout, automatic swing door operators provide accessible, hands-free entry — well suited to offices, clinics, and access-controlled entrances. Both sliding and swing systems can be specified with safety sensors and access-control integration to match your building’s traffic and security requirements.

Quoted Directly From Your Architectural Plans

You do not need finished shop drawings to get started — a floor plan or elevation is enough for us to begin. Send us your architectural drawings and our team will:

Review the openings, spans, and performance requirements on your plan
Engineer a system specification in aluminium, with the right glazing and hardware
Return a detailed, itemised quotation matched to your commercial code requirements
Manufacture the approved system to order for supply to site

This plan-based approach removes guesswork for the project team and gives quantity surveyors and architects an accurate cost early in the process. If you are pricing an automated entrance, our guides on what to include in a quotation and how to measure a shopfront are useful starting points.

A Supply Partner That Works the Way Contractors Do

Coetz operates on a supply model: we design, manufacture, and supply your shopfronts and automatic door systems, ready for installation by your own contractor or preferred installer. For main contractors and fit-out teams, that means competitive project pricing, predictable lead times, and no reliance on a third party’s installation schedule. Trade and professional clients can open a trade account for project pricing and manage specifications through our professional portal.

Start Your Commercial Project

Whether you are specifying a single retail entrance or glazing an entire development, Coetz can turn your plans into a manufactured, on-spec aluminium system. Explore our custom shopfront services or share your drawings with our team to get a tailored quotation for your shopfront, structural facade, or automatic door package.

More about Commercial Automatic Doors

Understanding commercial automatic doors helps you specify the right entrance the first time. The best results come from matching the operator, sensors and glass to the building and its traffic, then commissioning the door so it opens smoothly and closes safely. Cutting corners on any of these usually costs more later in call-outs and downtime, so it pays to get the specification right at the start.

Every site is a little different, so the commercial automatic doors that suits a busy mall entrance is not the same as a quiet office door. Traffic volume, opening width, safety requirements and the look of the frontage all shape the final choice, which is why a short site assessment is always worth the time before you commit.

Coetz supplies, installs and services automatic doors across South Africa, and we are happy to advise on commercial automatic doors for your project – from a single entrance to a multi-door development, backed by service and genuine spare parts.

Coetz designs, supplies and installs custom commercial shopfronts with automatic doors across South Africa, tailored to your brand and traffic.