A white barn on a hill at sunrise, horses grazing in the pasture below
About SoftStall

A flooring company that started with one question about horses

Twenty years on, that question has not changed: what is the horse standing on, and can it be better?

Our Story

Built out of barns, not boardrooms

SoftStall began by looking at a problem every horse owner recognises and few flooring products actually solved: horses stand for most of the day, and stall floors were designed for the convenience of the building rather than the comfort of the animal.

The first system paired a cushioned underpad with a sealed, non-absorptive top cover — not as a mat laid on top of a floor, but as a replacement for what the floor was doing. That combination is still the basis of every product we make.

Since then the range has grown outward from the stall: into aisles and wash bays, onto stall walls, and into trailers. The company is part of Stable Marketing Inc. and manufactures its products in-house.

Empty stall with sealed SoftStall flooring
Milestones

Where the work has taken us

Founding
The first stall system

Cushioned underpad and sealed top cover developed as a replacement for the stall floor rather than a mat on top of it.

Vancouver 2010
Olympic venue flooring

SoftStep flooring supported the Vancouver Olympics, installed and removed under event conditions.

WEG
World Equestrian Games

SoftStall systems installed in facilities used at the World Equestrian Games.

Today
Five product lines

Stall flooring, pavers, wall padding, and trailer flooring, with TravelMat in development.

Dates and event details are being confirmed against company records.

How We Operate

Three commitments we hold to

The horse comes first

Every specification decision starts from how long a horse stands, how it lies down, and how it gets up — not from a price point or a product category.

We only claim what we can support

Where a figure is not yet confirmed, we say so rather than estimate.

We stay involved after the sale

Installation, maintenance guidance, and repeat supply come from the same company that made the product.

Crew laying SoftStep pavers in a barn
Manufacturing & People

We make it, and we install it

Products are manufactured in-house rather than sourced per order, which is how a repeat order in year five still matches the original installation. Where sealing is critical to how a system performs, installation is carried out by trained crews rather than shipped as a kit.

That does make us slower to quote than a catalogue supplier. It also means the person who answers your call has usually seen a barn like yours.

Materials, testing & quality →
Global Reach

Twenty-three countries, mostly small barns

SoftStall systems have been installed in facilities used at the World Equestrian Games, and SoftStep flooring supported the Vancouver Olympics. Most of our volume, though, goes to barns with two to twelve stalls, shipped and installed through a mix of direct work and local distribution.

20+
Years in market
23
Countries shipped
1M+
Sq ft installed
SoftStep pavers on an outdoor landscaped walkway

Want to talk to us directly?

Whether it is one stall or a facility build, the conversation starts the same way.