The invention discloses an electric hoist. The electric hoist comprises a main shaft, a driver, a speed reducer, an overrunning clutch, a rope winding shaft and a clutch, wherein two ends of the mainshaft are fixed, the driver, the speed reducer, the overrunning clutch and the clutch are sequentially connected and connected onto the main shaft in a sleeving mode, the driver comprises a rotation shaft connected with the main shaft in a sleeving mode, the rotation shaft is of a hollow structure, the driver is electrified so as to drive the rotation shaft to rotate, the rotation shaft is connected with the speed reducer, the overrunning clutch comprises a planet carrier B connected onto the main shaft in a sleeving mode and a plurality of planet wheels B arranged on the planet carrier B, anoutput end of the speed reducer passes through the planet carrier B and becomes a sun wheel of the planet wheels B, the speed reducer comprises an inner gear ring part, the inner gear ring part is engaged with the planet wheels B, a rope is arranged on the rope winding shaft, the driver, the speed reducer, the overrunning clutch and the clutch are arranged in the rope winding shaft, and the planetcarrier B is connected with the wire winding shaft through a single-direction rotation structure.