State registry
How many elevators are in New York?
69,554 elevators and conveyances are on record in New York, 69,554 of them active in the device registry.
This covers New York City, which publishes the country's most complete public device registry. New York State outside the five boroughs is pulled separately.
69,554
active devices
0
25+ years old
0
40+ years old
Where the elevators are
By countyActive registered devices by county. Schoharie County leads with 0.
By device type
65,752 elevators (95%)
2,036 lifts (3%)
906 escalators (1%)
479 others (1%)
381 dumbwaiters (1%)
Top manufacturers on record
| GAL | 30,434 devices |
| G.A.L. | 4,862 devices |
| gal | 3,983 devices |
| Otis | 2,183 devices |
| OTIS | 2,150 devices |
| existing | 2,141 devices |
| Wittur | 1,246 devices |
| HOUSING AUTHORITY | 1,178 devices |
Permit activity in New York
The markets we track in New York, with contractor leaderboards: New York City (60,735).
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Device data from public state and city registries; see methodology. Permit activity (who is doing the work) lives on the market pages; the running national total is on The Count.