State registry
How many elevators are in New York?
67,467 elevators and conveyances are on record in New York, 67,467 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.
67,467
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
64,102 elevators (95%)
1,802 lifts (3%)
803 escalators (1%)
430 others (1%)
330 dumbwaiters (0%)
Top manufacturers on record
| GAL | 29,137 devices |
| G.A.L. | 4,339 devices |
| gal | 3,972 devices |
| existing | 2,316 devices |
| OTIS | 2,213 devices |
| Otis | 2,055 devices |
| HOUSING AUTHORITY | 1,377 devices |
| Wittur | 1,125 devices |
Permit activity in New York
The markets we track in New York, with contractor leaderboards: New York City (60,100).
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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.