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State registry

How many elevators are in Washington?

34,232 elevators and conveyances are on record in Washington, 34,232 of them active in the device registry.

Washington's public lookup excludes Seattle and Spokane, which administer their own elevator programs.

34,232
active devices
15 yrs
median age
9,954
25+ years old
3,187
40+ years old

Where the elevators are

By county

Active registered devices by county. Pierce County leads with 0.

By city

191 cities

Active registered devices by city. Each links to its own count, age profile, and modernization outlook.

BELLEVUE 1,966TACOMA 1,219SEATTLE 1,072VANCOUVER 1,049EVERETT 1,006REDMOND 980KIRKLAND 952BELLINGHAM 951RENTON 880SPOKANE 841OLYMPIA 834KENT 677EDMONDS 614BOTHELL 587LYNNWOOD 531Puyallup 523FEDERAL WAY 476ISSAQUAH 466AUBURN 465Gig Harbor 453Bremerton 445RICHLAND 420MERCER ISLAND 379YAKIMA 367SHORELINE 356SEATAC 347KENNEWICK 336Spokane Valley 305CAMAS 288LACEY 286Port Orchard 281PULLMAN 276WOODINVILLE 269WENATCHEE 268TUKWILA 266Bainbridge Island 262Anacortes 260LONGVIEW 252LAKEWOOD 243WALLA WALLA 242BURIEN 233PORT ANGELES 223Snohomish 219Sammamish 208MUKILTEO 205SILVERDALE 202Poulsbo 200DES MOINES 199Marysville 197ARLINGTON 184PASCO 179Oak Harbor 176Sequim 167University Place 161MOUNT VERNON 160TUMWATER 149Lake Stevens 142Spanaway 139PORT TOWNSEND 138OCEAN SHORES 136

Age of the installed base

Modernization map

Elevators are typically modernized at 25 to 30 years and replaced past 40. Based on install year for 34,132 active devices.

0-10 yrs12,907
10-20 yrs8,711
20-30 yrs6,237
30-40 yrs3,341
40-50 yrs1,604
50+ yrs1,332

Oldest still running

Install years are self-reported to the registry and occasionally reflect the building rather than the car; the very oldest entries are shown with their location so you can judge.

InstalledCityLocation on record
1917TACOMA1201 PACIFIC AVE
1924PULLMANCOMMONS
1925WENATCHEEWASHINGTON & ORONDO
1926Bellingham1155 N. State St.
1927TACOMA25 N E ST
1928Walla Walla933 Bonsella

Permit activity in Washington

The markets we track in Washington, with contractor leaderboards: Seattle (26,084).

Get Washington in the weekly dispatch: new counts, oldest finds, and modernization movers.

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.