Texas elevator database options, compared
liftdue lists the buildings it can map within 25 miles of your ZIP where TDLR’s file shows an elevator or escalator more than 60 days (and up to a year) past its inspection due date, or due in the next 60. Here’s how it compares with The Elevator Database and the free sources.
Your list also has the units due in the next 60 days.
What a row looks like
3 rows from the sample, TDLR file of
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6800 BURLESON ROAD, BUILDING 310
AUSTIN, 78744
Owner as listed by TDLR: AUSTIN TX III SGF LLC
TDLR record3 units more than 60 days past the inspection due date in TDLR’s file
Earliest due , 91 days past as of Nov 5, 2026
TDLR page: Last Inspection Date
3 hydraulic passenger units. Installed 1986.
ELBI 6341. Decals 120710, 120725, 123995
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HERITAGE PLAZA
7800 NORTH MOPAC EXPY STE 335, AUSTIN, 78759
Owner as listed by TDLR: 7800 NORTH MOPAC LP
TDLR record2 units more than 60 days past the inspection due date in TDLR’s file
Earliest due , 273 days past as of Nov 5, 2026
TDLR page: Last Inspection Date
2 hydraulic passenger units. Installed 1984.
ELBI 327. Decals 26575, 26576
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THE CAMERON CENTER BUILDING 3
7901 CAMERON RD, AUSTIN, 78754
Owner as listed by TDLR: CENTRAL HEALTH
TDLR record2 units more than 60 days past the inspection due date in TDLR’s file
Earliest due , 148 days past as of Nov 5, 2026
TDLR page: Last Inspection Date
2 hydraulic passenger units. Installed 1984.
ELBI 4610. Decals 111327, 111328
- A row counts only the units more than 60 days and at most a year past their date. The TDLR page can list more units at the same building, so match them by decal number.
- The due date is the next-inspection date in TDLR’s export, one year after the Last Inspection Date on the TDLR page.
- The drive type comes from TDLR’s export too. The building page shows the unit type, such as passenger, instead.
- This page leaves out the site contact’s name. The CSV of your list has it, as TDLR lists it.
Source: Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation, tdlr.texas.gov. File dated , copied . Neither liftdue nor this information is endorsed by the State of Texas or any state agency.
The sample also lists the buildings with units due in the next 60 days. Open the sample
The options, side by side
| Option | Covers | Price as published | How fresh | Good if |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Elevator Database LoberLab, elevatordatabase.com Search of state conveyance records, with a paid API. Sources: Texas page, About, state list | Texas and the other states on its list. New York isn’t on it. |
| Texas page: “This data was sourced from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation on 2-18-2024.” Newest next-inspection date in its default Texas rows on Nov 7, 2026: Jan 6, 2026. | You want to look up records in Texas or another state on its list. |
| TDLR elevator search Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation The state’s own search form, by city, county, ZIP, owner or building. No radius or due-date filter. Sources: TDLR search | Texas |
| The state’s record, with a “last refreshed” stamp on each page. | You need one building. |
| TDLR elevator export Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation TDLR’s whole file as one CSV, one row per unit. You filter and map it yourself. Sources: TDLR export, data dictionary | Texas |
| TDLR publishes no refresh schedule. Its pages carry a “last refreshed” stamp. | Someone on your team will filter and map the file each time. |
| ConveyanceIQ Territory data for elevator companies. Its pricing page lists saved territories with alerts. Sources: homepage, pricing, sources | 26 states |
| Dated per source. Texas copied from TDLR on Nov 2, 2026. | You work in states beyond Texas and New York City. |
| Smarterlift Golden Signature LLC Leads from the TX, NY, FL and MN elevator registries, inside a full operations system: service, billing and books. Sources: smarterlift.app, contract leads page | Texas, New York, Florida, Minnesota |
| Says it refreshes nightly. | You want leads inside one system that also runs dispatch and billing. |
| NYC Open Data NYC Department of Buildings DOB NOW elevator data and DOB safety violations, through the city’s SODA API. DOB NOW’s own violation lookup needs an NYC.ID login. Sources: e5aq-a4j2, 855j-jady, DOB violations page | New York City |
| Listed as updated daily. Elevator violations come in batches. | You’ll query the city’s raw files yourself. |
| Apify actor “NYC Elevator Inspection Violations & Compliance Leads” kempdata NYC DOB device records flagged for CAT1 not filed or CAT5 due. Sources: Apify page | New York City. Its sample record has no owner field. |
| You schedule the runs. | You want NYC device flags to run through your own tools. |
| liftdue this site Buildings by Texas radius or NYC borough, from TDLR and DOB NOW records, with a record link on every row. Texas rows show the owner where TDLR names a company. NYC rows show the owner from city property records where one is listed. Enter your email for a CSV of every row, which adds the site contact as TDLR lists it. No phone numbers or emails. More: where the data comes from, pricing | TDLR’s Texas file, by 25-mile radius. New York City, by borough. |
| You want the buildings in one Texas radius or NYC borough without filtering the file yourself. |
When something else fits better
- One building. For a one-off lookup, TDLR’s free search is the right tool.
- Other states. ConveyanceIQ covers 26 states, and The Elevator Database lists other states too. liftdue covers TDLR’s Texas file and New York City’s five boroughs.
- Leads inside your dispatch and billing. Smarterlift also reads state elevator registries, and it runs dispatch and billing too. liftdue doesn’t do dispatch or billing.
- Per seat or per territory. At list price liftdue costs more per month than one ConveyanceIQ Pro seat. liftdue is priced per territory, not per seat.
liftdue isn’t part of any government agency, and it isn’t service or dispatch software.
The Elevator Database’s data date, and ours
The Elevator Database’s Texas page carries this note: “This data was sourced from the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation on 2-18-2024.” The newest next-inspection (expiration) date in the Texas rows it shows by default is Jan 6, 2026, as the site showed them on Nov 7, 2026. The site doesn’t state a refresh schedule. The table above has the other options’ dates.
liftdue’s counts and rows on this page come from TDLR’s file dated , which liftdue copied on .
What TDLR’s file holds, and what liftdue adds
TDLR’s export is the state’s own elevator file, free to download, one row per unit (decal). The file of Nov 5, 2026 lists 75,185 units. Each row has the building number (ELBI), owner name, contact name, next-inspection date, equipment type, drive type, floors and year installed.
Source: TDLR, as of . How we count
It shows what TDLR’s record says on the stamp date. It doesn’t prove that a unit was or wasn’t inspected, or that a certificate was issued, and it doesn’t say who maintains the unit. TDLR’s own building pages say: “Results are time sensitive and may not be valid at a future date.”
What liftdue does with the same file:
- Places each building by street address, so a 25-mile radius works for every building we can place. TDLR’s search has no radius or due-date filter, and TDLR says its county field isn’t kept up to date (data dictionary).
- Shows the owner (where TDLR names a company) and the site contact as TDLR lists them, with unit count, drive type and install year.
- Puts the TDLR record link on every row.
It doesn’t add phone numbers or emails, and it says nothing about who maintains an elevator today. TDLR’s file has no field for that. You can build this yourself from the free file of 75,185 units and the Census geocoder. liftdue does that filtering and mapping for you.
Our sources and their limits: where the data comes from.
How liftdue counts “past due”
Texas law requires building owners to have each elevator inspected once a year by a registered inspector and to file the report with TDLR within 30 days (HS §754.019). TDLR’s late fee starts on the 61st day after the inspection, and it still takes late reports after that (TDLR at a Glance, 16 TAC §74.80). So liftdue waits until a unit is more than 60 days past its due date before listing it.
That way an inspection done on time whose report is still inside those 60 days won’t make the list. The trade-off is that a unit 1 to 60 days past its date isn’t listed yet either, which is one reason the count runs low.
We also leave out units more than a year past their date. A record that old may be for equipment that was replaced or removed. TDLR’s November 2025 staff report describes checking for that in its own cleanup project.
We set aside units where the TDLR records we’ve checked point to a newer inspection. In the sample that’s 100 units at 46 buildings. And a building we can’t place on a map by its street address isn’t in any radius yet. Near the sample, liftdue counts 213 units that would qualify at buildings it can’t place on the map yet, so the sample leaves them out.
Source: TDLR, as of . How we count
One small spot check: when liftdue built this run from the Nov 5, 2026 files, it re-checked 20 findings drawn at random, half Texas and half NYC, against the live TDLR building pages and NYC Open Data, and 0 differed.
Source: run checks, as of . How we count
New York City
New York City requires a Category 1 test on each elevator every calendar year. The report is due 21 days after the test, and DOB doesn’t accept that year’s reports after January 21 (1 RCNY §103-02, DOB). So until January 21, 2027, “no 2026 Category 1 report on file” can just mean it isn’t filed yet.
Smarterlift says it “treats a Category 1 filing as current for one year from its filing date.” liftdue goes by DOB’s calendar-year window, so the two counts can differ.
What liftdue costs
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