Building Permits & Elevator Demand by Country
Building permits are an early signal of elevator demand — new towers, refurbishments, and accessibility upgrades. Explore country-level momentum, then track project-level permit intelligence inside Vertisk.
Market overview
Vertisk monitors building permit feeds and macro construction signals to estimate where elevator demand is forming — splitting new construction from modernization momentum. Project-level records are available to members.
Browse by country
- Italy elevator permitsone of Europe’s largest installed bases, with heavy modernization demand in residential and public buildings.
- France elevator permitsa large public-sector and social-housing market with sustained lift safety and accessibility upgrade activity.
- Germany elevator permitsa high-value market with strong public procurement and steady controller and drive modernization.
- Netherlands elevator permitsa digitised procurement market with consistent municipal and housing-association activity.
- Spain elevator permitsa large residential installed base with frequent modernization and accessibility tenders.
- Finland elevator permitsa transparent Nordic procurement market with public-sector and housing-company demand.
- Poland elevator permitsa fast-growing market with strong new-build and modernization momentum.
- Ireland elevator permitsa compact, high-activity market with public-sector and healthcare demand.
- Belgium elevator permitsa dense urban market with institutional and public procurement activity.
- Greece elevator permitsa Mediterranean market with seismic-aware modernization requirements.
- Sweden elevator permitsa Nordic market with strong municipal and housing demand.
- Denmark elevator permitsa digitised Nordic procurement market with public-building activity.
- Australia elevator permitsa major English-speaking market with government and infrastructure procurement.
- Canada elevator permitsa federal and provincial procurement market with steady public demand.
- Singapore elevator permitsa dense high-rise market with strong public and commercial procurement.
- United States elevator permitsthe world’s largest construction market with extensive federal, state, and city procurement.