The Elevator Industry in Türkiye
550,000 elevators
Istanbul (~147,271), Ankara (~41,774), Izmir (~37,649), etc.
Approximately 40,000 new elevators are installed/manufactured annually.
Exports of elevators reached approximately 1.77 billion USD in the last 5 years; Türkiye ranks 5th in the world in elevator exports. Elevator parts/components exports are among the sectors that generate a trade surplus between imports and exports.
Number of companies engaged in assembly, maintenance, periodic inspection, and component manufacturing: approximately 1,500–2,100; Employment provided by the sector: approximately 20,000+ people.
Hundreds of thousands of elevators undergo periodic inspections every year; for example, by September 2022, approximately 283,846 elevators had been inspected (a significant portion of all registered elevators).
