Elevator Uptime

Elevator outages in Houston

Houston's high-rise office towers, medical-center campuses, and residential buildings all depend on elevators regulated by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation. Elevator Uptime keeps a public record of every indexed building and the outages reported against it. Report a broken elevator in 15 seconds. No account, no email.

Tracked buildings
1,222
Active outages
499
Affected buildings
316

Outage history — last 12 months

264 recorded outages across tracked Houston buildings. Record begins July 2025.

04080Aug 25: 12 outagesAug 25Sep 25: 15 outagesSep 25Oct 25: 15 outagesOct 25Nov 25: 10 outagesNov 25Dec 25: 19 outagesDec 25Jan 26: 8 outagesJan 26Feb 26: 17 outagesFeb 26Mar 26: 23 outagesMar 26Apr 26: 11 outagesApr 26May 26: 80 outagesMay 26Jun 26: 53 outagesJun 26Jul 26

Each bar counts outages by the month they began, drawn from regulatory records and live-feed archives. A month with no bar had no recorded outages in our data — not necessarily zero real outages.

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Elevator outages in Houston

Elevators in Houston are regulated at the state level by the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation (TDLR), Elevators, Escalators and Related Equipment program. The statutory basis is Texas Health and Safety Code, Chapter 754, which requires registration, periodic inspection, and licensed contractors for covered equipment. TDLR registers individual units, licenses elevator contractors and inspectors, and accepts public complaints through its online complaint portal.

Parcel and ownership data for Houston buildings is maintained by the Harris County Appraisal District (HCAD), whose public records help link reported outages to the correct property. City of Houston building permits are issued through the City's Development Services Department. Outage reports on this page come from riders, tenants, and building staff, combined with the TDLR-registered building and contractor record — there is no city-managed real-time elevator feed for Houston.

How to report a broken elevator in Houston

  • Safety hazard or unlicensed work: TDLR complaint portal
  • Residential tenants: Houston 311 for habitability enforcement (call 311 or visit houstonpermittingcenter.org)
  • Commercial buildings: TDLR, or the building's property management team
  • Any building, public record: file an outage on Elevator Uptime in 15 seconds

For the full reporting guide, see how to report a broken elevator.

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