Minnesota elevator certificate lookup
Search 51,449 elevators in 40,492 Minnesota buildings on the DLI registry by address, building or city. Inspection status and certificate expirations, free, no signup.
Searches Minnesota only. For every covered state use the main lookup.
The Minnesota registry in numbers
Measured September 30, 2026The Minnesota snapshot carries permit status and expiration but no inspection dates, so the last-inspection column is blank for Minnesota buildings.
How Minnesota regulates elevator inspections
- •Minnesota elevators run under an annual operating permit issued by the Department of Labor and Industry.
- •Only licensed elevator contractors may install, maintain, alter, repair or test elevators in Minnesota, and inspections are carried out by licensed inspectors assigned by district.
Regulator: Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry.
Source: Minnesota DLI, elevator permits and inspections. Official records: DLI elevator permits and inspections.
Where Minnesota's elevators are
| City | Elevators | Search |
|---|---|---|
| Minneapolis | 5,576 | |
| Rochester | 1,625 | |
| Bloomington | 1,549 | |
| Duluth | 1,196 | |
| Edina | 1,058 | |
| Minnetonka | 905 |
Six largest markets by registered elevators. Every other city in Minnesota is searchable above.
Free, for any Minnesota building
- • Whether each certificate is current, expiring or expired
- • How many elevators the building has
- • Date of the last inspection on file (not published by Minnesota)
- • The official source for the record
For elevator service companies
Smarterlift turns this registry into a ranked call list: every expiring or expired certificate in your territory, who holds the contract today, the age of the equipment, and a one-page brief per building.
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Source: Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry. Data sourced from state regulatory registries and provided for informational purposes only. Smarterlift is not affiliated with or endorsed by any state agency. Status may be out of date; verify with the official source. To request a correction or removal, contact support@smarterlift.app.