INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT
Elevators & Escalators
World’s Most Productive Companies
Elevators & Escalators
Elevator and Escalator companies manufacture, install, and service vertical transportation equipment. Productivity rests on the high-margin service and maintenance base that follows equipment installation, plus exposure to construction and modernization demand. Dense installed bases and recurring service contracts give the leaders durable, annuity-like productivity.
The group was about flat in 2025, sitting about 10% below its 2019 baseline. No company in the group reached the 2026 World’s Most Productive Companies list this year. Gains were broad across the group.
Productivity Snapshot
- Elevators & Escalators ranks sixteenth of twenty-one Industrial Equipment peer groups in 2025, at an Industrial Productivity Index of 0.91, about 10% below its 2019 baseline.
- 3 of 4 companies grew productivity in 2025.
- No company in the group earned a place on the 2026 World’s Most Productive Companies list this year.
- The group sits below its 2019 baseline as soft new-construction demand offset resilient service revenue in 2025.
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