Decisions
worth all,
built on data
worth trusting.
Service companies, investors and professionals rely on SKYDB to settle the question every tall-building decision keeps coming back to: what is actually built, where, by whom, and how tall.
177,165 verified tall buildings. 10,859 cities. 53,770 companies. From the source of truth.
SKYDB data and figures appear in print, broadcast and online coverage of skylines and major construction stories worldwide.
Five ways to put
SKYDB to work.
From a single signed-in seat to a full enterprise license with API and bulk exports. Pricing scales with the team size and depth of access. Every service includes the same verified, citation-grade dataset.
Three reasons
this is the
#1 source.
Every record in SKYDB is sourced, dated and signed. Where a number is contested, both versions are kept with full provenance. That is what makes the data citation-grade and what makes our customers come back.
Verified at source
Every height, completion date and ownership claim is traced back to a primary record: building permit, official press release, on-site survey, photographic evidence, or sworn editor statement. Disputed values keep both versions, with the audit trail attached.
Updated daily
Topping-out events, status flips, height revisions and new entries land in the database the day they happen. 78 trained editors monitor official channels, photo uploads and reader submissions around the clock.
Decision-grade
SKYDB data is what teams quote in valuation models, IPO prospectuses, planning submissions and front-page headlines. The same shape that powers our own pages is what you get through Research, Exports and the API. No second-tier feed.
The numbers
others quote.
SKYDB figures appear on broadcast tickers when a new tower tops out, in valuation models when a project changes hands, and in court when a height claim is contested. That is what citation-grade looks like.
Broadcast & print
SKYDB's "Top 10 tallest" and per-city skyline counts are picked up by global wires whenever a supertall completes, going to print under SKYDB attribution within hours.
Valuation & IPOs
Investment banks and listed developers use SKYDB Exports to anchor portfolio claims in prospectuses with verifiable, third-party-sourced figures.
Architects & planners
Practices subscribe to SKYDB Research to benchmark proposals against the global tall-building dataset before submitting to planning, juries and clients.
Not sure
which one?
A 60-second decision tree. Every service can be upgraded later, every export carries forward, every API key keeps working.
| If you are | You probably want | Starting at | |
|---|---|---|---|
| An individual researcher or professional | Memberships · full database without rate limits | $249 / year | Details → |
| A newsroom, valuation or planning team | Research · flagship access with editor support | $729 / 48 hours | Details → |
| A developer building a product on tall-building data | API · REST endpoints, webhooks, SLA | $199 / month | Details → |
| An analytics team that wants the data in-house | Exports · CSV / Excel / GeoJSON / Parquet | $390 / snapshot | Details → |
| A team with a specific question and a deadline | Consulting · custom scope, source-cited brief | $1,200 / project | Details → |
Ready to put
SKYDB to work?
Tell us the question, the team size and the timeline. We come back with a fixed-fee quote, an API key, or a Research seat, usually the same day.
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