GDBTABLE Converter

Extract text from GDBTABLE files


Drop or upload your .GDBTABLE file

How to extract text from your GDBTABLE file

  1. Click the "Select File" button above, and choose your GDBTABLE file.
  2. You’ll see a preview, if available.
  3. Click the "Convert file to..." button to extract text information.

Convert GDBTABLE to another file type

To convert your GDBTABLE file to another format, you need Esri ArcGIS Pro or other GIS software.

  • GDBTABLE to CSV
  • GDBTABLE to SHP
  • GDBTABLE to KML
  • GDBTABLE to KMZ
  • GDBTABLE to GPX
  • GDBTABLE to GEOJSON
  • GDBTABLE to TOPOJSON
  • GDBTABLE to TIF
  • GDBTABLE to TIFF
  • GDBTABLE to ECW
  • GDBTABLE to SID
  • GDBTABLE to IMG

Convert a file to GDBTABLE

To convert other file formats to the "Geodatabase Component" file type, you need software like Esri ArcGIS Pro or a similar tool.

  • LAZ to GDBTABLE
  • KMZ to GDBTABLE
  • DTM to GDBTABLE
  • CSV to GDBTABLE
  • DEM to GDBTABLE
  • PRJ to GDBTABLE
  • LAS to GDBTABLE
  • GPX to GDBTABLE
  • DSM to GDBTABLE
  • SHP to GDBTABLE
  • DBF to GDBTABLE
  • KML to GDBTABLE

About GDBTABLE files

The .gdbtable file is a proprietary, internal data component found within an Esri File Geodatabase. Unlike standalone files, these exist inside a .gdb directory (which acts as a database container) alongside index files like gdbtablx. Users frequently encounter these files when digging into GIS project folders, but they present significant access barriers: they are binary-encoded, unreadable by standard text editors, and require specific licensing for ArcGIS Pro or complex setup with QGIS to view properly. Attempting to open a .gdbtable in Excel will result in gibberish. To make this data usable for reports, spreadsheets, or web applications, the most practical solution is conversion. For data analysis, convert the table content to CSV or XLSX. For mapping applications without the heavy Esri infrastructure, convert the data to GeoJSON or KML.

Convert.Guru analyzes your GDBTABLE file, detects the exact format, and lets you read the text inside.

Users also converted GDBTABLX, ATX, GDBINDEXES, GDB, ZIP, SPX, ACSM, CPG, SBX, OVR and CSV files.



The GDBTABLE Converter Story

The history of Convert.Guru began over 25 years ago in California with Tom Simondi’s file-format database. A former contributor to Space Shuttle development and a software pioneer of the 1980s, Simondi established a trusted resource for file type analysis that was even referenced by Microsoft Windows XP. Today, we use modern technology to process and convert thousands of file formats while continually improving our GDBTABLE converter.