The limit q-Durrmeyer operator, $$D_{\infty ,q}$$
D
∞
,
q
, was introduced and its approximation properties were investigated by Gupta (Appl. Math. Comput. 197(1):172–178, 2008) during a study of q-analogues for the Bernstein–Durrmeyer operator. In the present work, this operator is investigated from a different perspective. More precisely, the growth estimates are derived for the entire functions comprising the range of $$D_{\infty ,q}$$
D
∞
,
q
. The interrelation between the analytic properties of a function f and the rate of growth for $$D_{\infty ,q}f$$
D
∞
,
q
f
are established, and the sharpness of the obtained results are demonstrated.