Virginia · Market data
Arlington County, VA supports 11 taxi and limousine businesses across 239,807 residents. Below: how those operators break down by size, how the market compares with its state and the country, and what the sector pays — all from the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns.
Source: United States Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023.
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Key takeaways
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| Measure | Arlington County |
|---|---|
| County | Arlington County, VA |
| State | Virginia |
| Residents (Census 2024 estimate) | 239,807 |
| Taxi and limousine establishments | 11 |
| Taxi and limousine employeesCensus noise flag G — approximate. | 117 |
| Taxi and limousine annual payroll | $15.6m |
| Taxi and ridesharing establishments | 4 |
| Taxi and ridesharing employeesCensus noise flag G — approximate. | 103 |
| Taxi and ridesharing annual payroll | $15.2m |
| Limousine establishments | 7 |
| Limousine employeesCensus noise flag J — approximate. | 14 |
| Limousine annual payroll | $443,000 |
| Operators with 1-4 employees | 7 |
| Operators per 100,000 residentsderived11 establishments ÷ 239,807 residents × 100,000. | 4.59 |
| Share of operators with fewer than 5 employeesderived7 of 11 establishments. | 63.6% |
| Annual payroll per employeederived$15.6m payroll ÷ 117 employees. | $133,462 |
| Taxi share of taxi-plus-limousine operatorsderived4 taxi ÷ 11 taxi and limousine establishments. | 36.4% |
| Rank among published US county marketsderivedBy taxi and limousine establishments. | 121 of 348 |
Source: United States Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. About County Business Patterns.
Arlington County, VA has 11 taxi and limousine businesses in the 2023 County Business Patterns, employing about 117 people — 4 in taxi and ridesharing services and 7 in limousine service.
With only a handful of operators, most local demand is met by a few known names, and word of mouth does most of the selling.
63.6 per cent of operators in Arlington County, VA employ fewer than five people, against a median of 67.1 per cent across the 348 published county markets.
The market mixes very small operators with a tier of larger ones, so the same county contains businesses with genuinely different problems — coverage at the small end, coordination at the large.
Arlington County, VA has 4.59 taxi and limousine businesses per 100,000 residents, against a national median of 2.16.
Operators per head are far above the national midpoint, which is typical of counties serving an airport, a downtown core or a large visitor economy rather than only their own residents.
Within Virginia the median is 3.53 per 100,000, so this county is denser than its state norm.
Annual payroll works out at about $133,462 per employee across the sector in Arlington County, VA.
That level of payroll means labour, not vehicles, is the dominant cost — so utilisation per paid hour is the number worth managing.
FAQ
Closest by operator count, weighted towards the same state.
| County | Operators | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Eagle County, CO | 11 | 20.25 |
| Pitkin County, CO | 11 | 66.09 |
| Osceola County, FL | 11 | 2.35 |
| DeKalb County, GA | 11 | 1.43 |
| Cumberland County, ME | 11 | 3.51 |
| Anne Arundel County, MD | 11 | 1.83 |
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