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Taxi and limousine market data for Cuyahoga County, OH

Cuyahoga County, OH supports 21 taxi and limousine businesses across 1,240,594 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.

21
For-hire businesses
208
Sector employees
52%
Under 5 employees
1.69
Per 100,000 residents

Source: United States Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023.

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9 licensed hackney carriages and 12 private hire vehicles, a total of 21 licensed vehicles. Hackney carriages are 42.9 per cent of the licensed fleet.21licensed vehicles
9 hackney (42.9%)12 private hire

Key takeaways

  • Cuyahoga County, OH has 21 taxi and limousine businesses, ranking 67 of 348 published county markets.
  • The split is 9 taxi and ridesharing operators to 12 limousine operators.
  • 52.4 per cent of local operators employ fewer than five people.
  • That is 1.69 for-hire businesses per 100,000 residents, against a national median of 2.16.
  • The sector employs about 208 people locally.

Cuyahoga County, OH for-hire market in numbers

Every row is read from the federal business census, or is arithmetic over it. Derived rows show their working.

Taxi and limousine industry statistics for Cuyahoga County, OH, County Business Patterns 2023
MeasureCuyahoga County
CountyCuyahoga County, OH
StateOhio
Residents (Census 2024 estimate)1,240,594
Taxi and limousine establishments21
Taxi and limousine employeesCensus noise flag H — approximate.208
Taxi and limousine annual payroll$6.0m
Taxi and ridesharing establishments9
Taxi and ridesharing employeesCensus noise flag H — approximate.68
Taxi and ridesharing annual payroll$2.0m
Limousine establishments12
Limousine employeesCensus noise flag J — approximate.140
Limousine annual payroll$4.1m
Operators with 1-4 employees11
Operators with 10-19 employees5
Operators with 20-49 employees3
Operators per 100,000 residentsderived21 establishments ÷ 1,240,594 residents × 100,000.1.69
Share of operators with fewer than 5 employeesderived11 of 21 establishments.52.4%
Annual payroll per employeederived$6.0m payroll ÷ 208 employees.$29,024
Taxi share of taxi-plus-limousine operatorsderived9 taxi ÷ 21 taxi and limousine establishments.42.9%
Rank among published US county marketsderivedBy taxi and limousine establishments.67 of 348

Source: United States Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. About County Business Patterns.

How does Cuyahoga County, OH compare on operators per head?

Cuyahoga County, OH1.69Ohio median1.41US median2.16
Taxi and limousine businesses per 100,000 residents — Cuyahoga County, OH against its state and the national medianbusinesses per 100,000 residents.

How big is the for-hire market in Cuyahoga County, OH?

Cuyahoga County, OH has 21 taxi and limousine businesses in the 2023 County Business Patterns, employing about 208 people — 9 in taxi and ridesharing services and 12 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.

Are operators in Cuyahoga County, OH large fleets or owner-drivers?

52.4 per cent of operators in Cuyahoga County, OH 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.

The full distribution: 11 with 1-4 employees, 5 with 10-19 employees and 3 with 20-49 employees.

Is Cuyahoga County, OH over- or under-served for for-hire vehicles?

Cuyahoga County, OH has 1.69 taxi and limousine businesses per 100,000 residents, against a national median of 2.16.

Operators per head are close to the national midpoint for a published county market.

Within Ohio the median is 1.41 per 100,000, so this county is denser than its state norm.

What does the for-hire workforce in Cuyahoga County, OH cost?

Annual payroll works out at about $29,024 per employee across the sector in Cuyahoga County, OH.

A figure that low usually reflects heavy part-time and split-shift working rather than low hourly rates, which makes accurate shift and per-driver accounting the difference between knowing your margin and guessing it.

FAQ

Cuyahoga County, OH taxi market: common questions

How many taxi and limousine companies are there in Cuyahoga County, OH?
21 establishments in the 2023 County Business Patterns, of which 9 are classified as taxi and ridesharing services. CBP counts business locations rather than vehicles, and withholds detail where publishing it would identify an individual company.
Are taxi businesses in Cuyahoga County, OH mostly small?
52.4 per cent employ fewer than five people. The national median across published county markets is 67.1 per cent.
Is there room for another taxi operator in Cuyahoga County, OH?
Cuyahoga County, OH supports 1.69 for-hire businesses per 100,000 residents against a national median of 2.16. Density near the median means entry is viable but unremarkable — the differentiator is service, not supply.
Is Cuyahoga County, OH a taxi market or a limousine and black-car market?
9 operators are classified as taxi and ridesharing services and 12 as limousine service. Limousine and black-car businesses outnumber taxi businesses here, which points to pre-booked executive, event and airport work rather than street-hail demand.
What is the population of Cuyahoga County, OH?
1,240,594 residents in the Census Bureau's 2024 population estimate. Population is the denominator behind the per-100,000 comparisons on this page, and it is worth noting that a county serving an airport or a large visitor economy carries demand well beyond its resident count.

Markets comparable to Cuyahoga County

Closest by operator count, weighted towards the same state.

County markets with a comparable operator base to Cuyahoga County, OH
CountyOperatorsPer 100,000
Collier County, FL215.05
Hennepin County, MN211.65
Putnam County, NY2121.34
Allegheny County, PA211.70
Travis County, TX211.54
Loudoun County, VA214.74
Bucks County, PA203.08
Salt Lake County, UT201.64

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