Maryland · Market data
Howard County, MD supports 6 taxi and limousine businesses across 339,668 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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| Measure | Howard County |
|---|---|
| County | Howard County, MD |
| State | Maryland |
| Residents (Census 2024 estimate) | 339,668 |
| Taxi and limousine establishments | 6 |
| Taxi and limousine employeesCensus noise flag J — approximate. | 5 |
| Taxi and limousine annual payroll | $164,000 |
| Limousine establishments | 5 |
| Limousine employeesCensus noise flag J — approximate. | 4 |
| Limousine annual payroll | $100,000 |
| Operators with 1-4 employees | 6 |
| Operators per 100,000 residentsderived6 establishments ÷ 339,668 residents × 100,000. | 1.77 |
| Share of operators with fewer than 5 employeesderived6 of 6 establishments. | 100.0% |
| Annual payroll per employeederived$164,000 payroll ÷ 5 employees. | $32,800 |
| Rank among published US county marketsderivedBy taxi and limousine establishments. | 180 of 348 |
Source: United States Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. About County Business Patterns.
Howard County, MD has 6 taxi and limousine businesses in the 2023 County Business Patterns, employing about 5 people.
The published operator base here is very small, so a single new entrant materially changes the local market.
100.0 per cent of operators in Howard County, MD employ fewer than five people, against a median of 67.1 per cent across the 348 published county markets.
Nearly every operator here employs fewer than five people. That is an owner-driver market: the person taking the booking is often the person driving, so software that needs a dedicated dispatcher to sit in front of it does not fit.
Howard County, MD has 1.77 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 Maryland the median is 1.74 per 100,000, so this county is denser than its state norm.
Annual payroll works out at about $32,800 per employee across the sector in Howard County, MD.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Flagler County, FL | 6 | 4.39 |
| St. Johns County, FL | 6 | 1.79 |
| Sarasota County, FL | 6 | 1.26 |
| Seminole County, FL | 6 | 1.21 |
| Cherokee County, GA | 6 | 2.04 |
| Polk County, IA | 6 | 1.16 |
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