New York · Market data
Albany County, NY supports 15 taxi and limousine businesses across 319,964 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 | Albany County |
|---|---|
| County | Albany County, NY |
| State | New York |
| Residents (Census 2024 estimate) | 319,964 |
| Taxi and limousine establishments | 15 |
| Taxi and limousine employeesCensus noise flag J — approximate. | 99 |
| Taxi and limousine annual payroll | $4.9m |
| Taxi and ridesharing establishments | 10 |
| Taxi and ridesharing employeesCensus noise flag G — approximate. | 28 |
| Taxi and ridesharing annual payroll | $791,000 |
| Limousine establishments | 5 |
| Limousine employeesCensus noise flag J — approximate. | 71 |
| Limousine annual payroll | $4.1m |
| Operators with 1-4 employees | 13 |
| Operators per 100,000 residentsderived15 establishments ÷ 319,964 residents × 100,000. | 4.69 |
| Share of operators with fewer than 5 employeesderived13 of 15 establishments. | 86.7% |
| Annual payroll per employeederived$4.9m payroll ÷ 99 employees. | $49,485 |
| Taxi share of taxi-plus-limousine operatorsderived10 taxi ÷ 15 taxi and limousine establishments. | 66.7% |
| Rank among published US county marketsderivedBy taxi and limousine establishments. | 93 of 348 |
Source: United States Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. About County Business Patterns.
Albany County, NY has 15 taxi and limousine businesses in the 2023 County Business Patterns, employing about 99 people — 10 in taxi and ridesharing services and 5 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.
86.7 per cent of operators in Albany County, NY 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.
Albany County, NY has 4.69 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 New York the median is 5.96 per 100,000, so this county is thinner than its state norm.
Annual payroll works out at about $49,485 per employee across the sector in Albany County, NY.
That level of payroll means labour, not vehicles, is the dominant cost — so utilisation per paid hour is the number worth managing.
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Closest by operator count, weighted towards the same state.
| County | Operators | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Santa Barbara County, CA | 15 | 3.37 |
| Duval County, FL | 15 | 1.42 |
| Barnstable County, MA | 15 | 6.45 |
| Camden County, NJ | 15 | 2.81 |
| Somerset County, NJ | 15 | 4.20 |
| Franklin County, OH | 15 | 1.11 |
| Bexar County, TX | 15 | 0.70 |
| Prince William County, VA | 15 | 3.02 |
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