Massachusetts · Market data
Worcester County, MA supports 38 taxi and limousine businesses across 881,248 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 | Worcester County |
|---|---|
| County | Worcester County, MA |
| State | Massachusetts |
| Residents (Census 2024 estimate) | 881,248 |
| Taxi and limousine establishments | 38 |
| Taxi and limousine employeesCensus noise flag G — approximate. | 336 |
| Taxi and limousine annual payroll | $10.3m |
| Taxi and ridesharing establishments | 22 |
| Taxi and ridesharing employeesCensus noise flag J — approximate. | 58 |
| Taxi and ridesharing annual payroll | $2.7m |
| Limousine establishments | 16 |
| Limousine employeesCensus noise flag H — approximate. | 278 |
| Limousine annual payroll | $7.7m |
| Operators with 1-4 employees | 20 |
| Operators with 5-9 employees | 6 |
| Operators with 10-19 employees | 8 |
| Operators with 20-49 employees | 3 |
| Operators per 100,000 residentsderived38 establishments ÷ 881,248 residents × 100,000. | 4.31 |
| Share of operators with fewer than 5 employeesderived20 of 38 establishments. | 52.6% |
| Annual payroll per employeederived$10.3m payroll ÷ 336 employees. | $30,804 |
| Taxi share of taxi-plus-limousine operatorsderived22 taxi ÷ 38 taxi and limousine establishments. | 57.9% |
| Rank among published US county marketsderivedBy taxi and limousine establishments. | 32 of 348 |
Source: United States Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. About County Business Patterns.
Worcester County, MA has 38 taxi and limousine businesses in the 2023 County Business Patterns, employing about 336 people — 22 in taxi and ridesharing services and 16 in limousine service.
A market of this size is big enough that customers have alternatives and small enough that reputation travels quickly.
52.6 per cent of operators in Worcester County, MA 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: 20 with 1-4 employees, 6 with 5-9 employees, 8 with 10-19 employees and 3 with 20-49 employees.
Worcester County, MA has 4.31 taxi and limousine businesses per 100,000 residents, against a national median of 2.16.
Operators per head sit above the national midpoint, so local demand supports more businesses than population alone would suggest.
Within Massachusetts the median is 5.15 per 100,000, so this county is thinner than its state norm.
Annual payroll works out at about $30,804 per employee across the sector in Worcester County, MA.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| King County, WA | 38 | 1.62 |
| San Francisco County, CA | 39 | 4.71 |
| Erie County, NY | 39 | 4.10 |
| Orange County, NY | 39 | 9.47 |
| Norfolk County, MA | 35 | 4.72 |
| DuPage County, IL | 36 | 3.84 |
| Suffolk County, MA | 47 | 5.93 |
| Fairfax County, VA | 41 | 3.53 |
| Wayne County, MI | 35 | 1.98 |
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