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Taxi and limousine market data for Dane County, WI

Dane County, WI supports 10 taxi and limousine businesses across 588,347 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.

10
For-hire businesses
268
Sector employees
30%
Under 5 employees
1.70
Per 100,000 residents

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

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6 licensed hackney carriages and 4 private hire vehicles, a total of 10 licensed vehicles. Hackney carriages are 60.0 per cent of the licensed fleet.10licensed vehicles
6 hackney (60.0%)4 private hire

Key takeaways

  • Dane County, WI has 10 taxi and limousine businesses, ranking 127 of 348 published county markets.
  • The split is 6 taxi and ridesharing operators to 4 limousine operators.
  • 30.0 per cent of local operators employ fewer than five people.
  • That is 1.70 for-hire businesses per 100,000 residents, against a national median of 2.16.
  • The sector employs about 268 people locally.

Dane County, WI 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 Dane County, WI, County Business Patterns 2023
MeasureDane County
CountyDane County, WI
StateWisconsin
Residents (Census 2024 estimate)588,347
Taxi and limousine establishments10
Taxi and limousine employeesCensus noise flag H — approximate.268
Taxi and limousine annual payroll$6.8m
Taxi and ridesharing establishments6
Taxi and ridesharing employeesCensus noise flag H — approximate.217
Taxi and ridesharing annual payroll$5.5m
Limousine establishments4
Limousine employeesCensus noise flag G — approximate.51
Limousine annual payroll$1.3m
Operators with 1-4 employees3
Operators with 5-9 employees3
Operators per 100,000 residentsderived10 establishments ÷ 588,347 residents × 100,000.1.70
Share of operators with fewer than 5 employeesderived3 of 10 establishments.30.0%
Annual payroll per employeederived$6.8m payroll ÷ 268 employees.$25,347
Taxi share of taxi-plus-limousine operatorsderived6 taxi ÷ 10 taxi and limousine establishments.60.0%
Rank among published US county marketsderivedBy taxi and limousine establishments.127 of 348

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

How does Dane County, WI compare on operators per head?

Dane County, WI1.70Wisconsin median3.58US median2.16
Taxi and limousine businesses per 100,000 residents — Dane County, WI against its state and the national medianbusinesses per 100,000 residents.

How big is the for-hire market in Dane County, WI?

Dane County, WI has 10 taxi and limousine businesses in the 2023 County Business Patterns, employing about 268 people — 6 in taxi and ridesharing services and 4 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 Dane County, WI large fleets or owner-drivers?

30.0 per cent of operators in Dane County, WI employ fewer than five people, against a median of 67.1 per cent across the 348 published county markets.

A relatively small share of operators are micro-businesses, so the work is concentrated in larger fleets where controller workflow, account billing and reporting carry more weight than ease of setup.

The full distribution: 3 with 1-4 employees and 3 with 5-9 employees.

Is Dane County, WI over- or under-served for for-hire vehicles?

Dane County, WI has 1.70 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 Wisconsin the median is 3.58 per 100,000, so this county is thinner than its state norm.

What does the for-hire workforce in Dane County, WI cost?

Annual payroll works out at about $25,347 per employee across the sector in Dane County, WI.

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

Dane County, WI taxi market: common questions

How many taxi and limousine companies are there in Dane County, WI?
10 establishments in the 2023 County Business Patterns, of which 6 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 Dane County, WI mostly small?
30.0 per cent employ fewer than five people, which is low: the work here is concentrated in larger fleets. The national median across published county markets is 67.1 per cent.
Is there room for another taxi operator in Dane County, WI?
Dane County, WI supports 1.70 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 Dane County, WI a taxi market or a limousine and black-car market?
6 operators are classified as taxi and ridesharing services and 4 as limousine service. Taxi businesses outnumber limousine operators, so day-to-day point-to-point demand leads the market.
What is the population of Dane County, WI?
588,347 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 Dane County

Closest by operator count, weighted towards the same state.

County markets with a comparable operator base to Dane County, WI
CountyOperatorsPer 100,000
Anchorage Municipality, AK103.45
Baltimore city, MD101.76
Ramsey County, MN101.84
Jackson County, MO101.37
Mercer County, NJ102.55
Eagle County, CO1120.25

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