California · Market data
San Luis Obispo County, CA supports 8 taxi and limousine businesses across 281,843 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 | San Luis Obispo County |
|---|---|
| County | San Luis Obispo County, CA |
| State | California |
| Residents (Census 2024 estimate) | 281,843 |
| Taxi and limousine establishments | 8 |
| Taxi and limousine employeesCensus noise flag G — approximate. | 82 |
| Taxi and limousine annual payroll | $1.0m |
| Limousine establishments | 8 |
| Limousine employeesCensus noise flag G — approximate. | 82 |
| Limousine annual payroll | $1.0m |
| Operators with 1-4 employees | 4 |
| Operators per 100,000 residentsderived8 establishments ÷ 281,843 residents × 100,000. | 2.84 |
| Share of operators with fewer than 5 employeesderived4 of 8 establishments. | 50.0% |
| Annual payroll per employeederived$1.0m payroll ÷ 82 employees. | $12,305 |
| Rank among published US county marketsderivedBy taxi and limousine establishments. | 139 of 348 |
Source: United States Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. About County Business Patterns.
San Luis Obispo County, CA has 8 taxi and limousine businesses in the 2023 County Business Patterns, employing about 82 people.
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.
50.0 per cent of operators in San Luis Obispo County, CA 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.
San Luis Obispo County, CA has 2.84 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 California the median is 1.93 per 100,000, so this county is denser than its state norm.
Annual payroll works out at about $12,305 per employee across the sector in San Luis Obispo County, CA.
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
Closest by operator count, weighted towards the same state.
| County | Operators | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| San Joaquin County, CA | 8 | 0.98 |
| Brevard County, FL | 8 | 1.21 |
| Pasco County, FL | 8 | 1.21 |
| Polk County, FL | 8 | 0.94 |
| Hawaii County, HI | 8 | 3.81 |
| Orleans Parish, LA | 8 | 2.21 |
| Hampden County, MA | 8 | 1.72 |
| Kent County, MI | 8 | 1.19 |
| Horry County, SC | 8 | 1.94 |
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