Massachusetts · Market data
Barnstable County, MA supports 15 taxi and limousine businesses across 232,570 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 | Barnstable County |
|---|---|
| County | Barnstable County, MA |
| State | Massachusetts |
| Residents (Census 2024 estimate) | 232,570 |
| Taxi and limousine establishments | 15 |
| Taxi and limousine employeesCensus noise flag H — approximate. | 239 |
| Taxi and limousine annual payroll | $13.0m |
| Taxi and ridesharing establishments | 9 |
| Taxi and ridesharing employeesCensus noise flag J — approximate. | 172 |
| Taxi and ridesharing annual payroll | $10.3m |
| Limousine establishments | 6 |
| Limousine employeesCensus noise flag G — approximate. | 67 |
| Limousine annual payroll | $2.7m |
| Operators with 1-4 employees | 6 |
| Operators with 5-9 employees | 3 |
| Operators with 20-49 employees | 3 |
| Operators per 100,000 residentsderived15 establishments ÷ 232,570 residents × 100,000. | 6.45 |
| Share of operators with fewer than 5 employeesderived6 of 15 establishments. | 40.0% |
| Annual payroll per employeederived$13.0m payroll ÷ 239 employees. | $54,238 |
| Taxi share of taxi-plus-limousine operatorsderived9 taxi ÷ 15 taxi and limousine establishments. | 60.0% |
| Rank among published US county marketsderivedBy taxi and limousine establishments. | 90 of 348 |
Source: United States Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. About County Business Patterns.
Barnstable County, MA has 15 taxi and limousine businesses in the 2023 County Business Patterns, employing about 239 people — 9 in taxi and ridesharing services and 6 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.
40.0 per cent of operators in Barnstable County, MA 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: 6 with 1-4 employees, 3 with 5-9 employees and 3 with 20-49 employees.
Barnstable County, MA has 6.45 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 Massachusetts the median is 5.15 per 100,000, so this county is denser than its state norm.
Annual payroll works out at about $54,238 per employee across the sector in Barnstable 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Santa Barbara County, CA | 15 | 3.37 |
| Duval County, FL | 15 | 1.42 |
| Camden County, NJ | 15 | 2.81 |
| Somerset County, NJ | 15 | 4.20 |
| Albany County, NY | 15 | 4.69 |
| Franklin County, OH | 15 | 1.11 |
| Bexar County, TX | 15 | 0.70 |
| Prince William County, VA | 15 | 3.02 |
| New Castle County, DE | 14 | 2.38 |
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