New York · Market data
Suffolk County, NY supports 118 taxi and limousine businesses across 1,535,909 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 | Suffolk County |
|---|---|
| County | Suffolk County, NY |
| State | New York |
| Residents (Census 2024 estimate) | 1,535,909 |
| Taxi and limousine establishments | 118 |
| Taxi and limousine employeesCensus noise flag G — approximate. | 661 |
| Taxi and limousine annual payroll | $34.8m |
| Taxi and ridesharing establishments | 48 |
| Taxi and ridesharing employeesCensus noise flag J — approximate. | 236 |
| Taxi and ridesharing annual payroll | $20.0m |
| Limousine establishments | 70 |
| Limousine employeesCensus noise flag G — approximate. | 425 |
| Limousine annual payroll | $14.8m |
| Operators with 1-4 employees | 89 |
| Operators with 5-9 employees | 7 |
| Operators with 10-19 employees | 11 |
| Operators with 20-49 employees | 9 |
| Operators per 100,000 residentsderived118 establishments ÷ 1,535,909 residents × 100,000. | 7.68 |
| Share of operators with fewer than 5 employeesderived89 of 118 establishments. | 75.4% |
| Annual payroll per employeederived$34.8m payroll ÷ 661 employees. | $52,631 |
| Taxi share of taxi-plus-limousine operatorsderived48 taxi ÷ 118 taxi and limousine establishments. | 40.7% |
| Rank among published US county marketsderivedBy taxi and limousine establishments. | 7 of 348 |
Source: United States Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. About County Business Patterns.
Suffolk County, NY has 118 taxi and limousine businesses in the 2023 County Business Patterns, employing about 661 people — 48 in taxi and ridesharing services and 70 in limousine service.
An operator base this size supports real competition on service level, and account and contract work is usually where the defensible revenue sits.
75.4 per cent of operators in Suffolk County, NY employ fewer than five people, against a median of 67.1 per cent across the 348 published county markets.
Most operators employ fewer than five people, so buying decisions are made by an owner rather than a committee, and setup time matters more than configurability.
The full distribution: 89 with 1-4 employees, 7 with 5-9 employees, 11 with 10-19 employees and 9 with 20-49 employees.
Suffolk County, NY has 7.68 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 denser than its state norm.
Annual payroll works out at about $52,631 per employee across the sector in Suffolk 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bronx County, NY | 117 | 8.45 |
| Westchester County, NY | 124 | 12.32 |
| New York County, NY | 99 | 5.96 |
| Richmond County, NY | 96 | 19.27 |
| Nassau County, NY | 179 | 12.86 |
| Middlesex County, MA | 86 | 5.15 |
| Queens County, NY | 794 | 34.27 |
| Kings County, NY | 565 | 21.58 |
| Cook County, IL | 332 | 6.41 |
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