Virginia · Market data
Richmond city, VA supports 5 taxi and limousine businesses across 233,655 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 | Richmond city |
|---|---|
| County | Richmond city, VA |
| State | Virginia |
| Residents (Census 2024 estimate) | 233,655 |
| Taxi and limousine establishments | 5 |
| Taxi and limousine employeesCensus noise flag J — approximate. | 83 |
| Taxi and limousine annual payroll | $14.1m |
| Taxi and ridesharing establishments | 4 |
| Taxi and ridesharing employeesCensus noise flag J — approximate. | 69 |
| Taxi and ridesharing annual payroll | $13.7m |
| Operators with 1-4 employees | 3 |
| Operators per 100,000 residentsderived5 establishments ÷ 233,655 residents × 100,000. | 2.14 |
| Share of operators with fewer than 5 employeesderived3 of 5 establishments. | 60.0% |
| Annual payroll per employeederived$14.1m payroll ÷ 83 employees. | $169,530 |
| Rank among published US county marketsderivedBy taxi and limousine establishments. | 227 of 348 |
Source: United States Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. About County Business Patterns.
Richmond city, VA has 5 taxi and limousine businesses in the 2023 County Business Patterns, employing about 83 people.
The published operator base here is very small, so a single new entrant materially changes the local market.
60.0 per cent of operators in Richmond city, VA 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.
Richmond city, VA has 2.14 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 Virginia the median is 3.53 per 100,000, so this county is thinner than its state norm.
Annual payroll works out at about $169,530 per employee across the sector in Richmond city, VA.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Jefferson County, AL | 5 | 0.75 |
| Pulaski County, AR | 5 | 1.25 |
| Fresno County, CA | 5 | 0.49 |
| Monroe County, FL | 5 | 6.18 |
| St. Lucie County, FL | 5 | 1.28 |
| Chatham County, GA | 5 | 1.63 |
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