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Taxi and limousine market data for Richmond County, NY

Richmond County, NY supports 96 taxi and limousine businesses across 498,212 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.

96
For-hire businesses
200
Sector employees
91%
Under 5 employees
19.27
Per 100,000 residents

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

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55 licensed hackney carriages and 41 private hire vehicles, a total of 96 licensed vehicles. Hackney carriages are 57.3 per cent of the licensed fleet.96licensed vehicles
55 hackney (57.3%)41 private hire

Key takeaways

  • Richmond County, NY has 96 taxi and limousine businesses, ranking 10 of 348 published county markets.
  • The split is 55 taxi and ridesharing operators to 41 limousine operators.
  • 90.6 per cent of local operators employ fewer than five people.
  • That is 19.27 for-hire businesses per 100,000 residents, against a national median of 2.16.
  • The sector employs about 200 people locally.

Richmond County, NY 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 Richmond County, NY, County Business Patterns 2023
MeasureRichmond County
CountyRichmond County, NY
StateNew York
Residents (Census 2024 estimate)498,212
Taxi and limousine establishments96
Taxi and limousine employeesCensus noise flag H — approximate.200
Taxi and limousine annual payroll$6.1m
Taxi and ridesharing establishments55
Taxi and ridesharing employeesCensus noise flag H — approximate.136
Taxi and ridesharing annual payroll$3.4m
Limousine establishments41
Limousine employeesCensus noise flag H — approximate.64
Limousine annual payroll$2.7m
Operators with 1-4 employees87
Operators with 5-9 employees5
Operators with 20-49 employees3
Operators per 100,000 residentsderived96 establishments ÷ 498,212 residents × 100,000.19.27
Share of operators with fewer than 5 employeesderived87 of 96 establishments.90.6%
Annual payroll per employeederived$6.1m payroll ÷ 200 employees.$30,690
Taxi share of taxi-plus-limousine operatorsderived55 taxi ÷ 96 taxi and limousine establishments.57.3%
Rank among published US county marketsderivedBy taxi and limousine establishments.10 of 348

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

How does Richmond County, NY compare on operators per head?

Richmond County, NY19.27New York median5.96US median2.16
Taxi and limousine businesses per 100,000 residents — Richmond County, NY against its state and the national medianbusinesses per 100,000 residents.

How big is the for-hire market in Richmond County, NY?

Richmond County, NY has 96 taxi and limousine businesses in the 2023 County Business Patterns, employing about 200 people — 55 in taxi and ridesharing services and 41 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.

Are operators in Richmond County, NY large fleets or owner-drivers?

90.6 per cent of operators in Richmond County, NY employ fewer than five people, against a median of 67.1 per cent across the 348 published county markets.

Nearly every operator here employs fewer than five people. That is an owner-driver market: the person taking the booking is often the person driving, so software that needs a dedicated dispatcher to sit in front of it does not fit.

The full distribution: 87 with 1-4 employees, 5 with 5-9 employees and 3 with 20-49 employees.

Is Richmond County, NY over- or under-served for for-hire vehicles?

Richmond County, NY has 19.27 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.

What does the for-hire workforce in Richmond County, NY cost?

Annual payroll works out at about $30,690 per employee across the sector in Richmond County, NY.

That level of payroll means labour, not vehicles, is the dominant cost — so utilisation per paid hour is the number worth managing.

FAQ

Richmond County, NY taxi market: common questions

How many taxi and limousine companies are there in Richmond County, NY?
96 establishments in the 2023 County Business Patterns, of which 55 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 Richmond County, NY mostly small?
90.6 per cent employ fewer than five people — effectively an owner-driver market. The national median across published county markets is 67.1 per cent.
Is there room for another taxi operator in Richmond County, NY?
Richmond County, NY supports 19.27 for-hire businesses per 100,000 residents against a national median of 2.16. Density this far above the median means new entrants compete against established names for the same trips.
Is Richmond County, NY a taxi market or a limousine and black-car market?
55 operators are classified as taxi and ridesharing services and 41 as limousine service. Taxi businesses outnumber limousine operators, so day-to-day point-to-point demand leads the market.
What is the population of Richmond County, NY?
498,212 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 Richmond County

Closest by operator count, weighted towards the same state.

County markets with a comparable operator base to Richmond County, NY
CountyOperatorsPer 100,000
New York County, NY995.96
Middlesex County, MA865.15
Bronx County, NY1178.45
Suffolk County, NY1187.68
Westchester County, NY12412.32
Clark County, NV813.38
Nassau County, NY17912.86

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