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Taxi and private hire licensing in Somerset

Somerset licenses 927 taxis and private hire vehicles. Below: the fleet mix, how density compares with similar authorities, the booking records an operator must keep, and the driver standards that gate adding capacity — every figure from Somerset's own return to the Department for Transport.

927
Licensed vehicles: 972
Licensed drivers: 111
Operator licences

Source: Department for Transport, Taxi and private hire vehicle statistics, as at 1 April 2024.

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547 hackney (59.0%)380 private hire

Key takeaways

Somerset licenses 927 taxis and private hire vehicles, the 61st largest licensed fleet of the 292 England and Wales authorities.
The split is 547 hackney carriages to 380 private hire vehicles.
111 private hire operator licences are in force.

Somerset taxi and private hire licensing in numbers

Every row below is read from Somerset's return to the Department for Transport, or is arithmetic over it. Derived rows show their working so you can check them.

Licensing statistics for Somerset, 1 April 2024
Measure	Somerset
Licensing authority	Somerset
Licensed hackney carriages	547
Licensed private hire vehicles	380
Total licensed vehicles	927
PHV operator licences	111
Total driver licences	972
Dual hackney and PHV drivers	972
Private hire vehicles per operator licencederived380 licensed PHVs ÷ 111 operator licences.	3.4
Hackney carriage share of licensed fleetderived547 hackney carriages ÷ 927 licensed vehicles.	59.0%
Size rank among licensing authoritiesderivedBy total licensed vehicles.	61 of 292

Source: Department for Transport, Taxi and private hire vehicle statistics, as at 1 April 2024. View the source tables on GOV.UK.

What does the licensed trade in Somerset actually look like?

Somerset licenses 927 vehicles as at 1 April 2024 — 547 hackney carriages and 380 private hire vehicles.

The fleet splits fairly evenly between the two trades. That is the awkward middle: drivers move between rank work and booked jobs during a shift, so availability is genuinely uncertain unless something tracks it.

A fleet in this range is past the point where one controller sees everything at once, but not yet big enough to absorb a bad half-hour without customers noticing.

972 driver licences are in force against those 927 vehicles, or 1.05 drivers per vehicle. Most vehicles are effectively single-driver, so utilisation is capped by driver hours rather than by vehicle supply.

FAQ

Taxi licensing in Somerset: common questions

How many licensed taxis and private hire vehicles are there in Somerset?: 927 — 547 hackney carriages and 380 private hire vehicles, as at 1 April 2024, per Somerset's DfT return.
How many private hire operators are licensed in Somerset?: 111 operator licences are in force.
How many licensed taxi and private hire drivers are there in Somerset?: 972 driver licences, of which 972 are dual licences covering both hackney and private hire work.

Authorities comparable to Somerset

Closest by licensed fleet size, weighted towards the same region — useful if you work across a boundary, or you are comparing what one authority requires against another.

Licensing authorities with a comparable licensed fleet to Somerset
Authority	Licensed vehicles	Per 1,000 people
Plymouth	961	3.60
NorthumberlandNorth East	907	2.80
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole	893	2.22
BraintreeEast of England	952	6.04
Brighton and HoveSouth East	974	3.50
Wiltshire	849	1.65

See all 292 licensing authorities — including how the licensing regime works and what an operator licence covers.

Other South West licensing authorities

Cross-boundary work is routine, and conditions change at the boundary — these are the neighbouring authorities whose rules are most likely to apply to your journeys too.

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