South Carolina · Market data
Charleston County, SC supports 12 taxi and limousine businesses across 431,001 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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Key takeaways
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| Measure | Charleston County |
|---|---|
| County | Charleston County, SC |
| State | South Carolina |
| Residents (Census 2024 estimate) | 431,001 |
| Taxi and limousine establishments | 12 |
| Taxi and limousine employeesCensus noise flag G — approximate. | 130 |
| Taxi and limousine annual payroll | $4.4m |
| Taxi and ridesharing establishments | 4 |
| Taxi and ridesharing employeesCensus noise flag G — approximate. | 12 |
| Taxi and ridesharing annual payroll | $228,000 |
| Limousine establishments | 8 |
| Limousine employeesCensus noise flag G — approximate. | 118 |
| Limousine annual payroll | $4.1m |
| Operators with 1-4 employees | 7 |
| Operators per 100,000 residentsderived12 establishments ÷ 431,001 residents × 100,000. | 2.78 |
| Share of operators with fewer than 5 employeesderived7 of 12 establishments. | 58.3% |
| Annual payroll per employeederived$4.4m payroll ÷ 130 employees. | $33,531 |
| Taxi share of taxi-plus-limousine operatorsderived4 taxi ÷ 12 taxi and limousine establishments. | 33.3% |
| Rank among published US county marketsderivedBy taxi and limousine establishments. | 112 of 348 |
Source: United States Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. About County Business Patterns.
Charleston County, SC has 12 taxi and limousine businesses in the 2023 County Business Patterns, employing about 130 people — 4 in taxi and ridesharing services and 8 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.
58.3 per cent of operators in Charleston County, SC 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.
Charleston County, SC has 2.78 taxi and limousine businesses per 100,000 residents, against a national median of 2.16.
Operators per head sit above the national midpoint, so local demand supports more businesses than population alone would suggest.
Within South Carolina the median is 1.61 per 100,000, so this county is denser than its state norm.
Annual payroll works out at about $33,531 per employee across the sector in Charleston County, SC.
That level of payroll means labour, not vehicles, is the dominant cost — so utilisation per paid hour is the number worth managing.
FAQ
Closest by operator count, weighted towards the same state.
| County | Operators | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Napa County, CA | 12 | 9.04 |
| Ventura County, CA | 12 | 1.44 |
| District of Columbia, DC | 12 | 1.71 |
| Jefferson Parish, LA | 12 | 2.81 |
| Oakland County, MI | 12 | 0.93 |
| Rockingham County, NH | 12 | 3.72 |
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