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Taxi and limousine market data for Multnomah County, OR

Multnomah County, OR supports 11 taxi and limousine businesses across 795,897 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.

11
For-hire businesses
146
Sector employees
45%
Under 5 employees
1.38
Per 100,000 residents

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

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4 licensed hackney carriages and 7 private hire vehicles, a total of 11 licensed vehicles. Hackney carriages are 36.4 per cent of the licensed fleet.11licensed vehicles
4 hackney (36.4%)7 private hire

Key takeaways

  • Multnomah County, OR has 11 taxi and limousine businesses, ranking 120 of 348 published county markets.
  • The split is 4 taxi and ridesharing operators to 7 limousine operators.
  • 45.5 per cent of local operators employ fewer than five people.
  • That is 1.38 for-hire businesses per 100,000 residents, against a national median of 2.16.
  • The sector employs about 146 people locally.

Multnomah County, OR 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 Multnomah County, OR, County Business Patterns 2023
MeasureMultnomah County
CountyMultnomah County, OR
StateOregon
Residents (Census 2024 estimate)795,897
Taxi and limousine establishments11
Taxi and limousine employeesCensus noise flag G — approximate.146
Taxi and limousine annual payroll$17.4m
Taxi and ridesharing establishments4
Taxi and ridesharing employeesCensus noise flag G — approximate.116
Taxi and ridesharing annual payroll$15.8m
Limousine establishments7
Limousine employeesCensus noise flag H — approximate.30
Limousine annual payroll$1.6m
Operators with 1-4 employees5
Operators with 5-9 employees3
Operators per 100,000 residentsderived11 establishments ÷ 795,897 residents × 100,000.1.38
Share of operators with fewer than 5 employeesderived5 of 11 establishments.45.5%
Annual payroll per employeederived$17.4m payroll ÷ 146 employees.$118,918
Taxi share of taxi-plus-limousine operatorsderived4 taxi ÷ 11 taxi and limousine establishments.36.4%
Rank among published US county marketsderivedBy taxi and limousine establishments.120 of 348

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

How does Multnomah County, OR compare on operators per head?

Multnomah County, OR1.38Oregon median1.36US median2.16
Taxi and limousine businesses per 100,000 residents — Multnomah County, OR against its state and the national medianbusinesses per 100,000 residents.

How big is the for-hire market in Multnomah County, OR?

Multnomah County, OR has 11 taxi and limousine businesses in the 2023 County Business Patterns, employing about 146 people — 4 in taxi and ridesharing services and 7 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.

Are operators in Multnomah County, OR large fleets or owner-drivers?

45.5 per cent of operators in Multnomah County, OR 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.

The full distribution: 5 with 1-4 employees and 3 with 5-9 employees.

Is Multnomah County, OR over- or under-served for for-hire vehicles?

Multnomah County, OR has 1.38 taxi and limousine businesses per 100,000 residents, against a national median of 2.16.

Operators per head are below the national midpoint, so each business here covers more people — and usually more ground — than the typical market.

Within Oregon the median is 1.36 per 100,000, so this county is denser than its state norm.

What does the for-hire workforce in Multnomah County, OR cost?

Annual payroll works out at about $118,918 per employee across the sector in Multnomah County, OR.

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

FAQ

Multnomah County, OR taxi market: common questions

How many taxi and limousine companies are there in Multnomah County, OR?
11 establishments in the 2023 County Business Patterns, of which 4 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 Multnomah County, OR mostly small?
45.5 per cent employ fewer than five people. The national median across published county markets is 67.1 per cent.
Is there room for another taxi operator in Multnomah County, OR?
Multnomah County, OR supports 1.38 for-hire businesses per 100,000 residents against a national median of 2.16. Below-median density means each operator covers more people and more ground, which usually leaves room on coverage rather than on price.
Is Multnomah County, OR a taxi market or a limousine and black-car market?
4 operators are classified as taxi and ridesharing services and 7 as limousine service. Limousine and black-car businesses outnumber taxi businesses here, which points to pre-booked executive, event and airport work rather than street-hail demand.
What is the population of Multnomah County, OR?
795,897 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 Multnomah County

Closest by operator count, weighted towards the same state.

County markets with a comparable operator base to Multnomah County, OR
CountyOperatorsPer 100,000
Eagle County, CO1120.25
Pitkin County, CO1166.09
Osceola County, FL112.35
DeKalb County, GA111.43
Cumberland County, ME113.51
Anne Arundel County, MD111.83

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