Tennessee · Market data
Davidson County, TN supports 18 taxi and limousine businesses across 729,505 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 | Davidson County |
|---|---|
| County | Davidson County, TN |
| State | Tennessee |
| Residents (Census 2024 estimate) | 729,505 |
| Taxi and limousine establishments | 18 |
| Taxi and limousine employeesCensus noise flag G — approximate. | 178 |
| Taxi and limousine annual payroll | $8.6m |
| Taxi and ridesharing establishments | 5 |
| Taxi and ridesharing employeesCensus noise flag G — approximate. | 27 |
| Taxi and ridesharing annual payroll | $916,000 |
| Limousine establishments | 13 |
| Limousine employeesCensus noise flag G — approximate. | 151 |
| Limousine annual payroll | $7.7m |
| Operators with 1-4 employees | 9 |
| Operators with 5-9 employees | 4 |
| Operators per 100,000 residentsderived18 establishments ÷ 729,505 residents × 100,000. | 2.47 |
| Share of operators with fewer than 5 employeesderived9 of 18 establishments. | 50.0% |
| Annual payroll per employeederived$8.6m payroll ÷ 178 employees. | $48,292 |
| Taxi share of taxi-plus-limousine operatorsderived5 taxi ÷ 18 taxi and limousine establishments. | 27.8% |
| Rank among published US county marketsderivedBy taxi and limousine establishments. | 79 of 348 |
Source: United States Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. About County Business Patterns.
Davidson County, TN has 18 taxi and limousine businesses in the 2023 County Business Patterns, employing about 178 people — 5 in taxi and ridesharing services and 13 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.
50.0 per cent of operators in Davidson County, TN 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: 9 with 1-4 employees and 4 with 5-9 employees.
Davidson County, TN has 2.47 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 Tennessee the median is 1.63 per 100,000, so this county is denser than its state norm.
Annual payroll works out at about $48,292 per employee across the sector in Davidson County, TN.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Contra Costa County, CA | 18 | 1.54 |
| Arapahoe County, CO | 18 | 2.70 |
| Denver County, CO | 18 | 2.47 |
| St. Louis County, MO | 18 | 1.81 |
| Onondaga County, NY | 18 | 3.83 |
| Milwaukee County, WI | 18 | 1.95 |
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