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Taxi and limousine market data for Baltimore city, MD

Baltimore city, MD supports 10 taxi and limousine businesses across 568,271 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.

10
For-hire businesses
136
Sector employees
40%
Under 5 employees
1.76
Per 100,000 residents

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

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6 licensed hackney carriages and 4 private hire vehicles, a total of 10 licensed vehicles. Hackney carriages are 60.0 per cent of the licensed fleet.10licensed vehicles
6 hackney (60.0%)4 private hire

Key takeaways

  • Baltimore city, MD has 10 taxi and limousine businesses, ranking 123 of 348 published county markets.
  • The split is 6 taxi and ridesharing operators to 4 limousine operators.
  • 40.0 per cent of local operators employ fewer than five people.
  • That is 1.76 for-hire businesses per 100,000 residents, against a national median of 2.16.
  • The sector employs about 136 people locally.

Baltimore city, MD 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 Baltimore city, MD, County Business Patterns 2023
MeasureBaltimore city
CountyBaltimore city, MD
StateMaryland
Residents (Census 2024 estimate)568,271
Taxi and limousine establishments10
Taxi and limousine employeesCensus noise flag J — approximate.136
Taxi and limousine annual payroll$17.5m
Taxi and ridesharing establishments6
Taxi and ridesharing employeesCensus noise flag H — approximate.114
Taxi and ridesharing annual payroll$16.6m
Limousine establishments4
Limousine employeesCensus noise flag J — approximate.22
Limousine annual payroll$851,000
Operators with 1-4 employees4
Operators with 5-9 employees3
Operators per 100,000 residentsderived10 establishments ÷ 568,271 residents × 100,000.1.76
Share of operators with fewer than 5 employeesderived4 of 10 establishments.40.0%
Annual payroll per employeederived$17.5m payroll ÷ 136 employees.$128,331
Taxi share of taxi-plus-limousine operatorsderived6 taxi ÷ 10 taxi and limousine establishments.60.0%
Rank among published US county marketsderivedBy taxi and limousine establishments.123 of 348

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

How does Baltimore city, MD compare on operators per head?

Baltimore city, MD1.76Maryland median1.74US median2.16
Taxi and limousine businesses per 100,000 residents — Baltimore city, MD against its state and the national median — businesses per 100,000 residents.

How big is the for-hire market in Baltimore city, MD?

Baltimore city, MD has 10 taxi and limousine businesses in the 2023 County Business Patterns, employing about 136 people — 6 in taxi and ridesharing services and 4 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 Baltimore city, MD large fleets or owner-drivers?

40.0 per cent of operators in Baltimore city, MD employ fewer than five people, against a median of 67.1 per cent across the 348 published county markets.

A relatively small share of operators are micro-businesses, so the work is concentrated in larger fleets where controller workflow, account billing and reporting carry more weight than ease of setup.

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

Is Baltimore city, MD over- or under-served for for-hire vehicles?

Baltimore city, MD has 1.76 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 Maryland the median is 1.74 per 100,000, so this county is denser than its state norm.

What does the for-hire workforce in Baltimore city, MD cost?

Annual payroll works out at about $128,331 per employee across the sector in Baltimore city, MD.

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

FAQ

Baltimore city, MD taxi market: common questions

How many taxi and limousine companies are there in Baltimore city, MD?
10 establishments in the 2023 County Business Patterns, of which 6 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 Baltimore city, MD mostly small?
40.0 per cent employ fewer than five people, which is low: the work here is concentrated in larger fleets. The national median across published county markets is 67.1 per cent.
Is there room for another taxi operator in Baltimore city, MD?
Baltimore city, MD supports 1.76 for-hire businesses per 100,000 residents against a national median of 2.16. Density near the median means entry is viable but unremarkable — the differentiator is service, not supply.
Is Baltimore city, MD a taxi market or a limousine and black-car market?
6 operators are classified as taxi and ridesharing services and 4 as limousine service. Taxi businesses outnumber limousine operators, so day-to-day point-to-point demand leads the market.
What is the population of Baltimore city, MD?
568,271 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.

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Closest by operator count, weighted towards the same state.

County markets with a comparable operator base to Baltimore city, MD
CountyOperatorsPer 100,000
Anchorage Municipality, AK103.45
Ramsey County, MN101.84
Jackson County, MO101.37
Mercer County, NJ102.55
Dane County, WI101.70
Anne Arundel County, MD111.83

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