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Taxi and limousine market data for Plymouth County, MA

Plymouth County, MA supports 32 taxi and limousine businesses across 542,090 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.

32
For-hire businesses
389
Sector employees
56%
Under 5 employees
5.90
Per 100,000 residents

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

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9 licensed hackney carriages and 23 private hire vehicles, a total of 32 licensed vehicles. Hackney carriages are 28.1 per cent of the licensed fleet.32licensed vehicles
9 hackney (28.1%)23 private hire

Key takeaways

  • Plymouth County, MA has 32 taxi and limousine businesses, ranking 39 of 348 published county markets.
  • The split is 9 taxi and ridesharing operators to 23 limousine operators.
  • 56.3 per cent of local operators employ fewer than five people.
  • That is 5.90 for-hire businesses per 100,000 residents, against a national median of 2.16.
  • The sector employs about 389 people locally.

Plymouth County, MA 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 Plymouth County, MA, County Business Patterns 2023
MeasurePlymouth County
CountyPlymouth County, MA
StateMassachusetts
Residents (Census 2024 estimate)542,090
Taxi and limousine establishments32
Taxi and limousine employeesCensus noise flag G — approximate.389
Taxi and limousine annual payroll$12.6m
Taxi and ridesharing establishments9
Taxi and ridesharing employeesCensus noise flag J — approximate.55
Taxi and ridesharing annual payroll$2.0m
Limousine establishments23
Limousine employeesCensus noise flag G — approximate.334
Limousine annual payroll$10.6m
Operators with 1-4 employees18
Operators with 10-19 employees6
Operators with 20-49 employees4
Operators per 100,000 residentsderived32 establishments ÷ 542,090 residents × 100,000.5.90
Share of operators with fewer than 5 employeesderived18 of 32 establishments.56.3%
Annual payroll per employeederived$12.6m payroll ÷ 389 employees.$32,419
Taxi share of taxi-plus-limousine operatorsderived9 taxi ÷ 32 taxi and limousine establishments.28.1%
Rank among published US county marketsderivedBy taxi and limousine establishments.39 of 348

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

How does Plymouth County, MA compare on operators per head?

Plymouth County, MA5.90Massachusetts median5.15US median2.16
Taxi and limousine businesses per 100,000 residents — Plymouth County, MA against its state and the national medianbusinesses per 100,000 residents.

How big is the for-hire market in Plymouth County, MA?

Plymouth County, MA has 32 taxi and limousine businesses in the 2023 County Business Patterns, employing about 389 people — 9 in taxi and ridesharing services and 23 in limousine service.

A market of this size is big enough that customers have alternatives and small enough that reputation travels quickly.

Are operators in Plymouth County, MA large fleets or owner-drivers?

56.3 per cent of operators in Plymouth County, MA 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: 18 with 1-4 employees, 6 with 10-19 employees and 4 with 20-49 employees.

Is Plymouth County, MA over- or under-served for for-hire vehicles?

Plymouth County, MA has 5.90 taxi and limousine businesses per 100,000 residents, against a national median of 2.16.

Operators per head are far above the national midpoint, which is typical of counties serving an airport, a downtown core or a large visitor economy rather than only their own residents.

Within Massachusetts the median is 5.15 per 100,000, so this county is denser than its state norm.

What does the for-hire workforce in Plymouth County, MA cost?

Annual payroll works out at about $32,419 per employee across the sector in Plymouth County, MA.

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

FAQ

Plymouth County, MA taxi market: common questions

How many taxi and limousine companies are there in Plymouth County, MA?
32 establishments in the 2023 County Business Patterns, of which 9 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 Plymouth County, MA mostly small?
56.3 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 Plymouth County, MA?
Plymouth County, MA supports 5.90 for-hire businesses per 100,000 residents against a national median of 2.16. Density this far above the median means new entrants compete against established names for the same trips.
Is Plymouth County, MA a taxi market or a limousine and black-car market?
9 operators are classified as taxi and ridesharing services and 23 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 Plymouth County, MA?
542,090 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 Plymouth County

Closest by operator count, weighted towards the same state.

County markets with a comparable operator base to Plymouth County, MA
CountyOperatorsPer 100,000
Hudson County, NJ334.48
Alameda County, CA311.88
Fulton County, GA312.84
Bristol County, MA305.10
Norfolk County, MA354.72
Riverside County, CA301.19

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