North Carolina · Market data
Mecklenburg County, NC supports 28 taxi and limousine businesses across 1,206,285 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 | Mecklenburg County |
|---|---|
| County | Mecklenburg County, NC |
| State | North Carolina |
| Residents (Census 2024 estimate) | 1,206,285 |
| Taxi and limousine establishments | 28 |
| Taxi and limousine employeesCensus noise flag J — approximate. | 167 |
| Taxi and limousine annual payroll | $17.1m |
| Taxi and ridesharing establishments | 13 |
| Taxi and ridesharing employeesCensus noise flag J — approximate. | 86 |
| Taxi and ridesharing annual payroll | $14.4m |
| Limousine establishments | 15 |
| Limousine employeesCensus noise flag H — approximate. | 81 |
| Limousine annual payroll | $2.7m |
| Operators with 1-4 employees | 24 |
| Operators per 100,000 residentsderived28 establishments ÷ 1,206,285 residents × 100,000. | 2.32 |
| Share of operators with fewer than 5 employeesderived24 of 28 establishments. | 85.7% |
| Annual payroll per employeederived$17.1m payroll ÷ 167 employees. | $102,287 |
| Taxi share of taxi-plus-limousine operatorsderived13 taxi ÷ 28 taxi and limousine establishments. | 46.4% |
| Rank among published US county marketsderivedBy taxi and limousine establishments. | 53 of 348 |
Source: United States Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. About County Business Patterns.
Mecklenburg County, NC has 28 taxi and limousine businesses in the 2023 County Business Patterns, employing about 167 people — 13 in taxi and ridesharing services and 15 in limousine service.
A market of this size is big enough that customers have alternatives and small enough that reputation travels quickly.
85.7 per cent of operators in Mecklenburg County, NC employ fewer than five people, against a median of 67.1 per cent across the 348 published county markets.
Nearly every operator here employs fewer than five people. That is an owner-driver market: the person taking the booking is often the person driving, so software that needs a dedicated dispatcher to sit in front of it does not fit.
Mecklenburg County, NC has 2.32 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 North Carolina the median is 1.28 per 100,000, so this county is denser than its state norm.
Annual payroll works out at about $102,287 per employee across the sector in Mecklenburg County, NC.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sacramento County, CA | 28 | 1.74 |
| San Bernardino County, CA | 28 | 1.26 |
| Will County, IL | 28 | 3.95 |
| Monmouth County, NJ | 28 | 4.32 |
| Morris County, NJ | 28 | 5.35 |
| Lake County, IL | 29 | 4.04 |
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