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Taxi and limousine market data for Bristol County, MA

Bristol County, MA supports 30 taxi and limousine businesses across 588,593 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.

30
For-hire businesses
182
Sector employees
57%
Under 5 employees
5.10
Per 100,000 residents

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

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11 licensed hackney carriages and 19 private hire vehicles, a total of 30 licensed vehicles. Hackney carriages are 36.7 per cent of the licensed fleet.30licensed vehicles
11 hackney (36.7%)19 private hire

Key takeaways

  • Bristol County, MA has 30 taxi and limousine businesses, ranking 44 of 348 published county markets.
  • The split is 11 taxi and ridesharing operators to 19 limousine operators.
  • 56.7 per cent of local operators employ fewer than five people.
  • That is 5.10 for-hire businesses per 100,000 residents, against a national median of 2.16.
  • The sector employs about 182 people locally.

Bristol 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 Bristol County, MA, County Business Patterns 2023
MeasureBristol County
CountyBristol County, MA
StateMassachusetts
Residents (Census 2024 estimate)588,593
Taxi and limousine establishments30
Taxi and limousine employeesCensus noise flag G — approximate.182
Taxi and limousine annual payroll$4.8m
Taxi and ridesharing establishments11
Taxi and ridesharing employeesCensus noise flag G — approximate.70
Taxi and ridesharing annual payroll$2.2m
Limousine establishments19
Limousine employeesCensus noise flag G — approximate.112
Limousine annual payroll$2.7m
Operators with 1-4 employees17
Operators with 5-9 employees6
Operators with 10-19 employees5
Operators per 100,000 residentsderived30 establishments ÷ 588,593 residents × 100,000.5.10
Share of operators with fewer than 5 employeesderived17 of 30 establishments.56.7%
Annual payroll per employeederived$4.8m payroll ÷ 182 employees.$26,500
Taxi share of taxi-plus-limousine operatorsderived11 taxi ÷ 30 taxi and limousine establishments.36.7%
Rank among published US county marketsderivedBy taxi and limousine establishments.44 of 348

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

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

Bristol County, MA5.10Massachusetts median5.15US median2.16
Taxi and limousine businesses per 100,000 residents — Bristol County, MA against its state and the national medianbusinesses per 100,000 residents.

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

Bristol County, MA has 30 taxi and limousine businesses in the 2023 County Business Patterns, employing about 182 people — 11 in taxi and ridesharing services and 19 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 Bristol County, MA large fleets or owner-drivers?

56.7 per cent of operators in Bristol 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: 17 with 1-4 employees, 6 with 5-9 employees and 5 with 10-19 employees.

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

Bristol County, MA has 5.10 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 thinner than its state norm.

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

Annual payroll works out at about $26,500 per employee across the sector in Bristol County, MA.

A figure that low usually reflects heavy part-time and split-shift working rather than low hourly rates, which makes accurate shift and per-driver accounting the difference between knowing your margin and guessing it.

FAQ

Bristol County, MA taxi market: common questions

How many taxi and limousine companies are there in Bristol County, MA?
30 establishments in the 2023 County Business Patterns, of which 11 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 Bristol County, MA mostly small?
56.7 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 Bristol County, MA?
Bristol County, MA supports 5.10 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 Bristol County, MA a taxi market or a limousine and black-car market?
11 operators are classified as taxi and ridesharing services and 19 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 Bristol County, MA?
588,593 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 Bristol County

Closest by operator count, weighted towards the same state.

County markets with a comparable operator base to Bristol County, MA
CountyOperatorsPer 100,000
Riverside County, CA301.19
Honolulu County, HI303.00
Passaic County, NJ305.70
Union County, NJ305.05
Alameda County, CA311.88
Fulton County, GA312.84
Plymouth County, MA325.90
Lake County, IL294.04

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