Illinois · Market data
Cook County, IL supports 332 taxi and limousine businesses across 5,182,617 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 | Cook County |
|---|---|
| County | Cook County, IL |
| State | Illinois |
| Residents (Census 2024 estimate) | 5,182,617 |
| Taxi and limousine establishments | 332 |
| Taxi and limousine employeesCensus noise flag G — approximate. | 1,303 |
| Taxi and limousine annual payroll | $53.0m |
| Taxi and ridesharing establishments | 89 |
| Taxi and ridesharing employeesCensus noise flag H — approximate. | 583 |
| Taxi and ridesharing annual payroll | $24.9m |
| Limousine establishments | 243 |
| Limousine employeesCensus noise flag H — approximate. | 720 |
| Limousine annual payroll | $28.1m |
| Operators with 1-4 employees | 298 |
| Operators with 5-9 employees | 17 |
| Operators with 10-19 employees | 8 |
| Operators with 20-49 employees | 6 |
| Operators per 100,000 residentsderived332 establishments ÷ 5,182,617 residents × 100,000. | 6.41 |
| Share of operators with fewer than 5 employeesderived298 of 332 establishments. | 89.8% |
| Annual payroll per employeederived$53.0m payroll ÷ 1,303 employees. | $40,652 |
| Taxi share of taxi-plus-limousine operatorsderived89 taxi ÷ 332 taxi and limousine establishments. | 26.8% |
| Rank among published US county marketsderivedBy taxi and limousine establishments. | 4 of 348 |
Source: United States Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. About County Business Patterns.
Cook County, IL has 332 taxi and limousine businesses in the 2023 County Business Patterns, employing about 1,303 people — 89 in taxi and ridesharing services and 243 in limousine service.
This is one of the largest for-hire markets in the country by operator count, and competition is between established businesses rather than between individuals.
89.8 per cent of operators in Cook County, IL 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.
The full distribution: 298 with 1-4 employees, 17 with 5-9 employees, 8 with 10-19 employees and 6 with 20-49 employees.
Cook County, IL has 6.41 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 Illinois the median is 3.46 per 100,000, so this county is denser than its state norm.
Annual payroll works out at about $40,652 per employee across the sector in Cook County, IL.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Los Angeles County, CA | 339 | 3.47 |
| Kings County, NY | 565 | 21.58 |
| Nassau County, NY | 179 | 12.86 |
| Queens County, NY | 794 | 34.27 |
| Westchester County, NY | 124 | 12.32 |
| Suffolk County, NY | 118 | 7.68 |
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