Texas · Market data
Harris County, TX supports 77 taxi and limousine businesses across 5,009,302 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 | Harris County |
|---|---|
| County | Harris County, TX |
| State | Texas |
| Residents (Census 2024 estimate) | 5,009,302 |
| Taxi and limousine establishments | 77 |
| Taxi and limousine employeesCensus noise flag H — approximate. | 553 |
| Taxi and limousine annual payroll | $15.4m |
| Taxi and ridesharing establishments | 13 |
| Taxi and ridesharing employeesCensus noise flag J — approximate. | 150 |
| Taxi and ridesharing annual payroll | $3.6m |
| Limousine establishments | 64 |
| Limousine employeesCensus noise flag G — approximate. | 403 |
| Limousine annual payroll | $11.8m |
| Operators with 1-4 employees | 60 |
| Operators with 5-9 employees | 6 |
| Operators with 10-19 employees | 3 |
| Operators with 20-49 employees | 5 |
| Operators per 100,000 residentsderived77 establishments ÷ 5,009,302 residents × 100,000. | 1.54 |
| Share of operators with fewer than 5 employeesderived60 of 77 establishments. | 77.9% |
| Annual payroll per employeederived$15.4m payroll ÷ 553 employees. | $27,823 |
| Taxi share of taxi-plus-limousine operatorsderived13 taxi ÷ 77 taxi and limousine establishments. | 16.9% |
| Rank among published US county marketsderivedBy taxi and limousine establishments. | 14 of 348 |
Source: United States Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. About County Business Patterns.
Harris County, TX has 77 taxi and limousine businesses in the 2023 County Business Patterns, employing about 553 people — 13 in taxi and ridesharing services and 64 in limousine service.
A market of this size is big enough that customers have alternatives and small enough that reputation travels quickly.
77.9 per cent of operators in Harris County, TX employ fewer than five people, against a median of 67.1 per cent across the 348 published county markets.
Most operators employ fewer than five people, so buying decisions are made by an owner rather than a committee, and setup time matters more than configurability.
The full distribution: 60 with 1-4 employees, 6 with 5-9 employees, 3 with 10-19 employees and 5 with 20-49 employees.
Harris County, TX has 1.54 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 Texas the median is 1.10 per 100,000, so this county is denser than its state norm.
Annual payroll works out at about $27,823 per employee across the sector in Harris County, TX.
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.
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Closest by operator count, weighted towards the same state.
| County | Operators | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Maricopa County, AZ | 78 | 1.67 |
| Clark County, NV | 81 | 3.38 |
| Orange County, CA | 72 | 2.27 |
| Miami-Dade County, FL | 71 | 2.50 |
| Broward County, FL | 70 | 3.44 |
| San Diego County, CA | 69 | 2.09 |
| Middlesex County, MA | 86 | 5.15 |
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