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Taxi and limousine market data for Orange County, FL

Orange County, FL supports 61 taxi and limousine businesses across 1,533,646 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.

61
For-hire businesses
270
Sector employees
89%
Under 5 employees
3.98
Per 100,000 residents

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

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25 licensed hackney carriages and 36 private hire vehicles, a total of 61 licensed vehicles. Hackney carriages are 41.0 per cent of the licensed fleet.61licensed vehicles
25 hackney (41.0%)36 private hire

Key takeaways

  • Orange County, FL has 61 taxi and limousine businesses, ranking 20 of 348 published county markets.
  • The split is 25 taxi and ridesharing operators to 36 limousine operators.
  • 88.5 per cent of local operators employ fewer than five people.
  • That is 3.98 for-hire businesses per 100,000 residents, against a national median of 2.16.
  • The sector employs about 270 people locally.

Orange County, FL 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 Orange County, FL, County Business Patterns 2023
MeasureOrange County
CountyOrange County, FL
StateFlorida
Residents (Census 2024 estimate)1,533,646
Taxi and limousine establishments61
Taxi and limousine employeesCensus noise flag G — approximate.270
Taxi and limousine annual payroll$8.9m
Taxi and ridesharing establishments25
Taxi and ridesharing employeesCensus noise flag G — approximate.198
Taxi and ridesharing annual payroll$6.7m
Limousine establishments36
Limousine employeesCensus noise flag G — approximate.72
Limousine annual payroll$2.1m
Operators with 1-4 employees54
Operators with 10-19 employees3
Operators per 100,000 residentsderived61 establishments ÷ 1,533,646 residents × 100,000.3.98
Share of operators with fewer than 5 employeesderived54 of 61 establishments.88.5%
Annual payroll per employeederived$8.9m payroll ÷ 270 employees.$32,807
Taxi share of taxi-plus-limousine operatorsderived25 taxi ÷ 61 taxi and limousine establishments.41.0%
Rank among published US county marketsderivedBy taxi and limousine establishments.20 of 348

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

How does Orange County, FL compare on operators per head?

Orange County, FL3.98Florida median1.67US median2.16
Taxi and limousine businesses per 100,000 residents — Orange County, FL against its state and the national medianbusinesses per 100,000 residents.

How big is the for-hire market in Orange County, FL?

Orange County, FL has 61 taxi and limousine businesses in the 2023 County Business Patterns, employing about 270 people — 25 in taxi and ridesharing services and 36 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 Orange County, FL large fleets or owner-drivers?

88.5 per cent of operators in Orange County, FL 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: 54 with 1-4 employees and 3 with 10-19 employees.

Is Orange County, FL over- or under-served for for-hire vehicles?

Orange County, FL has 3.98 taxi and limousine businesses per 100,000 residents, against a national median of 2.16.

Operators per head sit above the national midpoint, so local demand supports more businesses than population alone would suggest.

Within Florida the median is 1.67 per 100,000, so this county is denser than its state norm.

What does the for-hire workforce in Orange County, FL cost?

Annual payroll works out at about $32,807 per employee across the sector in Orange County, FL.

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

FAQ

Orange County, FL taxi market: common questions

How many taxi and limousine companies are there in Orange County, FL?
61 establishments in the 2023 County Business Patterns, of which 25 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 Orange County, FL mostly small?
88.5 per cent employ fewer than five people — effectively an owner-driver market. The national median across published county markets is 67.1 per cent.
Is there room for another taxi operator in Orange County, FL?
Orange County, FL supports 3.98 for-hire businesses per 100,000 residents against a national median of 2.16. Density near the median means entry is viable but unremarkable — the differentiator is service, not supply.
Is Orange County, FL a taxi market or a limousine and black-car market?
25 operators are classified as taxi and ridesharing services and 36 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 Orange County, FL?
1,533,646 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 Orange County

Closest by operator count, weighted towards the same state.

County markets with a comparable operator base to Orange County, FL
CountyOperatorsPer 100,000
San Mateo County, CA608.08
Palm Beach County, FL553.48
Broward County, FL703.44
Miami-Dade County, FL712.50
Bergen County, NJ676.85
Essex County, MA546.55

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