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Taxi and limousine market data for Palm Beach County, FL

Palm Beach County, FL supports 55 taxi and limousine businesses across 1,582,055 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.

55
For-hire businesses
159
Sector employees
89%
Under 5 employees
3.48
Per 100,000 residents

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

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10 licensed hackney carriages and 45 private hire vehicles, a total of 55 licensed vehicles. Hackney carriages are 18.2 per cent of the licensed fleet.55licensed vehicles
10 hackney (18.2%)45 private hire

Key takeaways

  • Palm Beach County, FL has 55 taxi and limousine businesses, ranking 22 of 348 published county markets.
  • The split is 10 taxi and ridesharing operators to 45 limousine operators.
  • 89.1 per cent of local operators employ fewer than five people.
  • That is 3.48 for-hire businesses per 100,000 residents, against a national median of 2.16.
  • The sector employs about 159 people locally.

Palm Beach 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 Palm Beach County, FL, County Business Patterns 2023
MeasurePalm Beach County
CountyPalm Beach County, FL
StateFlorida
Residents (Census 2024 estimate)1,582,055
Taxi and limousine establishments55
Taxi and limousine employeesCensus noise flag H — approximate.159
Taxi and limousine annual payroll$5.6m
Taxi and ridesharing establishments10
Taxi and ridesharing employeesCensus noise flag J — approximate.44
Taxi and ridesharing annual payroll$898,000
Limousine establishments45
Limousine employeesCensus noise flag G — approximate.115
Limousine annual payroll$4.7m
Operators with 1-4 employees49
Operators per 100,000 residentsderived55 establishments ÷ 1,582,055 residents × 100,000.3.48
Share of operators with fewer than 5 employeesderived49 of 55 establishments.89.1%
Annual payroll per employeederived$5.6m payroll ÷ 159 employees.$35,415
Taxi share of taxi-plus-limousine operatorsderived10 taxi ÷ 55 taxi and limousine establishments.18.2%
Rank among published US county marketsderivedBy taxi and limousine establishments.22 of 348

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

How does Palm Beach County, FL compare on operators per head?

Palm Beach County, FL3.48Florida median1.67US median2.16
Taxi and limousine businesses per 100,000 residents — Palm Beach County, FL against its state and the national medianbusinesses per 100,000 residents.

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

Palm Beach County, FL has 55 taxi and limousine businesses in the 2023 County Business Patterns, employing about 159 people — 10 in taxi and ridesharing services and 45 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 Palm Beach County, FL large fleets or owner-drivers?

89.1 per cent of operators in Palm Beach 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.

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

Palm Beach County, FL has 3.48 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 Palm Beach County, FL cost?

Annual payroll works out at about $35,415 per employee across the sector in Palm Beach 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

Palm Beach County, FL taxi market: common questions

How many taxi and limousine companies are there in Palm Beach County, FL?
55 establishments in the 2023 County Business Patterns, of which 10 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 Palm Beach County, FL mostly small?
89.1 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 Palm Beach County, FL?
Palm Beach County, FL supports 3.48 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 Palm Beach County, FL a taxi market or a limousine and black-car market?
10 operators are classified as taxi and ridesharing services and 45 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 Palm Beach County, FL?
1,582,055 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 Palm Beach County

Closest by operator count, weighted towards the same state.

County markets with a comparable operator base to Palm Beach County, FL
CountyOperatorsPer 100,000
Essex County, MA546.55
Orange County, FL613.98
San Mateo County, CA608.08
Santa Clara County, CA502.60
Broward County, FL703.44
Miami-Dade County, FL712.50

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