Rhode Island · Market data
Kent County, RI supports 6 taxi and limousine businesses across 172,450 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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Key takeaways
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| Measure | Kent County |
|---|---|
| County | Kent County, RI |
| State | Rhode Island |
| Residents (Census 2024 estimate) | 172,450 |
| Taxi and limousine establishments | 6 |
| Taxi and limousine employeesCensus noise flag J — approximate. | 95 |
| Taxi and limousine annual payroll | $3.0m |
| Taxi and ridesharing establishments | 3 |
| Taxi and ridesharing employeesCensus noise flag J — approximate. | 14 |
| Taxi and ridesharing annual payroll | $596,000 |
| Limousine establishments | 3 |
| Limousine employeesCensus noise flag J — approximate. | 81 |
| Limousine annual payroll | $2.4m |
| Operators per 100,000 residentsderived6 establishments ÷ 172,450 residents × 100,000. | 3.48 |
| Share of operators with fewer than 5 employeesderived0 of 6 establishments. | 0.0% |
| Annual payroll per employeederived$3.0m payroll ÷ 95 employees. | $31,863 |
| Taxi share of taxi-plus-limousine operatorsderived3 taxi ÷ 6 taxi and limousine establishments. | 50.0% |
| Rank among published US county marketsderivedBy taxi and limousine establishments. | 193 of 348 |
Source: United States Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. About County Business Patterns.
Kent County, RI has 6 taxi and limousine businesses in the 2023 County Business Patterns, employing about 95 people — 3 in taxi and ridesharing services and 3 in limousine service.
The published operator base here is very small, so a single new entrant materially changes the local market.
0.0 per cent of operators in Kent County, RI employ fewer than five people, against a median of 67.1 per cent across the 348 published county markets.
A relatively small share of operators are micro-businesses, so the work is concentrated in larger fleets where controller workflow, account billing and reporting carry more weight than ease of setup.
Kent County, RI 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 Rhode Island the median is 3.40 per 100,000, so this county is denser than its state norm.
Annual payroll works out at about $31,863 per employee across the sector in Kent County, RI.
That level of payroll means labour, not vehicles, is the dominant cost — so utilisation per paid hour is the number worth managing.
FAQ
Closest by operator count, weighted towards the same state.
| County | Operators | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Flagler County, FL | 6 | 4.39 |
| St. Johns County, FL | 6 | 1.79 |
| Sarasota County, FL | 6 | 1.26 |
| Seminole County, FL | 6 | 1.21 |
| Cherokee County, GA | 6 | 2.04 |
| Polk County, IA | 6 | 1.16 |
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