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Taxi and limousine market data for Worcester County, MA

Worcester County, MA supports 38 taxi and limousine businesses across 881,248 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.

38
For-hire businesses
336
Sector employees
53%
Under 5 employees
4.31
Per 100,000 residents

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

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22 licensed hackney carriages and 16 private hire vehicles, a total of 38 licensed vehicles. Hackney carriages are 57.9 per cent of the licensed fleet.38licensed vehicles
22 hackney (57.9%)16 private hire

Key takeaways

  • Worcester County, MA has 38 taxi and limousine businesses, ranking 32 of 348 published county markets.
  • The split is 22 taxi and ridesharing operators to 16 limousine operators.
  • 52.6 per cent of local operators employ fewer than five people.
  • That is 4.31 for-hire businesses per 100,000 residents, against a national median of 2.16.
  • The sector employs about 336 people locally.

Worcester County, MA 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 Worcester County, MA, County Business Patterns 2023
MeasureWorcester County
CountyWorcester County, MA
StateMassachusetts
Residents (Census 2024 estimate)881,248
Taxi and limousine establishments38
Taxi and limousine employeesCensus noise flag G — approximate.336
Taxi and limousine annual payroll$10.3m
Taxi and ridesharing establishments22
Taxi and ridesharing employeesCensus noise flag J — approximate.58
Taxi and ridesharing annual payroll$2.7m
Limousine establishments16
Limousine employeesCensus noise flag H — approximate.278
Limousine annual payroll$7.7m
Operators with 1-4 employees20
Operators with 5-9 employees6
Operators with 10-19 employees8
Operators with 20-49 employees3
Operators per 100,000 residentsderived38 establishments ÷ 881,248 residents × 100,000.4.31
Share of operators with fewer than 5 employeesderived20 of 38 establishments.52.6%
Annual payroll per employeederived$10.3m payroll ÷ 336 employees.$30,804
Taxi share of taxi-plus-limousine operatorsderived22 taxi ÷ 38 taxi and limousine establishments.57.9%
Rank among published US county marketsderivedBy taxi and limousine establishments.32 of 348

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

How does Worcester County, MA compare on operators per head?

Worcester County, MA4.31Massachusetts median5.15US median2.16
Taxi and limousine businesses per 100,000 residents — Worcester County, MA against its state and the national medianbusinesses per 100,000 residents.

How big is the for-hire market in Worcester County, MA?

Worcester County, MA has 38 taxi and limousine businesses in the 2023 County Business Patterns, employing about 336 people — 22 in taxi and ridesharing services and 16 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 Worcester County, MA large fleets or owner-drivers?

52.6 per cent of operators in Worcester County, MA employ fewer than five people, against a median of 67.1 per cent across the 348 published county markets.

The market mixes very small operators with a tier of larger ones, so the same county contains businesses with genuinely different problems — coverage at the small end, coordination at the large.

The full distribution: 20 with 1-4 employees, 6 with 5-9 employees, 8 with 10-19 employees and 3 with 20-49 employees.

Is Worcester County, MA over- or under-served for for-hire vehicles?

Worcester County, MA has 4.31 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 Massachusetts the median is 5.15 per 100,000, so this county is thinner than its state norm.

What does the for-hire workforce in Worcester County, MA cost?

Annual payroll works out at about $30,804 per employee across the sector in Worcester County, MA.

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

FAQ

Worcester County, MA taxi market: common questions

How many taxi and limousine companies are there in Worcester County, MA?
38 establishments in the 2023 County Business Patterns, of which 22 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 Worcester County, MA mostly small?
52.6 per cent employ fewer than five people. The national median across published county markets is 67.1 per cent.
Is there room for another taxi operator in Worcester County, MA?
Worcester County, MA supports 4.31 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 Worcester County, MA a taxi market or a limousine and black-car market?
22 operators are classified as taxi and ridesharing services and 16 as limousine service. Taxi businesses outnumber limousine operators, so day-to-day point-to-point demand leads the market.
What is the population of Worcester County, MA?
881,248 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 Worcester County

Closest by operator count, weighted towards the same state.

County markets with a comparable operator base to Worcester County, MA
CountyOperatorsPer 100,000
King County, WA381.62
San Francisco County, CA394.71
Erie County, NY394.10
Orange County, NY399.47
Norfolk County, MA354.72
DuPage County, IL363.84
Suffolk County, MA475.93
Fairfax County, VA413.53
Wayne County, MI351.98

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