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Taxi and limousine market data for Miami-Dade County, FL

Miami-Dade County, FL supports 71 taxi and limousine businesses across 2,838,461 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.

71
For-hire businesses
906
Sector employees
87%
Under 5 employees
2.50
Per 100,000 residents

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

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25 licensed hackney carriages and 46 private hire vehicles, a total of 71 licensed vehicles. Hackney carriages are 35.2 per cent of the licensed fleet.71licensed vehicles
25 hackney (35.2%)46 private hire

Key takeaways

  • Miami-Dade County, FL has 71 taxi and limousine businesses, ranking 16 of 348 published county markets.
  • The split is 25 taxi and ridesharing operators to 46 limousine operators.
  • 87.3 per cent of local operators employ fewer than five people.
  • That is 2.50 for-hire businesses per 100,000 residents, against a national median of 2.16.
  • The sector employs about 906 people locally.

Miami-Dade 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 Miami-Dade County, FL, County Business Patterns 2023
MeasureMiami-Dade County
CountyMiami-Dade County, FL
StateFlorida
Residents (Census 2024 estimate)2,838,461
Taxi and limousine establishments71
Taxi and limousine employeesCensus noise flag J — approximate.906
Taxi and limousine annual payroll$41.5m
Taxi and ridesharing establishments25
Taxi and ridesharing employeesCensus noise flag J — approximate.800
Taxi and ridesharing annual payroll$37.3m
Limousine establishments46
Limousine employeesCensus noise flag G — approximate.106
Limousine annual payroll$4.1m
Operators with 1-4 employees62
Operators with 10-19 employees4
Operators per 100,000 residentsderived71 establishments ÷ 2,838,461 residents × 100,000.2.50
Share of operators with fewer than 5 employeesderived62 of 71 establishments.87.3%
Annual payroll per employeederived$41.5m payroll ÷ 906 employees.$45,756
Taxi share of taxi-plus-limousine operatorsderived25 taxi ÷ 71 taxi and limousine establishments.35.2%
Rank among published US county marketsderivedBy taxi and limousine establishments.16 of 348

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

How does Miami-Dade County, FL compare on operators per head?

Miami-Dade County, FL2.50Florida median1.67US median2.16
Taxi and limousine businesses per 100,000 residents — Miami-Dade County, FL against its state and the national medianbusinesses per 100,000 residents.

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

Miami-Dade County, FL has 71 taxi and limousine businesses in the 2023 County Business Patterns, employing about 906 people — 25 in taxi and ridesharing services and 46 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 Miami-Dade County, FL large fleets or owner-drivers?

87.3 per cent of operators in Miami-Dade 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: 62 with 1-4 employees and 4 with 10-19 employees.

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

Miami-Dade County, FL has 2.50 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 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 Miami-Dade County, FL cost?

Annual payroll works out at about $45,756 per employee across the sector in Miami-Dade 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

Miami-Dade County, FL taxi market: common questions

How many taxi and limousine companies are there in Miami-Dade County, FL?
71 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 Miami-Dade County, FL mostly small?
87.3 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 Miami-Dade County, FL?
Miami-Dade County, FL supports 2.50 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 Miami-Dade County, FL a taxi market or a limousine and black-car market?
25 operators are classified as taxi and ridesharing services and 46 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 Miami-Dade County, FL?
2,838,461 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 Miami-Dade County

Closest by operator count, weighted towards the same state.

County markets with a comparable operator base to Miami-Dade County, FL
CountyOperatorsPer 100,000
Broward County, FL703.44
Orange County, CA722.27
San Diego County, CA692.09
Bergen County, NJ676.85
Harris County, TX771.54
Orange County, FL613.98
Clark County, NV813.38
Maricopa County, AZ781.67
Palm Beach County, FL553.48

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