Texas · Market data
Fort Bend County, TX supports 8 taxi and limousine businesses across 958,434 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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Every row is read from the federal business census, or is arithmetic over it. Derived rows show their working.
| Measure | Fort Bend County |
|---|---|
| County | Fort Bend County, TX |
| State | Texas |
| Residents (Census 2024 estimate) | 958,434 |
| Taxi and limousine establishments | 8 |
| Taxi and limousine employeesCensus noise flag J — approximate. | 20 |
| Taxi and limousine annual payroll | $588,000 |
| Limousine establishments | 6 |
| Limousine employeesCensus noise flag J — approximate. | 17 |
| Limousine annual payroll | $571,000 |
| Operators with 1-4 employees | 6 |
| Operators per 100,000 residentsderived8 establishments ÷ 958,434 residents × 100,000. | 0.83 |
| Share of operators with fewer than 5 employeesderived6 of 8 establishments. | 75.0% |
| Annual payroll per employeederived$588,000 payroll ÷ 20 employees. | $29,400 |
| Rank among published US county marketsderivedBy taxi and limousine establishments. | 148 of 348 |
Source: United States Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. About County Business Patterns.
Fort Bend County, TX has 8 taxi and limousine businesses in the 2023 County Business Patterns, employing about 20 people.
With only a handful of operators, most local demand is met by a few known names, and word of mouth does most of the selling.
75.0 per cent of operators in Fort Bend County, TX employ fewer than five people, against a median of 67.1 per cent across the 348 published county markets.
Most operators employ fewer than five people, so buying decisions are made by an owner rather than a committee, and setup time matters more than configurability.
Fort Bend County, TX has 0.83 taxi and limousine businesses per 100,000 residents, against a national median of 2.16.
Operators per head are below the national midpoint, so each business here covers more people — and usually more ground — than the typical market.
Within Texas the median is 1.10 per 100,000, so this county is thinner than its state norm.
Annual payroll works out at about $29,400 per employee across the sector in Fort Bend County, TX.
A figure that low usually reflects heavy part-time and split-shift working rather than low hourly rates, which makes accurate shift and per-driver accounting the difference between knowing your margin and guessing it.
FAQ
Closest by operator count, weighted towards the same state.
| County | Operators | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| San Joaquin County, CA | 8 | 0.98 |
| San Luis Obispo County, CA | 8 | 2.84 |
| Brevard County, FL | 8 | 1.21 |
| Pasco County, FL | 8 | 1.21 |
| Polk County, FL | 8 | 0.94 |
| Hawaii County, HI | 8 | 3.81 |
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