California · Market data
San Mateo County, CA supports 60 taxi and limousine businesses across 742,893 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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| Measure | San Mateo County |
|---|---|
| County | San Mateo County, CA |
| State | California |
| Residents (Census 2024 estimate) | 742,893 |
| Taxi and limousine establishments | 60 |
| Taxi and limousine employeesCensus noise flag G — approximate. | 360 |
| Taxi and limousine annual payroll | $21.5m |
| Taxi and ridesharing establishments | 5 |
| Taxi and ridesharing employeesCensus noise flag J — approximate. | 26 |
| Taxi and ridesharing annual payroll | $1.9m |
| Limousine establishments | 55 |
| Limousine employeesCensus noise flag H — approximate. | 334 |
| Limousine annual payroll | $19.6m |
| Operators with 1-4 employees | 43 |
| Operators with 5-9 employees | 7 |
| Operators with 10-19 employees | 5 |
| Operators with 20-49 employees | 4 |
| Operators per 100,000 residentsderived60 establishments ÷ 742,893 residents × 100,000. | 8.08 |
| Share of operators with fewer than 5 employeesderived43 of 60 establishments. | 71.7% |
| Annual payroll per employeederived$21.5m payroll ÷ 360 employees. | $59,631 |
| Taxi share of taxi-plus-limousine operatorsderived5 taxi ÷ 60 taxi and limousine establishments. | 8.3% |
| Rank among published US county marketsderivedBy taxi and limousine establishments. | 21 of 348 |
Source: United States Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023. About County Business Patterns.
San Mateo County, CA has 60 taxi and limousine businesses in the 2023 County Business Patterns, employing about 360 people — 5 in taxi and ridesharing services and 55 in limousine service.
A market of this size is big enough that customers have alternatives and small enough that reputation travels quickly.
71.7 per cent of operators in San Mateo County, CA 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.
The full distribution: 43 with 1-4 employees, 7 with 5-9 employees, 5 with 10-19 employees and 4 with 20-49 employees.
San Mateo County, CA has 8.08 taxi and limousine businesses per 100,000 residents, against a national median of 2.16.
Operators per head are far above the national midpoint, which is typical of counties serving an airport, a downtown core or a large visitor economy rather than only their own residents.
Within California the median is 1.93 per 100,000, so this county is denser than its state norm.
Annual payroll works out at about $59,631 per employee across the sector in San Mateo County, CA.
That level of payroll means labour, not vehicles, is the dominant cost — so utilisation per paid hour is the number worth managing.
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Closest by operator count, weighted towards the same state.
| County | Operators | Per 100,000 |
|---|---|---|
| Orange County, FL | 61 | 3.98 |
| San Diego County, CA | 69 | 2.09 |
| Palm Beach County, FL | 55 | 3.48 |
| Essex County, MA | 54 | 6.55 |
| Orange County, CA | 72 | 2.27 |
| Santa Clara County, CA | 50 | 2.60 |
| Bergen County, NJ | 67 | 6.85 |
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