Employment
51,826
Total employees (Census CBP)
Transportation and Warehousing ·NAICS 4853
NAICS 4853 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Taxi and Limousine Service - Industry Benchmarks
$49,844/yr average annual pay, with 531 SBA loans on record for NAICS 4853.
- 6.0%
- Transportation and Warehousing sector margin
- 52K
- Workers employed
- $49,844/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $115M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 4853
New York leads Taxi and Limousine Service activity nationally. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level, but the broader Transportation and Warehousing sector runs a 6.0% net margin.
- 6.0%
- Transportation and Warehousing sector margin (IRS SOI)
- 52K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $49,844/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $115M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Taxi and Limousine Service
Taxi and Limousine Service sits inside Transportation and Warehousing, a sector that runs a 6.0% net margin overall.
7,747 establishments employ 51,826 workers (6.7/location) at $49,844/yr average annual pay. New York leads employment, followed by California and Massachusetts.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$49,844/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
7,747
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 4,429; establishment count increased by 360. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Workforce scale
Financial Detail
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $2.6B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 6.7
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Limousine Service NAICS 48532 | N/A |
| Taxi Service NAICS 48531 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| New York | 7,710 |
| California | 7,128 |
| Massachusetts | 3,526 |
| New Jersey | 2,517 |
| Florida | 2,503 |
| Texas | 2,198 |
| Illinois | 1,817 |
| Pennsylvania | 1,507 |
| Virginia | 1,405 |
| Ohio | 1,326 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
531
Total Loan Volume
$115M
Avg Loan Size
$216K
Jobs Supported
3,505
Program Breakdown
7(a) 511 (96%)
504 20 (4%)
Top SBA Lender
TD Bank, National Association
110 loans in this industry
New Business Share
26.0% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 47
2021 44
2022 63
2023 105
2024 135
2025 121
2026 16
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Taxi and Limousine Service?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 4853 level. New York leads this industry nationally. The broader Transportation and Warehousing sector runs a 6.0% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Taxi and Limousine Service?
7,747 business establishments. Together they employ 51,826 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Taxi and Limousine Service?
$49,844/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 6.7 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Taxi and Limousine Service employment?
New York leads with 7,710 workers. California (7,128) and Massachusetts (3,526) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Taxi and Limousine Service receive?
Taxi and Limousine Service businesses received 531 SBA loans totaling $115 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $216K. These loans supported 3,505 jobs at origination. Most lending (96%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Comparable industry benchmarks
These links are calculated from the current national dataset. They are comparison paths, not recommendations or evidence that businesses operate alike.
How this ranks: Its Census employment total exceeds 20% of that same 259-industry cohort. Calculated by ranking this industry's reported value against every other industry at the same NAICS digit-level, not the whole dataset: comparing a 6-digit detail industry to a 2-digit sector would mix incompatible scales.
Closest workforce scale
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported Census employment.
Benchmarking Taxi and Limousine Service
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Transportation and Warehousing
- 7,747 establishments, 51,826 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 531 SBA loans on record. SBA lending rankings
Disclaimer: Public IRS/Census data, not financial or tax advice. See our full disclaimer.
Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
NAICS 4853 · Data year: 2023
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, which released its 2023 County Business Patterns dataset in June 2025, PlainBizBench benchmarks 2,002 U.S. industries against Internal Revenue Service Statistics of Income data. See our methodology for the full compilation process.
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns / SUSB Industry employment scale, payroll, and firm-size benchmarks · 2023
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