Employment
22,790
Total employees (Census CBP)
Transportation and Warehousing ·NAICS 485310
NAICS 485310 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Taxi Service - Industry Benchmarks
166 SBA loans on record, $19M in volume, for NAICS 485310.
- 6.0%
- Transportation and Warehousing sector margin
- 23K
- Workers employed
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $19M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 485310
New York leads Taxi 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)
- 23K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $19M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Taxi Service
Taxi Service sits inside Transportation and Warehousing, a sector that runs a 6.0% net margin overall.
3,441 establishments employ 22,790 workers (6.6/location). New York leads employment, followed by California and Ohio.
Avg Payroll / Employee
N/A
Annual compensation
Establishments
3,441
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 1,225; establishment count increased by 279. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Workforce scale
Financial Detail
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 6.6
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| New York | 4,266 |
| California | 2,777 |
| Ohio | 527 |
| Virginia | 526 |
| New Jersey | 370 |
| Pennsylvania | 363 |
| Maryland | 272 |
| New Hampshire | 214 |
| Minnesota | 185 |
| Michigan | 178 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
166
Total Loan Volume
$19M
Avg Loan Size
$114K
Jobs Supported
827
Program Breakdown
7(a) 165 (99%)
504 1 (1%)
Top SBA Lender
TD Bank, National Association
49 loans in this industry
New Business Share
28.3% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 16
2021 11
2022 21
2023 33
2024 46
2025 33
2026 6
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Taxi Service?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 485310 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 Service?
3,441 business establishments. Together they employ 22,790 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Taxi Service?
Average payroll data for Taxi Service is not available in the current Census CBP dataset.
Which states have the most Taxi Service employment?
New York leads with 4,266 workers. California (2,777) and Ohio (527) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Taxi Service receive?
Taxi Service businesses received 166 SBA loans totaling $19 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $114K. These loans supported 827 jobs at origination. Most lending (99%) 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 33% of that same 801-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 Service
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Transportation and Warehousing
- 3,441 establishments, 22,790 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 166 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 485310 · 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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