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Taxi & Limousine Services in Canada - Market Research Report (2013-2028)

Alex Petridis Alex Petridis New York, United States Last Updated: October 2023 NAICS 48533CA

Revenue

$2.3bn

2023

$2.3bn

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

$XXX.Xm

Employees

7,523

Businesses

25,694

Wages

$XXX.Xm

Taxi & Limousine Services in Canada industry analysis

The industry provides a range of nonregular transportation services through vehicles such as taxicabs, limousines and luxury sedans. While growing consumer spending stimulated demand for taxis and limousines, the industry has contested with brutal operating conditions. The proliferation of ride-sharing apps, such as Uber and Lyft, has enabled a wave of nonemployers to enter the market, increasing external competition, while the pandemic severely eroded revenue in 2020. As a result, industry revenue is estimated to plummet at a CAGR of 7.8% to $2.3 billion in 2023, despite a hike of 1.3% in 2023 alone, as profit slides to 25.4%.Industry revenue has largely been driven by demand from individual consumers and corporate clients. Rising levels of consumer spending and relatively high per capita disposable income levels have indicated that everyday consumers are more willing to make discretionary purchases, such as travelling via taxis. Total consumer spending has expanded, generating demand for industry services. This has been in part offset by strict regulation on the number of taxi licences and plates in certain municipalities, limiting the growth of the industry's traditional taxi segment. The rise of ride-hailing apps has resulted in intense price-based competition between taxis and ride-sharing operators, eating into revenue.The Canadian economy is poised to rebound, precipitating renewed business confidence and higher levels of consumer spending. During the outlook period, demand for industry services is anticipated to continue to recover from historic lows. Uber and other similar services will likely expand, resulting in greater price competition with traditional taxi operators. The legal showdown with local governments may result in ride-hailing services being stymied by the same regulation that inhibits growth in the taxi industry. Industry revenue is expected to climb at a CAGR of 1.4% to $2.5 billion in 2028, spurring an expansion in operating profit.

Trends and Insights

  • Rising external threats from rideshare services have siphoned away demand from traditional taxi services and ultimately led to intense price competition. Heightened levels of competition have driven down the industry's revenue earning potential.
  • Demand for luxury vehicles has waned as corporate profit was significantly depleted during the pandemic. Similarly, rideshare applications have disrupted traditional for-hire taxi services, making them unable to capitalize on burgeoning levels of consumer spending.
  • Due to its service-based nature, business locations in the Canadian Taxi and Limousine Services industry closely follow the country's population distribution. Big cities, where population densities and disposable income are high, mean vehicles can be used more efficiently and are the main locations where the industry thrives.
  • During times of macroeconomic struggle, public transportation poses a large threat to industry enterprises. This is further amplified by the proliferation of rideshare technology which has already siphoned a significant amount of demand from the industry.

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Industry Statistics and Trends

Market size and recent performance (2013-2028)

Industry revenue has declined at a CAGR of 7.8 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $2.3bn in 2023.

Trends and Insights

Despite increases in consumer spending, looming macroeconomic struggles have taken a toll

  • The industry is expected to struggle amid a lacklustre macroeconomic environment, stemming from volatile commodity prices and increasing external competition.
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Taxi & Limousine Services in Canada
Revenue (2013-2028)
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Industry outlook (2024-2029)

Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.

Trends and Insights

Improving macroeconomic conditions drive industry growth

  • Industry growth will likely continue to be restricted by heavy regulation on the industry's taxi segment and the ongoing regulatory scrutiny of ride-hailing transportation networks.

Biggest companies in the Taxi & Limousine Services in Canada

Company
Market Share (%)
2023
Revenue ($short_0)
2023
Profit ($short_0)
2023
Profit Margin (%)
2023

There are no companies that hold a large enough market share in the Taxi & Limousine Services in Canada industry for IBISWorld to include in this product.

Products & Services Segmentation

Taxi & Limousine Services in Canada
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Taxi services, Stretch limousine services and Luxury vehicle services. Taxi services is the largest segment of the Taxi & Limousine Services in Canada.

Trends and Insights

Traditional for-hire taxi services are omnipresent

  • The largest segment in the Canadian Taxi and Limousine Services industry is taxi and for-hire car services, which is expected to account for 67.1% industry revenue in 2023.
  • More insights available in the full report

Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

This industry provides passenger transportation by taxi and limousine. Taxi services are not operated on regular schedules or routes and limousine services are rented or hired with a driver. This industry does not include transporting passengers to or from hotels and airports using buses or vans.

What's included in this industry?

Providing limousine servicesProviding luxury vehicle servicesProviding taxi services

Companies

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Related Terms

TOWN CARBLACK CARSTRETCHED LIMOUSINEMEDALLIONLIMO BUSTRANSPORTATION NETWORK COMPANY

Industry Code

NAICS 2007

NAICS 4853 - Taxi & Limousine Services in Canada

Performance

Get an indication of the industry's health through historical, current and forward-looking trends in the performance indicators that make or break businesses.

Analyst insights

Rising external threats from rideshare services have siphoned away demand from traditional taxi services and ultimately led to intense price competition. Heightened levels of...

In this chapter (4)

  • Current Performance
  • Outlook
  • Volatility
  • Life Cycle

Key metrics

  • Annual Revenue, Recent Growth, Forecast, Revenue Volatility
  • Number of Employees, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Employee
  • Number of Businesses, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Business
  • Total Profit, Profit Margin, Profit per Business

Charts

  • Revenue, including historical (2013-2022) and forecast (2023-2028)
  • Employees, including historical (2013-2022) and forecast (2023-2028)
  • Businesses, including historical (2013-2022) and forecast (2023-2028)
  • Profit, including historical (2013-2023)
  • Industry Volatility vs. Revenue Growth
  • Industry Life Cycle

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in supply, demand and current events that are driving current industry performance
  • Expected trends, economic factors and ongoing events that drive the industry's outlook
  • Key success factors for businesses to overcome volatility
  • How contribution to GDP, industry saturation, innovation, consolidation, and technology and systems influence the industry's life cycle phase.

Products and Markets

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Analyst insight

Demand for luxury vehicles has waned as corporate profit was significantly depleted during the pandemic. Similarly, rideshare applications have disrupted traditional for-hire...

In this chapter

  • Products & Services
  • Major Markets

Key metrics

  • Largest market segment and value in 2023
  • Product innovation level

Charts

  • Products & services segmentation in 2023
  • Major market segmentation in 2023

Detailed analysis

  • Trends impacting the recent performance of the industry's various segments
  • Innovations in the industry's product or service offering, specialization or delivery method
  • Key factors that successful businesses consider in their offerings
  • Buying segments and key trends influencing demand for industry products and services

Geographic Breakdown

Discover where business activity is most concentrated in an industry and the factors driving these trends to find opportunities and conduct regional benchmarking.

Analyst insights

Due to its service-based nature, business locations in the Canadian Taxi and Limousine Services industry closely follow the country's population distribution. Big cities, whe...

In this chapter (1)

  • Business Locations

Charts

  • Share of revenue, establishment, wages and employment in each province
  • Share of population compared to establishments in each region in 2023

Tables

  • Number and share of establishments in each province in 2023
  • Number and share of revenue each province accounts for in 2023
  • Number and share of wages each province accounts for in 2023
  • Number and share of employees in each province in 2023

Detailed analysis

  • Geographic spread of the industry across North America, and trends associated with changes in the business landscape
  • Key success factors for businesses to use location to their advantage

Competitive Forces

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Analyst insights

During times of macroeconomic struggle, public transportation poses a large threat to industry enterprises. This is further amplified by the proliferation of rideshare techno...

In this chapter (4)

  • Concentration
  • Barriers to Entry
  • Substitutes
  • Buyer & Supplier Analysis

Key metrics

  • Industry concentration level
  • Industry competition level and trend
  • Barriers to entry level and trend
  • Substitutes level and trend
  • Buyer power level and trend
  • Supplier power level and trend

Charts

  • Market share concentration among the top 4 suppliers from 2018-2023
  • Supply chain including upstream supplying industries and downstream buying industries, flow chart

Detailed analysis

  • Factors impacting the industry’s level of concentration, such as business distribution, new entrants, or merger and acquisition activity.
  • Key success factors for businesses to manage the competitive environment of the industry.
  • Challenges that potential industry entrants face such as legal, start-up costs, differentiation, labor/capital intensity and capital expenses.
  • Key success factors for potential entrants to overcome barriers to entry.
  • Competitive threats from potential substitutes for the industry’s own products and services.
  • Key success factors for how successful businesses can compete with substitutes.
  • Advantages that buyers have to keep favorable purchasing conditions.
  • Advantages that suppliers have to maintain favorable selling conditions.
  • Key success factors for how businesses can navigate buyer and supplier power.

Companies

Learn about the performance of the top companies in the industry.

Analyst insights

There are no major players in the industry, as government regulation and geographic constraints lead to a highly fragmented landscape. No single company currently captures ov...

In this chapter

  • Market Share Concentration
  • Companies
  • Company Spotlights

Charts

  • Industry market share by company in 2019 through 2023
  • Major companies in the industry, including market share, revenue, profit and profit margin in 2023

Detailed analysis

    External Environment

    Understand the demographic, economic and regulatory factors that shape how businesses in an industry perform.   

    Analyst insights

    A decline in total inbound international travel and kilometers driven has negatively affected the industry. Both of these factors have been exacerbated by the pandemic and ha...

    In this chapter

    • External Drivers
    • Regulation & Policy
    • Assistance

    Key metrics

    • Regulation & policy level and trend
    • Assistance level and trend

    Charts

    • Regulation & Policy historical data and forecast (2013-2028) 
    • Assistance historical data and forecast (2013-2028) 

    Detailed analysis

    • Demographic and macroeconomic factors influencing the industry, including Regulation & Policy and Assistance
    • Major types of regulations, regulatory bodies, industry standards or specific regulations impacting requirements for industry operators
    • Key governmental and non-governmental groups or policies that may provide some relief for industry operators.

    Financial Benchmarks

    View average costs for industry operators and compare financial data against an industry's financial benchmarks over time. 

    Analyst insights

    Profit and costs in the Taxi and Limousine Services industry in Canada vary greatly depending on size, industry offering (i.e. taxi or limousine) and location of operations. ...

    In this chapter

    • Cost Structure
    • Financial Ratios
    • Key Ratios

    Key metrics

    • Profit margin, and how it compares to the sector-wide margin
    • Average wages, and how it compares to the sector-wide average wage
    • Largest cost component as a percentage of revenue
    • Industry average ratios for days' receivables, industry coverage and debt-to-net-worth ratio

    Charts

    • Average industry operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2023
    • Average sector operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2023
    • Investment vs. share of economy

    Data tables

    • Liquidity Ratios (2016-2021)
    • Coverage Ratios (2016-2021)
    • Leverage Ratios  (2016-2021)
    • Operating Ratios (2016-2021)
    • Assets (2016-2021)
    • Liabilities (2016-2021)
    • Cash Flow & Debt Service Ratios (2013-2028)
    • Revenue per Employee (2013-2028)
    • Revenue per Enterprise (2013-2028)
    • Employees per Establishment (2013-2028)
    • Employees per Enterprise (2013-2028)
    • Average Wage (2013-2028)
    • Wages/Revenue (2013-2028)
    • Establishments per Enterprise (2013-2028)
    • IVA/Revenue (2013-2028)
    • Imports/Demand (2013-2028)
    • Exports/Revenue (2013-2028)

    Detailed analysis

    • Trends in the cost component for industry operators and their impact on industry costs and profitability 

    Key Statistics

    Industry Data

    Data Tables

    Including values and annual change:

    • Revenue (2013-2028)
    • IVA (2013-2028)
    • Establishments (2013-2028)
    • Enterprises (2013-2028)
    • Employment (2013-2028)
    • Exports (2013-2028)
    • Imports (2013-2028)
    • Wages (2013-2028)

    Top Questions Answered

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    What is the market size of the Taxi & Limousine Services industry in Canada in 2024?

    The market size of the Taxi & Limousine Services industry in Canada is $2.3bn in 2024.

    How many businesses are there in the Taxi & Limousine Services in Canada industry in 2023?

    There are 25,694 businesses in the Taxi & Limousine Services industry in Canada, which has declined at a CAGR of 5.6 % between 2018 and 2023.

    Has the Taxi & Limousine Services industry in Canada grown or declined over the past 5 years?

    The market size of the Taxi & Limousine Services industry in Canada has been declining at a CAGR of 7.8 % between 2018 and 2023.

    What is the forecast growth of the Taxi & Limousine Services industry in Canada over the next 5 years?

    Over the next five years, the Taxi & Limousine Services industry in Canada is expected to grow.

    What does the Taxi & Limousine Services in Canada include?

    Providing limousine services and Providing luxury vehicle services are part of the Taxi & Limousine Services industry.

    How competitive is the Taxi & Limousine Services industry in Canada?

    The level of competition is high and steady in the Taxi & Limousine Services industry in Canada.

    Related Industries

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    Competitors

    • New Car Dealers in Canada
    • Used Car Dealers in Canada
    • Public Transportation in Canada

    Complementors

    • Local Freight Trucking in Canada
    • Moving Services in Canada

    International industries

    • Taxi & Limousine Services in the US
    • Limousine & Town Car Services in the US
    • Taxi and Limousine Transport in Australia
    • Taxi and Limousine Transport in New Zealand
    • Taxi Operation in the UK

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    Key data sources in Canada include:

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    • Industry Canada
    • Canadian Business Patterns

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