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In 2017, there were 20,581 small public service vehicles licensed to operate in the state. More than half (51.9%) of these were based in Dublin.

Wheelchair accessible taxis and hackneys represented 7.6% (1,555) of the total small public service vehicles in 2017. This is an increase of 24.0% on the number of the same vehicle type in 2016.
In 2017, more than one fifth (22.6%) of all small public service vehicles were 10 years and older while 7.6% were less than two years old.

For long labels below use to display on multiple lines	Distribution of small public service vehicles by age, 2017
<2 years	7.6
2<4 years	12.1
4<6 years	17.8
6<8 years	23.3
8<10 years	16.6
10 years and over	22.6

Table 10.1 Number of small public service vehicles by type, 2011-2017
Year	Hackney	Limousine	Taxi	Wheelchair accessible taxi	Wheelchair accessible hackney	Local area hackney	Total
2011	3,241	1,204	18,101	1,227	4	*	23,777
2012	2,866	1,257	17,750	1,077	14	*	22,964
2013	2,532	1,316	17,137	898	18	*	21,901
2014	2,281	1,437	16,899	889	35	6	21,547
2015	2,081	1,571	16,460	969	51	14	21,146
2016	1,838	1,741	15,961	1,185	69	10	20,804
2017	1,631	1,894	15,490	1,471	84	11	20,581
Source: National Transport Authority
* Not available

Table 10.2 Age profile of small public service vehicle fleet by type, 2017
						Number
Age	Hackney	Limousine	Taxi	Wheelchair accessible taxi	Wheelchair accessible hackney	Total
Under 1 year	51	127	342	108	9	637
1 to < 2 years	81	132	590	121	11	935
2 to < 3 years	67	116	769	90	8	1,050
3 to < 4 years	123	101	1,087	110	13	1,434
4 to < 5 years	108	125	1,153	94	4	1,484
5 to < 6 years	172	123	1,685	201	8	2,189
6 to < 7 years	187	90	1,827	225	13	2,342
7 to < 8 years	175	81	2,099	83	6	2,444
8 to < 9 years	146	60	1,402	35	4	1,647
9 to < 10 years	175	173	1,364	59	2	1,773
10 years and over	357	766	3,172	345	6	4,646
Total	1,642	1,894	15,490	1,471	84	20,581
Source: National Transport Authority

Table 10.3 Number of small public service vehicles by type and county of licensing, 2017
Number and rate
County	Hackney	Limousine	Taxi	Wheelchair accessible taxi	Wheelchair accessible hackney	Total	% of national SPSV fleet
Carlow	16	6	88	14	0	124	0.6
Cavan	39	5	73	18	1	136	0.7
Clare	83	90	154	8	7	342	1.7
Cork	290	188	1,203	89	10	1,780	8.6
Donegal	143	36	145	17	16	357	1.7
Dublin	38	492	9,369	787	2	10,688	51.9
Galway	107	119	562	104	4	896	4.4
Kerry	89	162	196	18		465	2.3
Kildare	86	97	552	75	4	814	4.0
Kilkenny	22	11	131	23	2	189	0.9
Laois	26	16	143	26	5	216	1.0
Leitrim	20	5	31	8	1	65	0.3
Limerick	59	118	419	28	2	626	3.0
Longford	21	5	50	6		82	0.4
Louth	34	67	414	39	1	555	2.7
Mayo	87	55	123	13	2	280	1.4
Meath	44	95	885	64	3	1,091	5.3
Monaghan	42	15	12	9	3	81	0.4
Offaly	60	16	63	8	3	150	0.7
Roscommon	51	14	37	11	1	114	0.6
Sligo	12	25	116	11	3	167	0.8
Tipperary	126	66	28	5	7	232	1.1
Waterford	23	51	169	19	2	264	1.3
Westmeath	17	19	200	32		268	1.3
Wexford	63	50	115	18	4	250	1.2
Wicklow	44	71	212	21	1	349	1.7
Total	1,642	1,894	15,490	1,471	84	20,581	100.0
Source: National Transport Authority

Table 10.4 Number of small public service vehicles by type and main make, 2017
Make	Hackney	Limousine	Taxi	Wheelchair accessible taxi	Wheelchair accessible hackney	Total
Audi	21	59	111	0	0	191
Bentley	0	20	0	0	0	20
BMW	11	168	70	0	0	249
Chevrolet	2	3	66	0	0	71
Chrysler	4	132	33	0	0	169
Citroen	9	2	124	39	0	174
Dacia	6	0	132	0	0	138
Daimler	0	6	0	0	0	6
Fiat	13	6	36	88	5	148
Ford	331	62	1,560	251	27	2,231
Honda	3	0	155	0	0	158
Hyundai	34	11	394	0	0	439
Jaguar	0	21	6	0	0	27
Jeep	0	4	1	0	0	5
Kia	25	2	216	0	0	243
Land Rover	1	16	0	0	0	17
Lexus	2	31	37	0	0	70
Lincoln	0	13	0	0	0	13
Maserati	0	2	0	0	0	2
Mazda	8	1	117	0	0	126
Mercedes-Benz	71	1,066	475	17	0	1,629
Mitsubishi	5	1	55	0	0	61
Nissan	40	0	258	106	5	409
Opel	28	3	251	25	5	312
Peugeot	36	2	148	579	18	783
Renault	47	5	788	46	5	891
Rolls-Royce	0	16	0	0	0	16
Seat	17	0	33	0	0	50
Skoda	246	42	3,298	0	0	3,586
Ssangyong	6	4	109	0	0	119
Toyota	393	5	5,751	73	3	6,225
Vauxhall	19	1	185	5	1	211
Volkswagen	257	102	1,023	242	15	1,639
Volvo	5	14	34	0	0	53
Other makes	2	74	24	0	0	100
Total	1,642	1,894	15,490	1,471	84	20,581
Source: National Transport Authority

Table 10.5 Number of small public service vehicles by county and age of vehicle, 2017
County	Age (years)						Total
County	Under 3	3 ˂ 5	5 < 7	7 < 9	9 < 10	10 and over	Total
Carlow	26	13	25	20	11	29	124
Cavan	17	20	34	26	9	30	136
Clare	43	49	55	67	37	91	342
Cork	275	267	380	295	143	420	1,780
Donegal	46	55	90	72	21	73	357
Dublin	1,284	1,534	2,434	2,214	898	2,324	10,688
Galway	88	125	187	201	78	217	896
Kerry	115	77	81	58	41	93	465
Kildare	97	110	182	178	73	174	814
Kilkenny	49	28	40	26	13	33	189
Laois	28	28	60	54	20	26	216
Leitrim	6	9	10	16	9	15	65
Limerick	72	65	126	136	67	160	626
Longford	13	12	17	19	4	17	82
Louth	49	72	126	121	44	143	555
Mayo	29	42	58	43	24	84	280
Meath	143	167	264	208	91	218	1,091
Monaghan	7	8	20	16	13	17	81
Offaly	13	15	28	30	21	43	150
Roscommon	20	13	19	24	8	30	114
Sligo	26	31	29	22	14	45	167
Tipperary	30	23	44	48	21	66	232
Waterford	33	35	50	56	27	63	264
Westmeath	31	28	64	56	24	65	268
Wexford	28	45	47	38	26	66	250
Wicklow	54	47	61	47	36	104	349
Total	2,622	2,918	4,531	4,091	1,773	4,646	20,581
Source: National Transport Authority

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