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In 21,326 there were 21,326 small public service vehicles licensed to operate in the state. More than half (52.8%) of these were based in Dublin.

Wheelchair accessible taxis and hackneys represented 14.4% (3,077) of the total small public service vehicles in 2019. This is an increase of 38.6% on the number of the same vehicle type in 2018.
In 2019, almost half (48.3%) of all small public service vehicles were aged between 5 and 9 years, while 5.7% were less than two years old.
Toyota was the most popular manufacturer of PSVs (29.1%), followed by Skoda (17.3%) and Ford (9.2%).

For long labels below use to display on multiple lines	Distribution of small public service vehicles by age, 2019
10 years and over	12.4
8<10 years	17.2
6<8 years	24.6
4<6 years	25.2
2<4 years	14.6
<2 years	6.0

Table 10.1 Number of small public service vehicles by type, 2013-2019
Year	Hackney	Limousine	Taxi	Wheelchair accessible taxi	Wheelchair accessible hackney	Local area hackney	Total
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
2018	1,477	1,959	15,064	2,115	105	13	20,733
2019	1,332	2,104	14,795	2,957	120	18	21,326
Source: National Transport Authority
* Not available

Table 10.2 Age profile of small public service vehicle fleet by type, 2019
						Number
Age	Hackney	Limousine	Taxi	Wheelchair accessible taxi	Wheelchair accessible hackney	Total
Under 1 year	25	79	265	141	9	519
1 to < 2 years	47	118	358	230	14	767
2 to < 3 years	81	191	651	268	21	1,212
3 to < 4 years	142	207	1,250	294	19	1,912
4 to < 5 years	147	192	1,787	285	12	2,423
5 to < 6 years	179	161	2,139	452	11	2,942
6 to < 7 years	147	141	2,117	433	9	2,847
7 to < 8 years	164	110	1,765	346	6	2,391
8 to < 9 years	174	91	1,642	207	9	2,123
9 to < 10 years	94	80	1,295	73	4	1,546
10 years and over	150	734	1,526	228	6	2,644
Total	1,350	2,104	14,795	2,957	120	21,326
Source: National Transport Authority

Table 10.3 Number of small public service vehicles by type and county of licensing, 2019
Number and rate
County	Hackney	Limousine	Taxi	Wheelchair accessible taxi	Wheelchair accessible hackney	Total	% of national SPSV fleet
Carlow	12	7	82	25	1	127	0.6
Cavan	30	3	64	18	3	118	0.6
Clare	72	103	140	13	10	338	1.6
Cork	231	216	1,143	191	11	1,792	8.4
Donegal	125	40	139	24	20	348	1.6
Dublin	25	553	8,949	1,738	2	11,267	52.8
Galway	90	131	523	194	6	944	4.4
Kerry	74	216	182	33		505	2.4
Kildare	69	102	540	129	4	844	4.0
Kilkenny	17	14	121	32	7	191	0.9
Laois	24	13	143	58	7	245	1.1
Leitrim	15	7	30	6		58	0.3
Limerick	45	138	395	61	4	643	3.0
Longford	18	7	45	10		80	0.4
Louth	28	74	403	51	2	558	2.6
Mayo	67	53	106	23	7	256	1.3
Meath	40	94	884	148	2	1,168	5.5
Monaghan	31	12	10	12	7	72	0.3
Offaly	54	21	60	13	2	150	0.7
Roscommon	46	14	34	18	2	114	0.5
Sligo	11	26	110	15	4	166	0.8
Tipperary	107	77	28	6	12	230	1.1
Waterford	19	49	157	30	2	257	1.2
Westmeath	13	23	193	40		269	1.3
Wexford	53	46	108	27	4	238	1.1
Wicklow	34	65	206	42	1	348	1.6
Total	1,350	2,104	14,795	2,957	120	21,326	100.0
Source: National Transport Authority

Table 10.4 Number of small public service vehicles by type and manufacturer, 2019
Make	Hackney	Limousine	Taxi	Wheelchair accessible taxi	Wheelchair accessible hackney	Total
Audi	15	81	123	0	0	219
Beauford	0	15	0	0	0	15
Bentley	0	9	0	0	0	9
BMW	2	174	75	0	0	251
Chevrolet	1	1	10	0	0	12
Chrysler	1	102	12	0	0	115
Citroen	8	2	64	96	1	171
Dacia	12	0	226	0	0	238
Daimler	0	5	0	0	0	5
Fiat	4	6	20	51	5	86
Ford	265	89	1,079	476	46	1,955
Honda	1	0	113	0	0	114
Hyundai	26	20	414	0	0	460
Jaguar	0	30	9	0	0	39
Jeep	0	5	0	0	0	5
Kia	18	0	228	0	0	246
Land Rover	2	14	0	0	0	16
Lexus	0	19	77	0	0	96
Lincoln	0	6	0	0	0	6
Maserati	0	2	0	0	0	2
Mazda	4	1	81	0	0	86
Mercedes-Benz	60	1,252	482	10	0	1,804
Mitsubishi	3	0	49	0	0	52
Nissan	18	0	140	61	5	224
Opel	29	2	175	43	7	256
Peugeot	28	4	163	1,466	23	1,684
Renault	51	4	950	86	10	1,101
Rolls-Royce	0	17	0	0	0	17
Seat	10	0	30	0	0	40
Skoda	261	66	3,352	0	0	3,679
Ssangyong	2	1	71	0	0	74
Tesla	0	8	1	0	0	9
Toyota	300	3	5,851	56	2	6,212
Vauxhall	15	0	142	15	3	175
Volkswagen	208	99	821	597	18	1,743
Volvo	5	15	30	0	0	50
Other makes	1	52	7	0	0	60
Total	1,350	2,104	14,795	2,957	120	21,326
Source: National Transport Authority

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