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In 2020 there were 19,347 small public service vehicles licensed to operate in the state. More than half (52.9%) of these were based in Dublin.
Wheelchair accessible taxis and hackneys represented 16.2% (3,131) of the total small public service vehicles in 2020.
Toyota was the most popular manufacturer of PSVs (29.2%), followed by Skoda (17.0%) and Ford (9.1%).

For long labels below use to display on multiple lines	Distribution of small public service vehicles by age, 2020
10 years and over	10.7
8<10 years	20.3
6<8 years	28.1
4<6 years	23.7
2<4 years	12.6
<2 years	4.6

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Table 10.1 Number of small public service vehicles by type, 2014-2020
Year	Hackney	Limousine	Taxi	Wheelchair accessible taxi	Wheelchair accessible hackney	Local area hackney	Total
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
2020	1,115	1,827	13,253	3,013	118	21	19,347
Source: National Transport Authority

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Table 10.2 Age profile of small public service vehicle fleet by type, 2020
						Number
Age	Hackney	Limousine	Taxi	Wheelchair accessible taxi	Wheelchair accessible hackney	Total
Under 1 year	23	39	149	57	2	270
1 to < 2 years	36	92	300	181	12	621
2 to < 3 years	53	131	457	257	19	917
3 to < 4 years	111	190	871	334	21	1,527
4 to < 5 years	142	185	1,438	314	16	2,095
5 to < 6 years	139	150	1,840	347	12	2,488
6 to < 7 years	157	124	2,219	498	9	3,007
7 to < 8 years	95	122	1,831	373	8	2,429
8 to < 9 years	268	90	2,632	289	5	3,284
9 to < 10 years	27	67	384	156	7	641
10 years and over	85	637	1,132	207	7	2,068
Total	1,136	1,827	13,253	3,013	118	19,347
Source: National Transport Authority

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Table 10.3 Number of small public service vehicles by type and county of licensing, 2020
Number and rate
County	Hackney	Limousine	Taxi	Wheelchair accessible taxi	Wheelchair accessible hackney	Total	% of national SPSV fleet
Carlow	9	9	79	30	1	128	0.7
Cavan	24	3	60	23	3	112	0.6
Clare	58	93	125	14	12	301	1.6
Cork	197	192	1,039	207	9	1,644	8.5
Donegal	100	34	126	21	19	296	1.5
Dublin	17	465	8,009	1,743	2	10,236	52.9
Galway	72	116	485	208	6	885	4.6
Kerry	68	172	169	35		443	2.3
Kildare	58	76	464	123	4	725	3.7
Kilkenny	16	10	102	36	7	170	0.9
Laois	18	13	130	58	7	226	1.2
Leitrim	13	2	28	7		50	0.3
Limerick	30	132	365	61	4	592	3.1
Longford	15	7	43	9		74	0.4
Louth	27	65	383	56	2	533	2.8
Mayo	61	43	101	21	8	231	1.2
Meath	29	93	750	154	1	1,026	5.3
Monaghan	27	13	6	12	7	64	0.3
Offaly	46	19	51	13	1	130	0.7
Roscommon	42	11	31	17	2	103	0.5
Sligo	10	20	99	14	3	146	0.8
Tipperary	96	80	32	7	13	224	1.2
Waterford	17	42	145	34	2	239	1.2
Westmeath	13	20	179	43		254	1.3
Wexford	46	42	94	22	4	208	1.1
Wicklow	27	55	179	45	1	307	1.6
Total	1,136	1,827	13,253	3,013	118	19,347	100.0
Source: National Transport Authority

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Table 10.4 Number of small public service vehicles by type and manufacturer, 2020
Make	Hackney	Limousine	Taxi	Wheelchair accessible taxi	Wheelchair accessible hackney	Total
Audi	16	71	109	0	0	196
Beauford	0	13	0	0	0	13
Bentley	0	6	0	0	0	6
BMW	3	156	65	0	0	224
Carbodies	0	13	0	0	0	13
Chevrolet	0	0	5	0	0	5
Chrysler	1	83	8	0	0	92
Citroen	8	1	54	116	3	182
Dacia	13	0	234	0	0	247
Daimler	0	3	0	0	0	3
Fiat	4	7	13	34	4	62
Ford	215	82	920	501	45	1,763
Honda	2	0	100	0	0	102
Hyundai	22	22	374	0	0	418
Jaguar	0	22	7	0	0	29
Jeep	0	4	0	0	0	4
Kia	15	0	193	0	0	208
Land Rover	1	16	0	0	0	17
Lexus	0	19	77	0	0	96
Lincoln	0	3	0	0	0	3
Maserati	0	1	0	0	0	1
Mazda	3	1	66	0	0	70
Mercedes-Benz	48	1,082	455	10	0	1,595
Mitsubishi	2	0	47	0	0	49
Nissan	13	0	127	48	5	193
Opel	31	1	136	44	4	216
Peugeot	32	4	133	1,426	24	1,619
Renault	44	3	820	90	8	965
Rolls-Royce	0	8	0	0	0	8
Seat	8	0	27	0	0	35
Skoda	229	69	2,990	0	0	3,288
Ssangyong	1	0	65	0	0	66
Tesla	0	5	2	0	0	7
Toyota	243	3	5,359	43	2	5,650
Vauxhall	12	0	120	16	3	151
Volkswagen	165	79	715	685	20	1,664
Volvo	4	11	26	0	0	41
Other makes	1	39	6	0	0	46
Total	1,136	1,827	13,253	3,013	118	19,347
Source: National Transport Authority

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Table 10.5 Number of small public service vehicles by county and age of vehicle, 2020
County	Age (years)									Total
County	Under 3	3 ˂ 4	4 < 5	5 < 6	6 < 7	7 < 8	8 < 9	9 < 10	10 and over	Total
Carlow	22	10	25	13	13	16	16	1	12	128
Cavan	19	10	11	14	15	9	25	4	5	112
Clare	36	33	46	37	46	35	32	7	29	301
Cork	173	148	190	226	220	193	247	47	200	1,644
Donegal	26	26	41	39	51	29	47	8	29	296
Dublin	893	779	1,078	1,314	1,715	1,344	1,818	342	953	10,236
Galway	68	62	107	125	133	103	131	48	108	885
Kerry	77	61	61	36	43	35	51	9	70	443
Kildare	63	38	88	91	113	97	126	30	79	725
Kilkenny	34	20	25	22	16	17	19	3	14	170
Laois	19	14	17	31	25	35	52	12	21	226
Leitrim	3	4	6	5	10	6	4	1	11	50
Limerick	50	39	48	72	74	92	105	18	94	592
Longford	11	4	7	15	5	8	14	1	9	74
Louth	40	33	55	63	97	69	97	24	55	533
Mayo	23	15	14	31	31	24	43	11	39	231
Meath	88	86	114	133	166	144	179	28	88	1,026
Monaghan	10	6	13	7	9	8	5	2	4	64
Offaly	8	8	7	16	17	13	29	3	29	130
Roscommon	9	10	12	15	13	12	12	5	15	103
Sligo	14	20	15	17	17	15	21	6	21	146
Tipperary	19	24	19	23	21	17	41	10	50	224
Waterford	17	15	24	38	43	31	38	6	27	239
Westmeath	17	13	20	46	33	26	63	7	29	254
Wexford	29	21	19	17	36	21	31	1	33	208
Wicklow	40	28	33	42	45	30	38	7	44	307
Total	1,808	1,527	2,095	2,488	3,007	2,429	3,284	641	2,068	19,347
Source: National Transport Authority

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