List of Urban Public Transport Operators in the USA

Last updated 21 October 2026

There are 26,640 urban public transport operators in the USA, one in every 2,398 US companies. Most of them are small: nine in ten have one to four people, and only 862 firms employ 50 people or more. One in sixteen urban public transport operators is based in Brooklyn, Houston, Chicago, Philadelphia and Miami. Below you find the largest urban public transport operators in the USA, the cities where they cluster, how many started this year and which are the oldest. The full list with addresses, phone numbers and email is in our US company database or through the Company Data API.

26,640 companies indexed · Data counted on 21 October 2026

Companies26,6401 in2,398 US companiesCities4,850Largest cityBrooklyn 440Sole traders3%Employees1-4 (88%)Revenue< $100K (48%)Email12%Phone45%Website21%

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	Company Name	Country	City	Address 1	State/Province	Postal Code	Website	Founding Year	Yearly Revenue in U.S. Dollars	Employees Total	Business Legal Type - Description	Number of Companies in Group	Company Registration Number
1	Metropolitan Transportation Authority	USA	New York	2 W Broadway	New York	10004	nysubway.*****	1965	$9,544,000,000	67,457	Corporation	100	N/A
2	Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority	USA	Los Angeles	1 Gateway Plz Fl 25	Los Angeles	90012-3745	metro.*****	1964	$5,647,765,000	9,800	Corporation	19	N/A
3	New York City Transit Authority	USA	New York	2 Broadway Fl 18	New York	10004-3357	mta.*****	1968	$4,356,932,000	47,956	Corporation	100	116002815
4	New York City Transit Authorit	USA	Brooklyn	1590 Bedford Ave	Kings	11225-1308	N/A	2017	$3,747,000,000	1	Corporation	N/A	N/A
5	Orange County Transportation Authority Scholarship Foundation, INC.	USA	Orange	550 S Main St	Orange	92868-4506	octa.*****	1972	$1,237,646,000	1,050	Corporation	4	2062022
6	Regional Transportation Authority	USA	Chicago	175 W Jackson Blvd Ste 1550	Cook	60604-2705	transitistheanswer.*****	1973	$1,181,173,000	80	Corporation	2	N/A
7	Metropolitan Transportation Commission	USA	San Francisco	375 Beale St Ste 800	San Francisco	94105-2179	mtc.*****	1970	$1,055,772,000	115	Corporation	3	N/A
8	Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authority	USA	San Jose	3331 N 1st St	Santa Clara	95134-1906	vta.*****	1972	$1,038,788,000	2,053	Corporation	7	N/A
9	Maryland Transportation Authority	USA	Baltimore	2310 Broening Hwy	Baltimore City	21224-6639	maryland.*****	2014	$887,526,000	77	Corporation	4	N/A
10	The New Jersey Transit CORPORATION	USA	Newark	1 Penn Plz E	Essex	07105-2299	njtransit.*****	1979	$831,994,000	1,000	Corporation	36	N/A
11	Manhattan And Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority	USA	New York	2 Broadway	New York	10004-2207	N/A	2008	$830,723,073	48		100	131961750
12	San Bernardino County Transportation Authority	USA	San Bernardino	1170 W 3rd St Fl 2	San Bernardino	92410-1724	gosbcta.*****	1973	$725,733,845	125	Corporation	N/A	N/A
13	Alameda County Transportation Commission	USA	Oakland	1111 Broadway Ste 800	Alameda	94607-4006	alamedactc.*****	1997	$598,978,380	21	Corporation	N/A	N/A
14	Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority	USA	Washington	300 7th St Sw	District of Columbia	20024-2511	wmata.*****	2013	$564,934,258	11,790	Corporation	17	N/A
15	Northern Virginia Transportation Authority	USA	Fairfax	3040 Williams Dr Ste 200	Fairfax City	22031-4635	thenovaauthority.*****	2014	$547,558,834	18		N/A	N/A
16	Greyhound Lines, INC.	USA	Dallas	350 N Saint Paul St	Dallas	75201-4285	greyhound.*****	2021	$439,268,164	8,000	Corporation	850	2111606
17	Mv Transportation, INC.	USA	Dallas	2711 N Haskell Ave Ste 1500	Dallas	75204-5903	mvtransit.*****	1978	$437,281,323	20,000	Corporation	97	942491705
18	Herzog Enterprises, INC.	USA	St. Joseph	600 S Riverside Rd	Buchanan	64507-9775	herzog.*****	2020	$433,214,935	1,906	Corporation	31	001378881
19	The Regional Transportation Commission Of Southern Nevada	USA	Las Vegas	600 S Grand Central Pkwy Ste 350	Clark	89106-4512	lvstormwater.*****	2009	$417,177,829	99	Corporation	1084	N/A
20	Asset Acquisition Authority, INC.	USA	Denver	1660 Blake St	Denver	80202-1324	rtd-denver.*****	1969	$408,609,081	2,700	Corporation	15	19871711588
21	San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency	USA	San Francisco	1 S van Ness Ave Fl 7	San Francisco	94103-5417	sfmta.*****	2009	$395,849,000	45	Corporation	413	N/A
22	Norfolk Southern Railway Company	USA	Atlanta	650 W Peachtree St Nw	Fulton	30308-1925	norfolksouthern.*****	1894	$370,637,475	19,100	Corporation	549	00028001
23	Chicago Transit Authority (INC)	USA	Chicago	567 W Lake St Ste 1150	Cook	60661-1405	ctabustracker.*****	1945	$368,828,000	12,000	Corporation	19	N/A
24	Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority	USA	Philadelphia	1234 Market St Fl 4	Philadelphia	19107	septa.*****	1964	$345,806,000	9,000	Corporation	29	231642972
25	Northeast Illinois Regional Commuter Railroad CORPORATION	USA	Chicago	547 W Jackson Blvd Ste 1100	Cook	60661-5729	metrarail.*****	1981	$325,275,224	2,800	Corporation	36	621719439

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Firm sizes in the USA

Of the 26,557 US urban public transport operators with a known headcount, 23,294 (88%) have one to four people, 1,440 have five to nine, 961 have ten to 49 and 862 have 50 or more. Most firms turn over under $100,000 a year (11,915, 48%).

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Micro under 1024,734 93%
Small 10 to 49961 4%
Medium 50 to 249731 3%
Large 250+131 0.5%

Grey line: the share among all US companies (96% have under ten staff).

244

firms turn over more than $5 million a year; 164 more than $10 million.

1,655

firms were entered in 2026.

Largest urban public transport operators in the USA

The biggest firms by staff and by revenue, the largest in Brooklyn, the biggest newcomers of 2026 and the oldest firms. Click a name for the record.

Metropolitan Transportation Authority is the largest urban public transport operator in the USA by headcount. 862 firms employ 50 people or more; 544 employ 100 or more.

1New York67,457 staff
2Washington11,790 staff
3Los Angeles9,800 staff
4Philadelphia9,000 staff
5Commerce City5,019 staff
6Atlanta4,700 staff
7Lubbock3,269 staff
8Salt Lake City2,900 staff
9Lombard2,272 staff
10Oakland2,210 staff

By employee size · 26,557 firms with a known headcount

Employees	Firms	%
1-4	23,294	88%
5-9	1,440	5%
10-19	550	2%
20-49	411	2%
50-99	318	1%
100-199	215	0.8%
200-499	198	0.7%
500-999	69	0.3%
1,000+	62	0.2%

88% have 1 to 4 people; 411 have 20 to 49; 862 have 50 or more.

By yearly revenue (USD)

Revenue	Firms	%
< $100K	11,915	48%
$100K-$500K	11,467	46%
$500K-$1M	702	3%
$1M-$5M	506	2%
$5M-$10M	80	0.3%
$10M-$50M	100	0.4%
$50M-$100M	24	<0.1%
$100M-$500M	25	0.1%
$500M+	15	<0.1%

48% under $100,000; 506 between $1M and $5M; 244 above $5M.

How many urban public transport operators are there in the USA?

Urban public transport operators in the USA

26,640

21 October 2026

There are 26,640 urban public transport operators in the USA in our data (21 October 2026). That is one in every 2,398 US companies. About 8 new firms are entered in the register every working day this year (1,655 so far in 2026).

Structure

Single-site firms: 24,514 92%
Head offices: 388
Branch offices: 1,738

Classification

Our platform filter is SIC 4111.

19,510 of the 26,640 are corporations and LLCs (73%); 911 are sole traders. They come from the state business registers and our US register data, through the Company Data API.

Urban public transport operators in Brooklyn

Brooklyn has 440 urban public transport operators, <0.1% of all 590,501 Brooklyn companies and 79% above the national share. Nine in ten Brooklyn firms have fewer than five people; 21 have 50 or more. 13 new firms were entered in 2026, 7 date from before 1990.

Size

1-4 staff: 401 · 91%
5-9: 11 · 3%
10-19: 4 · 0.9%
20-49: 3 · 0.7%
50+: 21 · 5%

Legal form

Sole traders: 1 · 0.2%
Partnerships: 0 · 0%
Corporations and LLCs: 382 · 87%
Other or none: 57 · 13%

Of the US total: 1.7%
Of all Brooklyn companies: <0.1%
Against the national share: 1.8×

New

Entered 2026 so far: 13
Entered 2025: 25
Of USA's 2026 entries: 0.8%

Old

Before 1990: 7 · 2%
1990 or later: 433 · 98%
Of USA's pre-1990 firms: 1.0%

Reachable

Email: 19 · 4%
Phone: 131 · 30%
Website: 47 · 11%

Revenue (USD)

Under $100K: 224 · 54%
$100K-$500K: 178 · 43%
$500K-$1M: 9 · 2%
$1M and more: 7 · 2%

Largest

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Where in the USA?

Brooklyn has the most urban public transport operators in the USA (440), ahead of Houston (363), Chicago (333), Philadelphia (323) and Miami (249). Together the five hold one in sixteen of them. Relative to their size, Milwaukee, Buffalo and Bronx have the most: 2.1 to 3.6 times the national share.

Cities by number of firms

4,850 US cities have at least one urban public transport operator; 515 have ten or more; 2,120 have exactly one. Click a city to set the lens.

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Where they cluster

Urban public transport operators per 100 companies, in cities with at least 100 of them. The national share is 0.04. Milwaukee has 3.6 times the national share.

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By county 1,344 counties

County	Firms	%
Los Angeles	797	3%
Cook	641	2%
Maricopa	508	2%
Harris	478	2%
Kings	444	2%
Orange	400	2%
Miami-Dade	381	1%
Queens	359	1%
Franklin	348	1%
Philadelphia	322	1%

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Newcomers in the USA in 2026

1,655 urban public transport operators were entered in the US register so far in 2026, about 8 a working day, after 2,580 in 2025. The USA as a whole saw 2,970,531 new companies in 2026, so this industry takes <0.1% of the inflow.

1,5082022
1,8412023
2,0522024
2,5802025
1,6552026 so far

1,646 of this year's 1,655 are corporations and LLCs.

The biggest newcomers of 2026

The year is the register entry; an established firm that changes legal form appears as new.

1Oxon Hill5 staff
2Aurora2 staff
3Phoenix2 staff
4Birmingham2 staff
5Houston2 staff

How reachable are they?

Urban public transport operators are easier to reach than the average US company: 45% list a phone number and 21% a website.

Email3,292 12%
Phone12,033 45%
Website5,588 21%

Grey line: all US companies (email 15%, phone 42%, website 24%).

The full list with these fields is in our US company database.

Sole traders or corporations: how they are organised

One in twenty-nine US urban public transport operators work as sole traders, against 5% of all US companies. Three in four are corporations and LLCs.

Sole traders9113%
Partnerships1860.7%
Corporations and LLCs19,51073%
No form on record or other6,03323%

Single-site: 92%
Head offices: 388
Branches: 1,738

All US companies: 5% sole traders, 1% partnerships, 68% corporations and LLCs.

How they compare

Next to related industries

There are 29 trucking companies for every urban public transport operator in the USA.

Industry	Firms	Website	1-4 staff
Trucking Companies	769,333	10%	92%
Taxi Companies	33,160	21%	95%
Urban Public Transport Operators	26,640	21%	87%
Towing Services Companies	22,160	68%	83%
Trucks and Industrial Vehicle Dealers	3,072	95%	46%
Shipping Companies	1,339	42%	74%

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The oldest firms in the USA

Our data holds 9 US urban public transport operators from before 1900, 40 from before 1950 and 692 from before 1990.

1834
1. Jamaica
1850
1. Mount Prospect
1854
1. Holland
1876
1. Knoxville
1884
1. Stewartstown
1886
1. Pine Bluff

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Frequently asked questions

How many urban public transport operators are there in the USA?

There are 26,640 urban public transport operators in the USA in our data, counted on 21 October 2026. That is one in every 2,398 US companies.

Which is the largest urban public transport operator in the USA?

Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York, with 67,457 staff.

Which US city has the most urban public transport operators?

Brooklyn, with 440, ahead of Houston (363), Chicago (333), Philadelphia (323) and Miami (249). Relative to its size, Milwaukee has the most: 3.6 times the national share.

How many urban public transport operators are there in Brooklyn?

440, which is <0.1% of all 590,501 Brooklyn companies and 79% above the national share.

How big is a typical urban public transport operator?

Small. 88% of the 26,557 firms with a known headcount have one to four people; 862 have 50 or more. Most turn over under $100,000 a year.

Are US urban public transport operators sole traders or companies?

One in twenty-nine (911) are sole traders, 0.7% are partnerships and 73% (19,510) are corporations and LLCs.

How many urban public transport operators started in 2026?

1,655 were entered in the US register so far in 2026, after 2,580 in 2025. 1,646 of them are corporations and LLCs.

What is the oldest urban public transport operator in the USA?

Long Island Railroad Co, the (INC) in Jamaica, 1834, followed by Metra Met Rail Passenger Sta in Mount Prospect (1850) and Pilgrim Home Cemeteries in Holland (1854). 9 firms date from before 1900.

Which industry code covers urban public transport operators?

Our platform filters them on SIC 4111 (local and suburban transit).

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