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Ride-hailing

Leader: Uber — 74.0% S1 · 100.0% CR3

S1
74.0%
leader
CR3
100.0%
top 3 combined
HHI
6,152
Highly concentrated
MARKET SIZE
$50B
US

How this is calculated

FORMULA
S1 = Uber us trip share / total us trip share = 74.0%
CR3 = Uber + Lyft + — = 100.0%
HHI = Σ(share²) = 6,152 (Highly concentrated (HHI > 2,500))
DENOMINATOR
US Trip Share — $50B (US)
Completed US ride-hailing trips across Uber, Lyft, and smaller regional players.
Size from: Gridwise Rideshare Dashboard + Uber/Lyft 10-K gross bookings
TOP 3 PLAYERS
#1Uber74.0%
#2Lyft26.0%
#3(no third player — duopoly)
— Individual #2/#3 shares not separately tracked at this granularity (only CR3 disclosed). See submit a correction if you have a source for them.
METHODOLOGY NOTE
Uber's share of US ride-hailing trips per Gridwise driver-panel data. Effective duopoly with Lyft. Validated against Uber's Mobility segment US disclosures and Lyft's total rides in 10-K.
SOURCES
Year: 2025
Geo: US
Firms: 2

Labor economics

REV / EMPLOYEE (leader)
$1.2M
industry avg $0.8M
SG&A % (leader)
16%
of revenue

Uber FY2025 SG&A 15.6%; lean marketplace ops; drivers are contractors

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Related markets

Search Engines
Google
84.1%
CR3 97.5%
Social Media
Meta (FB+IG)
42.0%
CR3 75.0%
Digital Advertising
Google
23.9%
CR3 62.1%
E-commerce
Amazon
40.5%
CR3 50.5%
Web Browser
Chrome
65.1%
CR3 88.5%

Source Quality Hierarchy

Every market has a primary source plus 1–3 validation sources. Revenue numerators come from SEC 10-K filings; denominators validated against the Economic Census where available.

TIER 1Authoritative anchorsGovernment data + SEC filings
US Economic Census (data.census.gov) · SEC EDGAR / Company 10-Ks · BEA Industry Value-Added (FRED) · BLS QCEW · USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries · EIA Refinery Capacity Report · FDA device listings
TIER 2Leading commercial trackersIndustry-standard paid trackers
IDC Semiannual Software Tracker · Gartner Market Share & Magic Quadrant · IBISWorld NAICS reports · StatCounter Global Stats · eMarketer / Insider Intelligence · Synergy Research Group
TIER 3Category specialistsBest-in-class niche authorities
SIPRI (aerospace & defense) · IQVIA (pharma) · TrendForce (semiconductors) · CIMdata (CAD/PLM) · Nilson Report (payments) · Am Law 100 (legal) · ENR Top 500 (A&E) · AM Best (insurance) · SIA (staffing) · Ad Age (agencies) · Barron's / Cerulli (wealth) · Evaluate MedTech · Nielsen Gauge (streaming) · Gridwise (ride-hail) · Bloomberg Second Measure (delivery) · RC Top 100 (roofing) · SDM Top 100 (fire/safety) · Big 4 annual reports · ALM Intelligence (consulting)

Data vintage: Q2 2025 research compilation. Labels updated 2026-Q2. Tier 1 sources refreshed from FY2025 SEC filings where available. For full methodology see the Methodology page.