Recently, many places have issued risk warnings for online car-hailing markets.

For example, the Urban Public Transportation Development Center of Zhengzhou City, Henan Province stated on May 9 that the center has once again sorted out the various major risks in online car-hailing operations and issued operating risk warnings to the majority of practitioners and operators who are willing to enter the online car-hailing market. Zhengzhou City (main urban area) currently has 39 online ride-hailing platforms that have obtained business licenses, and has issued about 35,000 online ride-hailing transportation licenses, and about 25,900 registered drivers. According to the monitoring data of Zhengzhou taxi supervision platform, in April 2025, Zhengzhou's online car-hailing vehicles were actually operated on an average of 29,300 vehicles per day, accounting for 83.7% of the total number of online car-hailing vehicles, and there are about 6,000 remaining transportation capacity per day. The average daily operating time of online car-hailing bicycles is about 9.5 hours, and the maximum maximum operating time can reach 15 hours. The average daily order volume of bicycles is about 14 orders, the gross income is about 210 yuan, and some employees have a monthly net income of less than 4,000 yuan.

The Zhengzhou Urban Public Transportation Development Center calls on those who are interested to reasonably evaluate their expected income, make rational choices in employment, and enter the industry with caution, especially to avoid blindly spending large amounts of money to "buy cars" into the industry. It is recommended that when the certificates are complete, short-term rental vehicles will be carried out for trial operation to understand the actual intensity and income level of online car-hailing.

The risk warning notice for online taxi reservations in Xichang, Sichuan Province, announced on May 9 mentioned that as of May 6, 2025, there were 4 cruising taxi companies and 1,000 cruising taxi vehicles in the city; 19 platform companies have obtained online taxi business licenses in accordance with the law, 2,916 vehicles have obtained "Online Taxi Transportation Certificate", and 12,375 people have obtained "Online Taxi Driver's Certificate". Based on the permanent population of 966,000, the number of taxis owned by 10,000 people in Xichang City has reached 40.5 (significantly higher than that of the same type of cities).

"At this stage, the online car-hailing market in Xichang has been oversaturated, and the market supply and demand relationship has changed. Practitioners who are interested in online car-hailing operations are seriously investigating the market, understanding policies in depth, and evaluating risks reasonably, and effectively improving their awareness of risk prevention." The above notice stated.

In the "Operational Dynamics and Risk Warnings of the Online Car-hailing Industry in Shenzhen in March 2025", the Shenzhen Municipal Transportation Bureau of Guangdong introduced that as of March 31, there were 27 online car-hailing platforms in the city, 128,905 "Online Appointment Taxi Transportation Certificates" and 347,270 "Shenzhen Taxi Driver's Certificates". According to data from various platforms, the average daily orders completed by online car-hailing in the city this month was about 12.4 orders per vehicle.

The Shenzhen Municipal Transportation Bureau also said that the city's online car-hailing market has been saturated. Here we solemnly remind companies and practitioners who are interested in online car-hailing operations to fully understand the relevant laws and regulations on online car-hailing, conduct market research, objectively evaluate business returns, and make investment and business choices rationally and prudently.

In addition, the Haikou Municipal Transportation and Port and Shipping Administration of Hainan Province introduced in the "Investment Risk Warnings on the Haikou Online Taxi Market in April 2025" that Haikou Municipal Online Taxi Reservation Platform Company, Online Taxi and Drivers are large, and the market is already saturated. Companies and individuals interested in online taxi operation should conduct market research seriously, carefully evaluate business risks, and make rational investment choices. The sampling survey results show that Haikou City has an average daily order completed by online car-hailing in the range of 0 to 5 orders, about 36.1%, about 33.0%, and about 11 orders and above. The average daily online ride-hailing driver is about 13 hours after deducting the platform commission. The average daily operating flow after deducting the platform's commission is within the range of 200 yuan to 280 yuan.

The Paper also noticed that on April 29, the Wenzhou Highway and Transportation Management Center of Zhejiang Province sorted out the results and market trends of the 2024 Wenzhou online car-hailing service quality assessment results and market trends. Relevant information mentions that according to the data, the online car-hailing industry in Wenzhou has strong market vitality, and online car-hailing platforms, vehicles, and drivers enter and exit coexist, and the market regulation characteristics are obvious. Compared with 2023, there were 2 fewer online ride-hailing platforms actually put into operation, with a net increase of 5,925 vehicles (new numbers minus the number of cancellations), and a net increase of 8,961 drivers who obtained professional qualification certificates. Judging from the overall proportion of one car and one person, there are many drivers who do not take up their jobs after the certificate exam, which shows that some new drivers found that their income was not as good as expected and could not adapt to work, etc., and also reflect the market-oriented characteristics of the online car-hailing industry's freedom of entry and exit.

The Wenzhou Highway and Transportation Management Center also pointed out that the number of newly put into operation of online car-hailing platforms and cancelled platforms in 2024 is the same. There are 22 platforms with no normal operation and low ride-hailing response rate, accounting for a high proportion, which also reflects the current situation of operational difficulties of some online car-hailing platforms. It is recommended that online car-hailing platforms that are preparing to enter the Wenzhou market should be cautious and rational, objectively evaluate the market, and invest prudently.

(Reporter Zhong Yuhao)

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