Cabco

What Cabco does

Cabco is a UK-based taxi and private hire operator — legally Cabco Limited — that has run continuously since 1988 as West Berkshire's longest-established private-hire service, headquartered at 34A Kingfisher Court, Hambridge Road, Newbury. The business is structured as a cooperative of approximately 100 drivers and vehicles serving Newbury, Thatcham, Hungerford, Lambourn, Burghclere, Donnington, Speen, and the wider West Berkshire and Hampshire area, with 24/7/365 dispatch operations and the only continuously staffed taxi office in Newbury, supported by 20 incoming phone lines and freephone pickup points at Newbury Hospital, Aldi, and Donnington Grove Hotel.

Cabco's service catalog centers on three lines: on-demand local taxi rides booked by phone, web, or mobile app; scheduled and on-demand airport transfers to Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton, and other UK airports with real-time flight monitoring; and corporate/business accounts offering credit facilities and negotiated set fares. The operational technology stack is built on iCabbi's (Taxi Alliance Software Limited) dispatch and booking platform, powering the Web Booker online portal and the 5-star-rated iOS/Android apps, and integrating full GPS vehicle tracking, Textback SMS confirmations, and Ringback home-phone alerts that surface vehicle identity and driver name prior to pickup. The fleet is diversified across saloons, estates, executive cars, electric and hybrid vehicles, eight-seat people carriers, and fully wheelchair-accessible vehicles, with drivers DBS-checked, disability-awareness-trained annually, and licensed by West Berkshire Council.

Revenue is generated through transactional taxi fares (individual consumers, pay-per-journey) and recurring business-account subscriptions (corporate clients with monthly billing and negotiated rates). Cabco does not disclose revenue, has no external investors or parent company, and operates as an independent driver-member cooperative with a small administrative staff — accounts and dispatch support — managed from its Newbury base. Distribution is direct-to-consumer via telephone, web, and mobile app, with corporate accounts handled through a dedicated sales contact channel.

Name

Cabco

Legal name

Cabco Limited

Website

https://cabco33333.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1988

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Cabco is West Berkshire's longest-established taxi and private hire cooperative, operating since 1988 with around 100 drivers and vehicles, providing 24/7 local rides, airport transfers, and corporate accounts across Newbury, Thatcham, and surrounding towns via the iCabbi platform.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Taxi and Private Hire Services

NAICS

Taxi and Ridesharing Services (485310)

akta.pro primary industry

Taxi Cooperative / Owner-Driver Association Operators (TLAFAHAM)

Keywords

• Taxi services
• Private hire
• Airport transfers
• Corporate taxi accounts
• Wheelchair accessible transport

Headquarters

HQ city

Newbury

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Taxi Fares: Per-transaction fares charged for taxi rides. Prices vary by distance, vehicle type, and time of day. Standard meter-based pricing with set fares available for business accounts.
2. Business/Corporate Accounts: Credit accounts for businesses with negotiated set fares and discounts. Revenue from regular corporate customers using taxis for staff transport, airport transfers, and client chauffeuring.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Cabco operates 24/7 taxi and private hire services across Newbury, Thatcham, and West Berkshire through a cooperative model of approximately 100 drivers and vehicles. Customers can book immediate or advance rides by phone (24/7 call centre), through a web-based booking platform, or via a mobile app. The company also provides dedicated airport transfers to UK airports (Heathrow, Gatwick, Stansted, Luton) with real-time flight monitoring, and business/corporate accounts with credit facilities.

Product overview

Cabco is a traditional taxi and private hire operator providing a unified service across Newbury, Thatcham, and West Berkshire since 1988. The core offering consists of on-demand taxi services available 24/7 via telephone (01635 33333), a web-based booking platform (Web Booker powered by iCabbi), and mobile applications for iOS and Android. Supporting features include Textback/Ringback confirmation services for passenger safety, dedicated airport transfer services with flight monitoring, and business account programs with credit facilities and negotiated fares. The company operates a cooperative model with approximately 100 drivers and vehicles.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Cabco Taxi Service 24/7 local on-demand taxi and private hire service for individual passengers across West Berkshire, bookable by phone, online, or mobile app, with a diverse fleet to meet varied passenger needs.
• Airport Transfers Dedicated transportation service for passengers travelling to and from all major UK airports, with real-time flight schedule monitoring to adjust pickup times for delays, luggage assistance, and meet-and-greet reliability for time-critical journeys.
• Business Taxi Accounts Corporate account programme for businesses offering credit facilities, negotiated set fares, account-based monthly billing, and dedicated account management for regular employee transport, client pickups, and corporate travel.

Quantifiable outcome

• 100 drivers and vehicles in cooperative network
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• iCabbi (Taxi Alliance Software Limited)coreTechnology or IntegrationiCabbi provides the booking and dispatch software platform that powers Cabco's online booking system, mobile app, and computerized dispatch operations. This is the core technology infrastructure for all customer bookings and vehicle management.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Emerging players

• Bolt: Fast-growing European ride-hailing platform actively expanding UK coverage into regional markets — relevant as a rising competitor in Cabco's geography.
• Green Tomato Cars: London private hire operator with premium/executive positioning and EV fleet — comparable in executive vehicle focus, accessibility credentials, and corporate-customer emphasis.
• Gett: UK-focused corporate ground-transport and taxi-hailing app — overlaps with Cabco's corporate-account segment and app-based booking motion.

Direct peers

• Quench Mobility: UK taxi and private hire operator with multi-region fleet and digital booking — comparable in service breadth and B2B focus to Cabco.
• ComCab: UK licensed taxi and private hire operator with corporate accounts, app, and airport-transfer focus — directly comparable service mix and B2B emphasis to Cabco.
• Addison Lee: Major UK private hire operator with strong corporate-account business, executive fleet, and app booking — comparable in operating model and customer mix to Cabco, though at national scale and London-centric.
• Radio Taxis (London): London black-cab cooperative with shared branding and dispatch — closely comparable cooperative structure to Cabco, though operating in a much larger urban market.
• Veezu: UK private hire and taxi consolidator operating across multiple regional markets, similar in core service (local taxi, corporate accounts, app-based booking) to Cabco, but with multi-region scale.

Broad incumbents

• Free Now: Pan-European ride-hailing and taxi-hailing aggregator that competes with Cabco for app-based bookings, while also enabling traditional taxi operators to access digital demand — partially an enablement peer, partially a competitor.
• Uber UK: Global ride-hailing incumbent expanding into smaller UK markets — represents the principal competitive threat to Cabco's private-hire market share.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/CabcoNewbury
• Facebookfacebook.com/CabcoNewburyandThatcham
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/cabco-limited

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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