Become a taxi driver
Verified 01 January 2023 - Directorate for Legal and Administrative Information (Prime Minister)
Want to become a taxi driver? It is essential to have your driving licence, medical certificate, training 1ers emergency and blank record. You must pass an exam, on professional competence certificate (CCPCT), then request a business card. Then you have to get a licencecalled ADS (parking authorisation). We present you with the necessary information.
Step-by-step approach
Make sure you fill in all the following conditions:
- Have a driving licence (category B) 3 years minimumor 2 years if you have done accompanied driving)
- Have a blank criminal record on ballot 2 (no conviction criminal
- Having completed a medical check which resulted in a positive medical approving that you can perform this job (cerfa 14880). Only a licenced physician can do this check. This isn't your doctor. You can find the list of accredited doctors on the website of your prefecture.
The first aid certificate is no longer mandatory but it remains useful and advisable.
Please note
The prefecture checks all these documents and certificates when you apply for a professional card.
Anticipating Difficulties
- Prepare for your future job ::
- You can follow a training for entrepreneurship
- Learn about management and accounting
These courses are optional, but recommended for your success.
- Plan difficulties
- Make a financial reserve to deal with unforeseen events
- Prepare for steady pace of work
Please note
Learn more about the trade. For example, differences in exercise between taxi drivers and VTC driver.
Make a business plan
It is recommended to make a business plan of your future company.
It's a necessary file for persuade banks to support you.
It's also a management tool over the first three years.
Who can help you?
FYI
We offer tips and tools to prepare you for entrepreneurship.
You can also request different support solutions.
Get closer to CCI: titleContent your region.
Each CCI offers a training (3 to 5 days) to succeed your company creation project.
The KICs also provide personalised follow-up on your project.
1st possibility: being a craftsman
Characteristics of your craftsman status
As a craftsman, you are independent.
Your profits you come back entirely.
You must be owner of licence (either purchased or obtained free of charge).
You are responsible for your vehicle, its maintenance and its insurance.
Creating your company
You must create your company ::
- To do this, you must first choose the legal form of your company.
- If you go it alone: micro-entrepreneur, ISIS, EURL or UAS
- If you want to create a business with associates: SARL or SAS
- Then you have to register your company RNE: titleContent.
Warning
From 1to January 2023, it is no longer possible to make your paperwork in a company Formalities Centre (CFE). You have to make them on the website of company formalities window.
You must create a personal account. Then you must click on the column “ Company ” and then click on "Drop a company formality". One interactive online form of 8 pages is proposed to you; you have to fill it step by step. A manual is available on this Single Window website.
As a craftsman, your interlocutor is the chamber of crafts and crafts in your area. The CMA: titleContent are here for you accompany and you advisor in your steps.
You can call or contact by email ::
Who shall I contact
2nd possibility: be a licence tenant
You must rent a licence to a Specialised company in the rental of taxi licences.
You sign management lease with the company.
The minimum contract duration is 1 year.
You have to pay monthly for the licence.
The price of the rent depends on the company of rental.
Example :
In Paris, the monthly rent for a taxi's licence is about €3,500.
Characteristics of your status
You're an independent entrepreneur.
It is the rental company that has to service your car.
You collect all of your receipts.
You are not covered by unemployment insurance if you stop working.
Creating your company
You must create your company ::
- To do this, you must first choose the legal form of your company.
- If you go it alone (micro-entrepreneur, ISIS, EURL or SASU)
- If you want to create a business with associates (SARL or SAS)
- Then you have to declare your craft activity
- You must register your company to RNE: titleContent.
3rd possibility: be an employee
You can exercise the trade by being an employee of a taxi company.
You are bound by a contract of employment with your employer.
You do not have a licence taxi service.
You perceive a fixed salary.
You also receive a percentage of the monthly turnover at your counter.
Please note
It is the company that maintains your car and pays for its insurance.
What training?
Training to become a taxi driver is highly recommended to have a chance of pass exam.
It is not mandatory.
Training lasts between 50 hours and 300 hours about. The duration varies depending on the training centre and where you do it.
The content of the training is intended to prepare for the examcalled professional competence certificate (CCPCT).
It trains you in theoretical written tests (regulations) and practical tests (driving, behaviour, etc.).
Where can I get a taxi training?
You find list of approved training centres on website of your prefecture.
Pôle emploi has a search tool to find training who suits ::
Where can I find my taxi driver training?
How much does the training cost?
It costs between €400 and €1,500 about. The price varies depending on the training centre.
It is payable either online at the training centre or on site.
You can use your training staff account.
You can get aid for its financing by asking Pôle emploi for advice.
Who shall I contact
By phone
39,49
- To update your situation, report a change of situation, inform you of a payment: automated service 7 days a week, 24 hours a day - Free service + call price
- To be contacted by an advisor to sign up, please inform yourself, change an appointment: service accessible at the times set by each Pôle emploi agency - Free service + call price
From the foreigner: + 33 1 77 86 39 49
By Email
Access via contact form
Please note
Most training centres offer distance course, so that you can prepare yourself even in the event of a health crisis, for example.
The exam is called the professional taxi driver certificate (CCPCT).
How do I enrol in the exam?
Theenrolment in review is done by filling in form available your prefecture or website of your prefecture.
Registration is paying.
Its cost is €200 approximately, payable online.
What are the trials?
The event takes place in 2 Parts ::
- Knowledge tests
- Management company and accounting
- Regulation on taxi activity
- Rules road safety
- Master of French andEnglish
- Practice ::
- 20-minute route of driving as a taxi driver. You must prepare it, secure it (anticipate difficulties, work, facilitate the journey) and carry it out.
- The examiner will then verify the following:
- Your knowledge in the territory covered (geographical, cultural, tourist)
- Your ability to host a customer
- Your ability to bill a customer and to use the credit card terminal
If you pass the CCPCT: titleContent, you are entitled to your business card.
It costs money.
Its cost is about €60, payable online on the simplified steps.
To receive your card, you must request to your prefecture during the 3 months after your success under review.
You must fill out a form, available on the simplified steps.
Application for a taxi driver's professional card
Documents to provide for your card request
Copies of the following documents must be sent to the Prefecture:
- Identity Card (CNI: titleContent) back or back or passport
- Valid driving licence
- Proof of passing the exam
- Positive medical opinion (cerfa 14880)
- 2 recent photos
FYI
Your card is only valid for your activity in the department where you passed the test.
You wish to carry out your activity in a different department than the one where you took the exam.
This extension is called the interdepartmental mobility.
Warning
You have the right to practise in 4 maximum.
Perform a required internship
To be able to practise in another department, you must pass a continuing education.
It lasts 14 hours (or 35 hours in Paris).
The purpose of the internship is to gain knowledge about 2 items following:
- New geographical, cultural and tourist territory
- Local regulation
You find list of approved training centres on website of your prefecture.
Request a new business card
If you validate the internship, you receive a certificate.
You must apply of new card on which are indicated the new departments where you can exercise.
To do this, you must fill out a mobility application form.
This new card is paying.
Its cost is about €60payable online on the simplified steps.
The taxi licence is officially called parking authorisation (ADS).
More commonly, we talk about plate.
It mandatory for all craft taxis, but not for taxis.
You can get it from 3 ways ::
- Ask your town hall for free
- Buying it from another taxi
- By renting it to a specialist company
Warning
You can't get it if you don't have business card.
Free
General case
You must register on a wait list to your town hall.
Registration for your application must be renewed every year.
Timeout is often very long in large cities (several years).
The priority is given to taxis or leasing a licence and already in operation since at least 2 yrs.
Warning
If resell licence obtained free before 1to October 2014, you must wait 15 years activity without discontinuous.
Paris
You must register on a wait list to police prefecture in Paris.
Registration for your application must be renewed every year.
Timeout is often very long (several years).
The priority is given to taxis or leasing a licence and already in operation since at least 2 yrs.
Who shall I contact
Warning
If resell licence obtained free before 1to October 2014, you must wait 15 years activity without discontinuous.
Purchased
You can buy your licence from a taxi that sells his.
The price is set by the seller.
It can vary between €30,000 and €300 000.
Example :
In Paris, the cost of a licence is about €190 000. In Nice, €250 000.
You can't buy a licence that a taxi got for free after the 1to October 2014. If he obtained it free of charge forward this date, he can sell it to you only after 15 years minimum of non-discontinuous use.
Warning
You can resell a purchased licence, provided that 5 years of use without discontinuity.
Rented
You can rent a licence to a Specialised company in the rental of taxi licences.
You sign management lease with the company.
The minimum contract duration is 1 year.
You have to pay monthly for the licence.
The price of the rent depends on the company of rental.
Characteristics of your status
You are an entrepreneur independent.
It is the rental company that has to service your car.
You collect all of your receipts.
You are not covered by unemployment insurance if you stop working.
How long is it valid?
Your licence is valid 5 years.
You have to request for renewal3 months the end of validity.
Vehicle characteristics
Your business vehicle must have 9 seats maximum (driver included).
It must include the following:
- Rectangle with roof lighting. The taxi endorsement must be included. The name of the municipality in which you practise must be entered in the register. It lights up green when the taxi is free, red when it is busy.
- Taximeter called counter which measures the time of the race and the number of kilometres made
- Smartphone with an internet connection and driver application approved by the.taxi
- Terminal electronic payment (credit card terminal)
- Printer connected to the metre to give a note of the race to the customer
- Plate fixed to the vehicle and visible from the outside indicating the licence number and the department or departments where the driver is authorised to exercise
Know the regulated tariffs
You should be aware of your obligations as a taxi driver, including regulated tariffs.
Ensure your vehicle and your business
Remember to insure your vehicle as a professional vehicle and take out insurance for your business.
This is insurance."professional liability"that you can ask from all insurers.
Technical inspection
The technical inspection is mandatory 1re year of your activity, and 1 times a year.
He is your initiative, you do not receive any reminders.
Renew your ADS: titleContent (licence)
You should consider renewing your ADS.
It is valid 5 years.
3 months at the end of validity, you must continuous training.
Hard training 2 days (14 hours).
If you validate the training, you receive a certificate.
You find list of approved training centres on website of your prefecture.
Vehicle technical inspection
You must perform the technical inspection of your vehicle 1 times a year.
This approach must be made of your own initiative.
Please note
You do not receive a reminder or call to do so.
Electronic Marker
The marauding electronic mandatory since december 2021.
You must choose a "driver" application approved by the state start-up called le.taxi.
You must connect to availability register taxis, called: taxi.
Taxi availability register: le.taxi
You can view driver's guide to use this register.
Who can help me?
Find who can answer your questions in your region
To small and medium-sized and micro-entreprises, do you have a business project, a difficulty or a question ?
Quick and simple public service: you will be contacted over the phone by one of our experts.
Speak with an advisor on Place des Entreprises- Route Code: Items L223-1 to L223-9Driver's licence for 3 years (2 years driving accompanied): Article L223-1
- Route Code: Item R221-10Medical advice for practising the occupation of taxi driver
- Transport Code: Articles L3121-1-2 to L3121-8Taxi licence (parking permit - ADS)
- Transport Code: Article L3123-1Motorcycle taxi and scooter taxi
- Transport Code: Articles R3120-2 to R3120-9Obligations concerning the driver
- Transport Code: Articles R3121-1 to R3121-3Vehicle requirements
- Transportation Code: sections R3121-8 to R3121-11Particular case of taxi licences obtained before 1 October 2014
- Transport Code: Sections R3121-12 to R3121-15Issuance of taxi licences and renewal
- Transport Code: Article R3121-17First Aid Training Required (Under 2 Years)
- Craft Code: Article 24Organisation of the examination by the CMA (Chamber of Crafts and Crafts)
- Driver's Licence - Medical Notice
Form
- Where can I find my taxi driver training?
Search tools
- Application for a taxi driver's professional card
Form
- Request for mobility of the taxi driver's professional card
Form
- Taxi availability register: le.taxi
Online service
- List of Approved Associations for First Aid Training (PSC1)
Search tools
- Rates, taximeter and light device
- Professional driving licence: medical check requiredService-Public.fr
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- Ensure company
- Company creation: building your business plan
- Company Creation: Are you designed to create and manage a company?
- Support for company creation
- Company Creation: Choose the legal shape of your company
- Individual training assistancePôle emploi
- Registration on a waiting list in Paris to get a taxi licenceMinistry of the Interior
- List of driver applications approved by the taxiState start-up le.taxi
- Taxi Availability Register User's Guide (le.taxi) (PDF - 1.3 MB)Ministry of Transport