Community/Behavioral Health Agency: how many are there, and how many are in private practice?

National totals

What this specialty covers

A private or public agency usually under local government jurisdiction, responsible for assuring the delivery of community based mental health, intellectual disabilities, substance abuse and/or behavioral health services to individuals with those disabilities. Services may range from companion care, respite, transportation, community integration, crisis intervention and stabilization, supported employment, day support, prevocational services, residential support, therapeutic and supportive consultation, environmental modifications, intensive in-home therapy and day treatment, in addition to traditional mental health and behavioral treatment.

Reading the sole-proprietor share

For this specialty, the sole-proprietor flag is a self-reported NPPES field, not a direct count of independent or privately owned agencies. Because this taxonomy includes public and private agencies and a broad range of community services, the 9.8% share is an imperfect proxy for private practice and does not describe ownership, staffing, or service capacity.

By state

New NPI registrations by year

Counts reflect the year each NPI was first issued, among records still active today. The final year is partial: this data covers through 2026-01-11.

Data notes

• The sole-proprietor field is self-reported by the provider in NPPES and is an imperfect proxy for private practice.
• A sole-proprietor count shown as <11 is suppressed: the true value is below 11, which could include zero.
• - NPI records are identifiers and do not measure the number of clinicians, locations, services, or service volume.
• - The primary taxonomy reflects the classification reported in NPPES and may not capture every organization that provides these services.
• Providers are counted once, by their primary taxonomy code only.

Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES) Data Dissemination file, FOIA-disclosable public data under CMS-6060-N. Aggregated by Hero EMR on 2026-08-03; deactivated NPIs excluded; specialty assigned from the primary taxonomy code (NUCC 25.1). Counts below 11 are suppressed. Individual providers are never published. All provider data pages.

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