Private Vehicle: how many are there, and how many are in private practice?

National totals

What this specialty covers

An individual paid to provide non-emergency transportation using their privately owned/leased vehicle.

Reading the sole-proprietor share

For Private Vehicle, the sole-proprietor share describes the percentage of active primary-taxonomy NPI records that NPPES flags as sole proprietors. It is an imperfect proxy for private practice because the field is self-reported and does not by itself identify ownership, employment arrangement, or whether the provider currently offers transportation.

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.
• • An active NPI record does not measure service volume, vehicle count, trips, or current availability.
• • A primary taxonomy identifies a reported classification, not necessarily the full range of services a provider offers.
• 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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