Taxi: how many are there, and how many are in private practice?

National totals

What this specialty covers

A land commercial vehicle used for the transporting of persons in non-emergency situations. The vehicle meets local, county or state regulations set forth by the jurisdictions where it is located.

Reading the sole-proprietor share

For this classification, the sole-proprietor share indicates how many NPPES records are flagged that way by the reporting entity. Because the field is self-reported, the 19.6% share is an imperfect proxy for private practice and should not be read as a direct measure of ownership, employment status, fleet structure, or business independence.

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.
• These are active NPI records with Taxi as the primary taxonomy, not a direct count of vehicles, rides, locations, or operating businesses.
• NPPES records and taxonomy assignments can change, so the counts represent a data snapshot.
• 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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