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

National totals

What this specialty covers

An individual who provides general household activities such as meal preparation, laundry, and light housekeeping, when the individual regularly responsible for these activities is temporarily absent or unable to provide for himself. Homemakers must meet the state defined training standards.

Reading the sole-proprietor share

For this specialty, 5,772 records, or 46.0%, are flagged as sole proprietors in NPPES. This self-reported field is an imperfect proxy for private practice because it does not by itself establish ownership, employment status, or how services are delivered.

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 NPI records, an administrative measure that does not show visits, hours, demand, or service volume.
• - Counts include records reporting Homemaker as the primary taxonomy and may not include workers classified under another primary taxonomy.
• 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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