Non-emergency Medical Transport (VAN): how many are there, and how many are in private practice?

National totals

What this specialty covers

A land vehicle with a capacity to meet special height, clearance, access, and seating, for the conveyance of persons in non-emergency situations. The vehicle may or may not be required to meet local county or state regulations.

Reading the sole-proprietor share

For this specialty, 7,175 records, or 22.7%, are flagged as sole proprietors in NPPES. The flag is a self-reported NPPES field, so it describes how a record is classified rather than proving that a business is independently owned or operated. It is therefore an imperfect proxy for private practice.

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 NPI record may represent an individual or an organization and does not directly measure vehicles, locations, rides, or service capacity.
• - The taxonomy describes a vehicle category, but local county or state requirements may differ; the classification does not establish regulatory compliance.
• - Active NPI status and taxonomy assignment may not reflect current operations or every service 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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