Pharmacotherapy Pharmacist: how many are there, and how many are in private practice?

National totals

What this specialty covers

A licensed pharmacist who has demonstrated specialized knowledge and skill in optimizing pharmacotherapeutic care of patients, by developing, implementing, monitoring, and modifying complex treatment plans, providing advanced level education and consultation, and collaborating with other health professionals in the management of therapy.

Reading the sole-proprietor share

For this specialty, 1,797 records, or 29.9%, are flagged in NPPES as sole proprietors. This is a self-reported NPPES field and an imperfect proxy for private practice: it does not by itself show whether a pharmacist owns a practice, works independently, or is employed by an organization.

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 counts are records, not necessarily unique people or a complete count of every practicing pharmacist.
• - This page uses the primary taxonomy, so providers with another primary classification may not be included.
• 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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