Phlebotomy Technician: how many are there, and how many are in private practice?

National totals

Reading the sole-proprietor share

For this specialty, 50.4% of active records, or 1,614 records, carry the sole-proprietor flag. Because this is a self-reported NPPES field, it is an imperfect proxy for private practice and does not by itself establish ownership, employment status, or 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, not a census of workers, jobs, or services.
• The figures include records using this taxonomy as their primary classification and may not include providers who list 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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