Houston recorded 65 providers in the latest CMS NPI registry weekly update, representing 1% of the national weekly total. The registry lists 34 new providers this week and 38 new providers this year. Records include 47 individuals and 18 organizations, indicating activity from both practitioners and behavioral health entities. That concentration signals a substantial Houston provider market, although NPI enrollment does not confirm that a provider is actively practicing, accepting patients, staffing a location or offering ABA services.
ABA Credential Mix
The registry reports 2 BCBA providers and 20 RBT providers, with no dual BCBA-RBT providers identified. These counts should not be read as a complete or mutually exclusive workforce profile: credential fields and taxonomy classifications can overlap, and 20 providers have multiple taxonomies. The gap between the reported BCBA and RBT counts points to a workforce weighted toward direct-care roles rather than formal behavior-analytic supervision. For ABA operators, that pattern can support service delivery only if the smaller BCBA group has enough capacity to supervise RBTs and manage clinical programming. The registry also includes providers with LCSW, LPC and other behavioral health credentials, reflecting a broader behavioral health workforce beyond ABA.
Workforce Demographics
Women account for 42 providers, or 89% of the reported workforce. Men account for 4 providers, or 9%, while 1 provider, or 2%, is reported as nonbinary. The update identifies no notable organizations appearing multiple times; the notable-organizations field is empty. Houston’s combination of substantial weekly enrollment activity, a large RBT count and limited reported BCBA presence suggests growing direct-service capacity, but ABA access will depend on expanding qualified supervision alongside frontline staffing.
