Orange County recorded 189 providers in the latest CMS NPI registry weekly update, representing 2% of the national weekly total. The registry lists 123 new providers this week and 133 new providers this year. Records include 178 individuals and 11 organizations, indicating substantial practitioner activity alongside agency and business registrations. The concentration signals a sizable behavioral health market, although NPI records do not confirm that providers are actively practicing, accepting patients, staffing a specific site or offering ABA services.

ABA Credential Mix

The registry identifies 6 BCBA providers and 111 RBT providers, with 1 dual-credentialed provider holding both BCBA and RBT credentials. These categories overlap, so the dual-credentialed provider is included in both counts and the totals should not be treated as mutually exclusive. The credential mix shows a heavily direct-service-oriented workforce relative to the listed BCBA pool. That pattern may support broad RBT hiring while leaving supervision capacity as a constraint on caseload growth and service expansion. The registry also reports 18 providers with multiple taxonomies, another reason credential and taxonomy categories should not be added as separate workforce shares.

Workforce Demographics

Women account for 130 providers, or 73% of the reported workforce. Men account for 26 providers, or 15%, while 22 providers, or 12%, are reported as nonbinary. CLEAN PATH RECOVERY, LLC appears twice in the organization records. Orange is the leading city with 40 providers, followed by Anaheim with 19, Garden Grove with 17, Placentia with 15, and Santa Ana with 13. Overall, the update points to strong ABA workforce activity in Orange County, but continued access growth will depend on expanding BCBA supervision alongside its large RBT base.