The neurologists email list, with the subspecialists accounted for

A neurologists email list built on the two main neurology codes leaves out every neurologist who chose a subspecialty, such as epilepsy or vascular neurology, as primary. The Bureau of Labor Statistics counted 10,590 employed neurologists in May 2025. The American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology held 18,357 active neurology certificates on 31 December 2025.

Four ways to count US neurologists

NPPES downloadable file, September 2026, CMS; active NPIs only, primary taxonomy only; counted by Premium Data on 3 October 2026.

The gaps between these rows have causes.

• Certificates are not people. The ABPN counts certificates held by living diplomates. A neurologist certified in neurology and in epilepsy holds two, and an active certificate does not prove the holder still sees patients.
• Payroll jobs are not physicians. The BLS survey does not include the self-employed or partners in unincorporated firms. A neurologist who co-owns a practice can be missing from the 10,590.
• The AAMC splits what NPPES merges, and the reverse. It reports clinical neurophysiology apart from neurology, and its methods leave out residents and fellows. NPPES counts identifiers by the code chosen as primary, at another date.

Two codes in, a dozen nearby

The registry uses the taxonomy of the National Uniform Claim Committee, version 26.1, in effect since 1 July 2026. Neurology sits inside a classification named Psychiatry & Neurology, code family 2084, shared with every psychiatrist. The count takes two codes from it: Neurology (2084N0400X) and Neurology with Special Qualifications in Child Neurology (2084N0402X).

Subspecialty codes in the same family are outside the count when a neurologist chose one as primary. The ABPN table gives a sense of their size on 31 December 2025:

Further codes sit nearby with no physician count here: behavioral neurology and neuropsychiatry (2084B0040X), brain injury medicine (2084P0301X) and diagnostic neuroimaging (2084D0003X). Outside the family entirely: neurological surgeons (207T), neuroradiologists (2085N0700X) and the neuromuscular code of physical medicine and rehabilitation (2081N0008X). Neuropsychologists are psychologists, not physicians. The other physician lists are reached from the role index.

Where neurologists are found, and what each source covers

• The NPPES file gives the name, the codes and one reported practice address and phone. It does not say whether the neurologist covers a stroke unit, an epilepsy monitoring unit or a clinic, and gives no email.
• The BLS profile sorts neurologists by employer: 6,540 in offices of physicians, 2,830 in general medical and surgical hospitals, 650 in colleges and universities, 210 in outpatient care centers. New York (2,810), California (1,090) and Ohio (940) have the most. No names.
• The AAMC dashboard shows the work setting in 2024: 67.2% of neurologists in office-based practice, 13.4% hospital-based full time, 4.0% in research.
• The Joint Commission offers four advanced stroke certifications with the American Heart Association: acute stroke ready hospital, primary stroke center, thrombectomy-capable stroke center, and a top tier above them. Each certifies a hospital program, not a physician.
• The National Association of Epilepsy Centers sorts specialized epilepsy centers into level 3 and level 4, level 4 adding more intensive monitoring and a broad range of epilepsy surgery. Its center directory lists programs, often with separate adult and pediatric entries.
• The American Academy of Neurology describes itself as the world's largest association of neurologists and neuroscience professionals, with 44,000+ members. A worldwide membership that includes non-physicians is not a US count.

From two codes to a reachable neurologist

• Decide on the codes: the two main ones, or the subspecialty codes as well.
• Count them in NPPES, primary taxonomy, active NPIs.
• Place each neurologist in a practice, a hospital department or a center program.
• Find a phone that reaches them and a work email when there is one, and check they are still there.
• Remove your existing clients.

The steps, and how each one fails, are set out in the full method.

The workload behind 17,736 neurologists

The AAMC counts 14,949 neurologists and 2,787 clinical neurophysiologists, 17,736 active physicians in 2024. Building their list by hand takes:

• 17,736 NPI lookups, to read the primary code and the practice address;
• 7,095 extra checks for the three largest subspecialties (2,498 plus 2,396 plus 2,201 active certificates), to see whether their holders filed under a subspecialty code and fell out of a two code count;
• 17,736 placements in a practice, a hospital department or a center;
• 17,736 phone searches, then the same number of checks that the neurologist has not moved.

Neurology list traps

A subspecialist filed outside neurology

An epileptologist or a stroke neurologist is a neurologist to any buyer. If the primary code is epilepsy or vascular neurology, a count on the two main codes misses them. Ask for the subspecialty codes when your offer concerns seizures, stroke, sleep or neuromuscular disease.

Psychiatrists in the same family

The ABPN held 42,509 active psychiatry certificates on 31 December 2025, more than twice the neurology figure. A filter on the classification Psychiatry & Neurology, or on codes starting with 2084, returns them all. Filter on the codes, never on the family.

A center is a hospital program

A stroke center or an epilepsy center is a certified program inside a hospital, not a practice with its own front desk. The neurologists who staff it may belong to an outside group. The NAEC directory lists, for instance, a pediatric and an adult epilepsy center at the same Summit, New Jersey address. The number on a center's page often reaches scheduling or the monitoring unit.

Gatekeepers who are not neurologists

In a neurology practice, purchases go through the practice manager. In a hospital, a stroke program may be coordinated day to day by someone who is not a physician, and the EEG lab by its own manager. None of them carries a neurology code. If they are your buyer, ask for them by title.

Premium Data's file for a neurology target

• Company line or person line: the practice, department or center (name, address, main phone, website), or the neurologist (name, title, organization, a phone that reaches them, work email when it exists).
• Built on order day, on the codes and subspecialties you set.
• Three checks for every line: the organization, the neurologist, and whether the neurologist is still there.
• Only lines carrying a phone number are billed, capped by the ceiling you set.
• A wrong line is refunded at the price it was billed, against a call recording, a hard bounce or a public profile, within thirty days of delivery.
• The count is free: a 30 minute call, and you call one neurologist from the file with us before paying.

Federal rules on calling and emailing businesses are summarized on our United States page.

In short, neurology in three numbers

• On 3 October 2026, the NPPES file of September 2026 listed 24,906 active individual NPIs whose primary taxonomy is neurology or child neurology, leaving out subspecialty codes such as epilepsy and vascular neurology (CMS, counted by Premium Data).
• On 31 December 2025, the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology counted 18,357 active neurology certificates and 2,910 active child neurology certificates (ABPN, read on 3 October 2026).
• In its May 2025 estimates, the BLS counted 10,590 employed neurologists, 6,540 of them in offices of physicians (BLS OEWS, read on 3 October 2026).