Australian NDIS provider statistics 2026 — 26,297 providers, mapped
Every figure on this page comes from the ProviderScout directory of 26,297 NDIS providers across 86 service districts and 3,723 suburbs, cross-referenced against the NDIS Commission register and ABS population data. Open and citable, refreshed quarterly.
- 26,297 unique NDIS providers mapped, across 86 service districts and 3,723 suburbs.
- 63.9% hold current NDIS Commission registration; 9,506 (36.1%) operate unregistered — the cohort facing mandatory registration by December 2030 under the bill now before the Senate.
- National provider density: 96.6 per 100,000 residents. NT leads at 173.2, SA second at 122.2; Victoria (104.4) out-densifies NSW (93.2) despite having fewer providers.
- Tarneit VIC is Australia’s top NDIS-provider suburb (160 providers). Melbourne growth-corridor suburbs fill 6 of the national top 12.
- Support work is the most common tagged service (4,657 providers); plan management the scarcest major category (1,191).
- 7,180 providers carry public Google review profiles — 162,610 reviews at an average of 4.47★.
How many NDIS providers are there?
There is no single official answer, because the NDIS counts only its registered providers. The NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission’s public register lists roughly 17,900 currently-approved registered providers. But a large share of the market operates legally outside that register — unregistered providers serving the majority of participants who self-manage or use a plan manager. ProviderScout’s directory consolidates both: 26,297 unique providers, of which 16,791 (63.9%) match a current approved Commission registration and 9,506 (36.1%) do not.
That 36.1% is one of the most consequential numbers in the scheme right now. The Securing the NDIS for Future Generations Bill 2026 — passed by the House in May and before a Senate committee as this page is published — phases in mandatory registration for all providers, starting with supported independent living and platform providers from 1 July 2026 and extending to every provider type by December 2030. On these figures, that transition applies to roughly one in three providers currently operating.
Provider density by state — NT and SA lead, Victoria out-densifies NSW
| State / territory | Providers | Per 100,000 residents |
|---|---|---|
| New South Wales | 7,910 | 93.2 |
| Victoria | 7,322 | 104.4 |
| Queensland | 4,789 | 85.7 |
| Western Australia | 2,443 | 82.4 |
| South Australia | 2,299 | 122.2 |
| Tasmania | 472 | 82.1 |
| Northern Territory | 440 | 173.2 |
| Australian Capital Territory | 432 | 90.9 |
Density computed against ABS Estimated Resident Population, June 2024 release. National average: 96.6 providers per 100,000 residents.
New South Wales hosts the most providers in absolute terms (7,910), but the density picture inverts the usual east-coast ordering. The Northern Territory leads the country at 173.2 providers per 100,000 residents — 79% above the national average — and South Australia is second at 122.2. Victoria (104.4) carries meaningfully more providers per resident than NSW (93.2), despite having around 600 fewer providers in absolute terms.
At the other end, Tasmania (82.1), Western Australia (82.4) and Queensland (85.7) are the thinnest markets per resident. For participants this translates directly into choice: a participant in Adelaide’s northern suburbs picks from a denser local market than one in outer Brisbane, even though Queensland’s total provider count is more than twice South Australia’s.
The growth-corridor effect — where providers actually are
| Suburb | NDIS providers |
|---|---|
| Tarneit (VIC) | 160 |
| Blacktown (NSW) | 141 |
| Liverpool (NSW) | 138 |
| Werribee (VIC) | 128 |
| Parramatta (NSW) | 124 |
| Clyde North (VIC) | 124 |
| Truganina (VIC) | 121 |
| Point Cook (VIC) | 120 |
| Shepparton (VIC) | 118 |
| Melbourne (VIC) | 117 |
| Craigieburn (VIC) | 113 |
| Penrith (NSW) | 106 |
Providers by listed business address. A provider’s service area is typically much wider than its address suburb.
The single clearest pattern in the dataset: NDIS provider supply concentrates in new-housing growth corridors, not established suburbs or CBDs. Tarneit — a western Melbourne growth suburb that barely existed two decades ago — is Australia’s top NDIS-provider suburb with 160 listed providers. Six of the national top twelve (Tarneit, Werribee, Clyde North, Truganina, Point Cook, Craigieburn) are Melbourne growth-corridor suburbs; another four (Blacktown, Liverpool, Parramatta, Penrith) trace Sydney’s western corridor. Shepparton is the only regional centre in the list.
The likely drivers: growth corridors combine young, fast-growing populations (and correspondingly high NDIS participation), affordable commercial premises, and a high share of newly-established small providers. Whatever the mix of causes, the effect for participants is real — provider choice in outer-suburban growth areas can exceed inner-city options, the reverse of how most professional-service markets distribute.
Service mix — what the market actually sells
| Service | Providers offering it | Share of tagged |
|---|---|---|
| Support worker | 4,657 | 30.5% |
| SDA | 3,140 | 20.6% |
| Community nursing | 2,930 | 19.2% |
| Transport | 2,916 | 19.1% |
| Occupational therapy | 2,812 | 18.4% |
| Physiotherapy | 2,712 | 17.8% |
| Psychology | 2,206 | 14.4% |
| Support coordination | 2,079 | 13.6% |
| Behaviour support | 1,918 | 12.6% |
| Speech pathology | 1,782 | 11.7% |
| Assistive technology | 1,432 | 9.4% |
| Plan management | 1,191 | 7.8% |
Service tags are available for 15,271 of 26,297 providers (58.1%); shares are of tagged providers. Providers can offer multiple services.
Support work — daily personal care and community participation — is the scheme’s backbone and the most common offering at 4,657 providers. The surprise is second place: more providers tag Specialist Disability Accommodation (3,140) than occupational therapy (2,812). SDA is a comparatively small slice of scheme spending serving a small share of participants, but its development-linked margins have attracted an outsized supply of providers.
At the other end, plan management is the scarcest major category at 1,191 providers — notable because plan-managed participants are the scheme’s largest cohort, and because the NDIA’s reform agenda has explicitly flagged consolidation among intermediaries. Behaviour support (1,918) is similarly thin relative to demand: it is consistently among the longest-wait supports, and these figures suggest why.
The 15 biggest NDIS service districts
| # | Service district | Providers | Registered share |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sydney (NSW) | 1,223 | 66% |
| 2 | Western Sydney (NSW) | 1,145 | 74% |
| 3 | Inner Eastern Melbourne (VIC) | 1,126 | 66% |
| 4 | Brisbane (QLD) | 1,093 | 57% |
| 5 | South Eastern Sydney (NSW) | 1,045 | 71% |
| 6 | South Western Sydney (NSW) | 970 | 79% |
| 7 | Outer Eastern Melbourne (VIC) | 957 | 62% |
| 8 | Western Melbourne (VIC) | 802 | 74% |
| 9 | Bayside Peninsula (VIC) | 794 | 70% |
| 10 | North Sydney (NSW) | 775 | 66% |
| 11 | Eastern Adelaide (SA) | 754 | 55% |
| 12 | Central North Metro (WA) | 713 | 59% |
| 13 | Nepean Blue Mountains (NSW) | 693 | 75% |
| 14 | Southern Melbourne (VIC) | 655 | 62% |
| 15 | Western District (VIC) | 655 | 68% |
Providers listing the district as a service area. Registered share = providers matched to a current approved Commission registration.
Greater Sydney and Greater Melbourne districts fill nine of the top ten. Registered share varies more than raw size: established metro districts run well above the national 63.9% registered share, while fast-growing and regional districts skew unregistered — Townsville, the largest North Queensland district, has a registered share of just 38%, against 74% in Western Sydney. As mandatory registration phases in from July 2026, the compliance burden will land unevenly across the map.
Reviews and contactability — the directory’s honesty box
7,180 providers (27.3%) carry a public Google review profile, contributing 162,610 reviews at an average rating of 4.47★. That average should be read with care — review volume skews toward larger, consumer-facing providers, and a 4.5-star average across an industry says more about review-platform dynamics than service quality.
Two data-completeness figures we publish deliberately: only 51.1% of providers in the directory have a discoverable phone number, and 62.6% a working website. For a scheme whose participants must research and contact providers themselves, that is a real accessibility gap — roughly half of all NDIS providers cannot be telephoned from any public listing of their business.
Methodology and data sources
- Provider base: the ProviderScout directory — 26,297 unique providers built from the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission’s public provider register (April 2026 scrape; 16,791 approved registrations matched) merged with public business listings, provider websites and Google business profiles for unregistered providers, de-duplicated by listing slug.
- Registration status: a provider is counted as registered only when matched to a record with status “Approved” on the Commission register at scrape date. Unmatched providers are counted as unregistered; a small share may be registered under a different legal-entity name.
- Geography: state, suburb and postcode from each provider’s listed business address; service districts from each provider’s declared service areas (86 districts mapped). Density uses ABS Estimated Resident Population, June 2024.
- Service tags: available for 15,271 providers (58.1%), derived from Commission registration groups, provider websites and listing data. Untagged providers are excluded from service-mix shares.
- Reviews: Google review counts and ratings where a business profile could be matched (7,180 providers). Review figures are aggregates only; individual ratings remain the property of their platforms.
What this data does not measure
- Market share or revenue. Provider counts weight a sole-trader support worker and a national SIL operator equally.
- Active service delivery. A current registration or live listing does not guarantee the provider is taking clients; conversely, some active providers are not yet listed.
- Where services are delivered. Suburb figures use the listed business address — typically a head office. Most providers serve a far wider area, and many deliver supports in participants’ homes.
- Quality. Nothing on this page measures support quality. Registration is a compliance status, not a quality score, and review averages carry the biases noted above.
- NDIA administrative data. Participant numbers, plan budgets and scheme spending are published by the NDIA in its quarterly reports — not reproduced here.
Refresh cadence
The directory updates continuously; this statistics page is recomputed quarterly, and after major scheme changes (annual pricing updates, registration-reform milestones). Figures on this page are the June 2026 snapshot, generated 10 June 2026. If you need the underlying aggregates for a story or research project, ask — we can usually supply a cut within a day.
Frequently asked questions
How many NDIS providers are there in Australia?
The ProviderScout directory maps 26,297 unique NDIS providers across Australia as of June 2026. Of these, 16,791 (63.9%) are matched to a current approved registration on the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission register; the remainder operate as unregistered providers, which is lawful for participants who self-manage or use a plan manager. The NDIA’s own quarterly reports count only registered providers, which is why official figures are lower.
Which state has the most NDIS providers?
New South Wales has the most NDIS providers (7,910), followed by Victoria (7,322) and Queensland (4,789). Adjusted for population, the Northern Territory leads at 173.2 providers per 100,000 residents, followed by South Australia at 122.2 — both well above the national average of 96.6.
What share of NDIS providers are registered with the Commission?
63.9% of providers in the ProviderScout directory (16,791 of 26,297) hold a current approved registration with the NDIS Quality and Safeguards Commission. The other 36.1% operate unregistered. Under the Securing the NDIS for Future Generations Bill 2026, all providers are slated to require registration progressively by December 2030.
Which Australian suburb has the most NDIS providers?
Tarneit, in Melbourne’s outer west, has the most NDIS providers of any Australian suburb (160 listed business addresses), ahead of Blacktown NSW (141) and Liverpool NSW (138). Melbourne’s growth-corridor suburbs — Tarneit, Werribee, Clyde North, Truganina, Point Cook and Craigieburn — fill six of the national top twelve.
What is the most common NDIS service?
Among the 15,271 providers with service tags in the directory, support work is the most common service (4,657 providers), followed by Specialist Disability Accommodation (3,140), community nursing (2,930) and transport (2,916). Plan management is the scarcest of the major categories at 1,191 providers.
How often are these statistics updated?
Quarterly. The underlying directory is updated continuously as providers claim and correct their listings; the aggregate statistics on this page are recomputed and re-reviewed every quarter, and after major NDIS pricing or legislative changes. The "Last reviewed" date above the article reflects the current snapshot.
For journalists and researchers
Every figure on this page is open and citable with attribution. Angles this dataset supports that official statistics don’t: the unregistered cohort facing the 2026–2030 registration mandate (size, location, service mix); growth-corridor provider concentration; per-district registered share; and the contactability gap. For custom cuts (any district, service or state), contact hello@decisionlab.com.au.
ProviderScout, Australian NDIS Provider Statistics, June 2026 snapshot, providerscout.com.au/statistics/