Doctors and health care providers in Kannapolis, NC
505 individual NPPES records list a practice address in Kannapolis, 54th of 412 North Carolina cities. The largest group is counselor: 50, 10% of the city's records, against 1% across North Carolina. Page 11 of 11.
The 8 largest groups in Kannapolis
Source: CMS NPPES primary taxonomy, file of Aug 9, 2026.
Kannapolis in North Carolina
- Rank in North Carolina54th of 412 cities by records
- Share of the state0.3% of North Carolina's records
- Specialties present25 or more taxonomy codes
- Top three groups27.9% of all records
- Counselor rank8th of the 10 North Carolina cities with the most
Compared with North Carolina as a whole, Kannapolis has 10.8× the state's share of counselor records and 0.51× its share of behavior technician records.
Providers in Kannapolis, alphabetically
- Taylor Wyrick, DNP, PNP-ACPediatric Nurse Practitioner1144163866
- Lao Yang, M.D.Psychiatry Physician1548494503
- Joseph Zacarolo, BA, CADC, ISSA-MTAddiction (Substance Use Disorder) Counselor1366366528
- Kayleigh Zehak, DMDGeneral Practice Dentistry1497449490
- Emma ZelayaHealth Educator1437996451
The largest North Carolina cities
- Charlotte23,603
- Raleigh16,309
- Durham13,451
- Winston Salem10,040
- Greensboro8,190
How to read this directory
Kannapolis, North Carolina appears in the CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System with 505 registered healthcare providers spanning 25 or more distinct NUCC-taxonomy specialties. This count includes every individual clinician who has applied for an NPI and listed a practice address in Kannapolis - physicians, dentists, nurse practitioners, physician assistants, chiropractors, physical therapists, optometrists, psychologists, podiatrists, and every other credentialed provider type CMS tracks. It does not measure hospital beds, urgent-care capacity, or whether a given clinic is accepting new patients; it measures the pool of professionals with current NPI enrollment and a Kannapolis practice location on file. Every figure is drawn from the federal National Provider Identifier Registry (CMS NPPES) - more than 7 million providers, maintained since May 2007, with 2024 Medicare Part D data, and, according to CMS, can be searched, compared, and traced in our methodology.
The provider mix in Kannapolis is weighted toward Counselor (50 clinicians, followed by Pharmacist with 48 and Clinical Social Worker with 43). That distribution reflects how NPPES records specialty: providers self-select a primary taxonomy code, so a family physician who also practices geriatrics will show up under whichever NUCC code they registered first. Relative to North Carolina's population, Kannapolis reports roughly 4.7 providers per 100,000 residents using the state-level denominator, which is a rough proxy rather than a precise access-to-care measurement; the true catchment area of any {cityName} clinician extends beyond the municipal boundary.
Of North Carolina's most common specialties, Student in an Organized Health Care Education/Training Program is the most prominent one with no provider currently listing a Kannapolis practice address, a coverage gap Kannapolis patients typically fill by traveling to a larger nearby hub.
For Kannapolis patients, this directory is most useful as a starting shortlist. Important: PlainDoctor is a directory of publicly available CMS government data, not a review site, a ranking, or medical advice. NPPES data is self-reported and refreshed monthly; call the practice directly to confirm the provider is still there, accepts your insurance, and is taking new patients.
For informational purposes only; this directory is not medical advice and not a substitute for checking a license. See also: how to find a doctor and how to verify one.
Common questions
How many doctors are in Kannapolis, NC?
There are 505 registered healthcare providers in Kannapolis, NC, covering 25 or more specialties. This includes physicians, dentists, therapists, and other licensed providers.
What are the most common medical specialties in Kannapolis?
The most common specialties in Kannapolis are Counselor, Pharmacist, Clinical Social Worker, Occupational Therapist, Mental Health Counselor. Counselor has the most providers with 50.
Source: CMS National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES), file of Aug 9, 2026 (NPPES files on CMS.gov). Records are self-reported registrations, not licenses.
Figures on PlainDoctor are read from the federal files each page names (CMS NPPES, Medicare Part D, MIPS, Open Payments; the HHS-OIG exclusion list only as counts) and from Census population estimates, with the file date shown beside them. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of Aug 9, 2026.