Analysis
NAICS 456199 is the 2022 national industry for all other health and personal care retailers, part of 45619 (Other Health and Personal Care Retailers). Census lists 8 example activities under it in the official index.
Census lists 11 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 456191, 456110, 456120 and 456130. Businesses that do several things are classified by their primary activity, the one that generates the most value, so check those boundaries before settling on this code.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include convalescent supply stores, hearing aid stores (except offices of audiologists), home health equipment stores and medical equipment and supplies stores, among 8 in all.
For example, retailing vitamins, nutrition supplements, and body enhancing supplements are classified in 456191 (Food (Health) Supplement Retailers) instead.
County Business Patterns publishes no national count for it, either because the code is out of the survey's scope or because the figures are suppressed to protect individual businesses.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in retailing specialized lines of health and personal care merchandise (except drugs, medicines, cosmetics, beauty supplies, perfumes, optical goods, and food supplement products).
Illustrative Examples:
Convalescent supply retailers Sick room supply retailers Hearing aid retailers Wheelchair retailers
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Retailing vitamins, nutrition supplements, and body enhancing supplements | 456191 Food (Health) Supplement Retailers |
| Retailing prescription and nonprescription drugs and medicines | 456110 Pharmacies and Drug Retailers |
| Retailing cosmetics, beauty supplies, and perfumes | 456120 Cosmetics, Beauty Supplies, and Perfume Retailers |
| Retailing eyeglasses and contact lenses (except offices of optometrists and ophthalmologists) | 456130 Optical Goods Retailers |
| The independent private or group practice of optometry or ophthalmology, with or without the sale of glasses and contact lenses | 621 Ambulatory Health Care Services |
| The independent private or group practice of orthotics or prosthetics, with or without the sale of orthopedic and prosthetic appliances | 621399 Offices of All Other Miscellaneous Health Practitioners |
| The independent private or group practice of audiology, with or without the sale of hearing aid devices | 621340 Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists |
| Selling hearing aid devices made on the premises | 334510 Electromedical and Electrotherapeutic Apparatus Manufacturing |
| Retailing orthopedic shoes | 458210 Shoe Retailers |
| Selling orthopedic and prosthetic appliances made on the premises | 339113 Surgical Appliance and Supplies Manufacturing |
| Renting home health furniture and equipment | 532283 Home Health Equipment Rental |
Index entries (8)
- Convalescent supply stores
- Hearing aid stores (except offices of audiologists)
- Home health equipment stores
- Medical equipment and supplies stores
- Personal mobility scooter dealers
- Prosthetic stores (except offices of prosthetists)
- Sick room supply stores
- Wheelchair stores