532283

Analysis

NAICS 532283 is the 2022 national industry for home health equipment rental, part of 53228 (Other Consumer Goods Rental). Census lists 10 example activities under it in the official index.

Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 21% and employment fell 11%. The 2018 count used NAICS 2017, so part of a large move can come from codes being redefined rather than from businesses opening or closing.

County Business Patterns counts 1,998 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 25,952 people at an average annual payroll of $58,201 per employee (30th percentile of national industries). 27% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.

Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include crutches, invalid, rental, furniture, home health, rental, home health furniture and equipment rental and hospital bed rental and leasing (i.e., home use), among 10 in all.

Census lists 3 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 532490, 621610 and 456199. 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.

For example, renting medical equipment (except home health equipment), such as electromedical and electrotherapeutic apparatus are classified in 532490 (Other Commercial and Industrial Machinery and Equipment Rental and Leasing) instead.