Analysis
NAICS 621111 is the 2022 national industry for offices of physicians (except mental health specialists), part of 62111 (Offices of Physicians). Census lists 41 example activities under it in the official index.
County Business Patterns counts 204,617 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 2,706,297 people at an average annual payroll of $105,652 per employee (87th percentile of national industries). 53% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
By establishments it ranks 1st of the 2 codes at this level within Offices of Physicians, with 93.8% of them.
Census lists 6 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 621112, 621493, 621491 and 621498. 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 acupuncturists' (MDs or DOs) offices (e.g., centers…, allergists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics), anesthesiologists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics) and cardiologists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics), among 41 in all.
For example, businesses of physicians primarily engaged in the independent practice of psychiatry or psychoanalysis are classified in 621112 (Offices of Physicians, Mental Health Specialists) instead.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments of health practitioners having the degree of M.D. (Doctor of Medicine) or D.O. (Doctor of Osteopathic Medicine) primarily engaged in the independent practice of general or specialized medicine (except psychiatry or psychoanalysis) or surgery. These practitioners operate private or group practices in their own offices (e.g., centers, clinics) or in the facilities of others, such as hospitals or HMO medical centers.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Establishments of physicians primarily engaged in the independent practice of psychiatry or psychoanalysis | 621112 Offices of Physicians, Mental Health Specialists |
| Freestanding medical centers primarily engaged in providing emergency medical care for accident or trauma victims and freestanding ambulatory surgical centers primarily engaged in providing surgery on an outpatient basis | 621493 Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical and Emergency Centers |
| Health maintenance organization (HMO) medical centers | 621491 HMO Medical Centers |
| Outpatient community health clinics with health practitioners from multiple industries | 621498 All Other Outpatient Care Centers |
| Establishments of oral pathologists | 621210 Offices of Dentists |
| Establishments of speech or voice pathologists | 621340 Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists |
Index entries (41)
- Acupuncturists' (MDs or DOs) offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
- Allergists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
- Anesthesiologists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
- Cardiologists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
- Clinical pathologists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
- Dermatologists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
- Doctors of osteopathic medicine (DOs, except mental health) offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
- DOs' (doctors of osteopathic medicine, except mental health) offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
- Family physicians' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
- Forensic pathologists' offices
- Gastroenterologists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
- Gynecologists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
- Health screening services in physicians' offices
- Immunologists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
- Internists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
- MDs' (medical doctors, except mental health) offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
- Medical doctors' (MDs, except mental health) offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
- Nephrologists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
- Neurologists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
- Neuropathologists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
- Obstetricians' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
- Oncologists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
- Ophthalmologists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
- Orthopedic physicians' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
- Orthopedic surgeons' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
- Osteopathic physicians' (except mental health) offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
- Otolaryngologists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
- Pathologists' (except oral, speech, voice) offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
- Pathologists', forensic, offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
- Pathologists', neuropathological, offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
- Pathologists', surgical, offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
- Pediatricians' (except mental health) offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
- Physicians' (except mental health) offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
- Plastic surgeons' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
- Proctologists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
- Pulmonary specialists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
- Radiologists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
- Surgeons' (except dental) offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
- Surgical pathologists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)
- Urologists' offices (e.g., centers, clinics)