Analysis
NAICS 6212 is the 2022 industry group for offices of dentists, part of 621 (Ambulatory Health Care Services).
It has only one more detailed code, 621210, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.
County Business Patterns counts 135,665 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 1,028,889 people at an average annual payroll of $60,718 per employee (34th percentile of national industries). 38% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
By establishments it ranks 3rd of the 7 codes at this level within Ambulatory Health Care Services, with 19.3% of them.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 1% and employment rose 8%. 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.