Analysis
NAICS 62149 is the 2022 NAICS industry for other outpatient care centers, part of 6214 (Outpatient Care Centers). Census lists 22 example activities under it in the official index.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 32% and employment rose 18%. 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 41,552 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 990,060 people at an average annual payroll of $81,241 per employee (70th percentile of national industries). 31% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
By establishments it ranks 1st of the 3 codes at this level within Outpatient Care Centers, with 67.1% of them.
Across its national industries Census lists 22 index entries; typical ones are group hospitalization plans providing health care services, dialysis centers and clinics, ambulatory surgical centers and clinics, freestanding and biofeedback centers and clinics, outpatient.
Census lists 4 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 62141, 62142, 52411 and 622. 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.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments with medical staff primarily engaged in providing general or specialized outpatient care (except family planning centers and outpatient mental health and substance abuse centers). Centers or clinics of health practitioners with different degrees from more than one industry practicing within the same establishment (e.g., Doctor of Medicine and Doctor of Dental Medicine) are included in this industry.
Illustrative Examples:
Dialysis centers and clinics Outpatient biofeedback centers and clinics Freestanding ambulatory surgical centers and clinics Outpatient community health centers and clinics Freestanding emergency medical centers and clinics Outpatient sleep disorder centers and clinics Health maintenance organization (HMO) medical centers and clinics
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Family planning centers | 62141 Family Planning Centers |
| Outpatient mental health and substance abuse centers | 62142 Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers |
| HMO establishments (except those providing health care services) primarily engaged in underwriting health and medical insurance policies | 52411 Direct Life, Health, and Medical Insurance Carriers |
| Establishments known and licensed as hospitals that also perform ambulatory surgery and emergency room services | 622 Hospitals |
Index entries (22)
- Group hospitalization plans providing health care services
- Dialysis centers and clinics
- Ambulatory surgical centers and clinics, freestanding
- Biofeedback centers and clinics, outpatient