Analysis
NAICS 621498 is the 2022 national industry for all other outpatient care centers, part of 62149 (Other Outpatient Care Centers). Census lists 8 example activities under it in the official index.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 49% and employment rose 23%. 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 21,074 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 492,051 people at an average annual payroll of $77,285 per employee (65th percentile of national industries). 38% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which is close to the national mix.
By establishments it ranks 1st of the 4 codes at this level within Other Outpatient Care Centers, with 50.7% of them.
Census lists 5 related activities that belong elsewhere, most often in 621410, 621420, 621491 and 621492. 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 biofeedback centers and clinics, outpatient, clinics/centers of health practitioners from more than one…, clinics/centers of health practitioners with multi-industry… and community health centers and clinics, outpatient, among 8 in all.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments with medical staff primarily engaged in providing general or specialized outpatient care (except family planning centers, outpatient mental health and substance abuse centers, HMO medical centers, kidney dialysis centers, and freestanding ambulatory surgical and emergency 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:
Outpatient biofeedback centers and clinics Outpatient pain therapy centers and clinics Outpatient community health centers and clinics Outpatient sleep disorder centers and clinics
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Family planning centers | 621410 Family Planning Centers |
| Outpatient mental health and substance abuse centers | 621420 Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers |
| HMO medical centers | 621491 HMO Medical Centers |
| Dialysis centers | 621492 Kidney Dialysis Centers |
| Freestanding ambulatory surgical and emergency centers | 621493 Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical and Emergency Centers |
Index entries (8)
- Biofeedback centers and clinics, outpatient
- Clinics/centers of health practitioners from more than one industry practicing within the same establishment
- Clinics/centers of health practitioners with multi-industry degrees
- Community health centers and clinics, outpatient
- Freestanding birth centers, outpatient
- Infusion therapy centers and clinics, outpatient
- Pain therapy centers and clinics, outpatient
- Sleep disorder centers and clinics, outpatient