Analysis
NAICS 62191 is the 2022 NAICS industry for ambulance services, part of 6219 (Other Ambulatory Health Care Services).
It has only one more detailed code, 621910, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.
County Business Patterns counts 5,556 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 179,939 people at an average annual payroll of $51,734 per employee (19th percentile of national industries). 21% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which points to larger operations.
By establishments it ranks 2nd of the 2 codes at this level within Other Ambulatory Health Care Services, with 32.3% of them.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments fell 2% and employment fell 4%. 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.
Official definition
See industry description for 621910.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.