Analysis
NAICS 621991 is the 2022 national industry for blood and organ banks, part of 62199 (All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services). Census lists 11 example activities under it in the official index.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 34% and employment rose 20%. 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 2,110 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 90,025 people at an average annual payroll of $58,635 per employee (31st percentile of national industries). 20% 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 All Other Ambulatory Health Care Services, with 18.1% of them.
Its index entries, the activities Census uses to assign businesses to this code, include blood banks, blood donor stations, eye banks and human egg or ova banks, among 11 in all.
For example, providing courier and express delivery services for blood, blood products, and body organs without storage are classified in 492110 (Couriers and Express Delivery Services) instead.
Official definition
This U.S. industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in collecting, storing, and distributing blood and blood products and storing and distributing body organs.
Source: US Census Bureau, NAICS 2022 Manual.
Not this code if…
| The business mainly does | Use instead |
|---|---|
| Providing courier and express delivery services for blood, blood products, and body organs without storage | 492110 Couriers and Express Delivery Services |
Index entries (11)
- Blood banks
- Blood donor stations
- Eye banks
- Human egg or ova banks
- Human embryo storage services
- Organ banks, body
- Organ donor centers, body
- Placenta banks
- Plasma collection services
- Plasmapheresis centers
- Sperm banks, human