Analysis
NAICS 6231 is the 2022 industry group for nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities), part of 623 (Nursing and Residential Care Facilities).
It has only one more detailed code, 623110, which covers exactly the same activities; the definition, index entries and statistics are on that page.
County Business Patterns counts 18,126 US establishments in this code in 2023, employing 1,426,754 people at an average annual payroll of $44,479 per employee (12th percentile of national industries). 13% of the establishments have fewer than five employees, which points to larger operations.
Between 2018 and 2023 the number of establishments grew 5% and employment fell 12%. 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.
By establishments it ranks 3rd of the 4 codes at this level within Nursing and Residential Care Facilities, with 19.1% of them.