Profit Margin
13.3%
Net income ÷ total receipts (IRS SOI)
Health Care and Social Assistance ·NAICS 6212
NAICS 6212 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Offices of Dentists - Industry Benchmarks
$60,718/yr average annual pay, with 4,987 SBA loans on record for NAICS 6212.
- 13.3%
- Net margin
- 1.0M
- Workers employed
- $60,718/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $4.4B
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 6212
Offices of Dentists runs a 13.3% pre-tax net margin - above average for US industries - across 136K establishments employing 1.0M workers.
- 13.3%
- Pre-tax net margin (IRS SOI)
- 1.0M
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $60,718/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $4.4B
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Offices of Dentists
Offices of Dentists sits inside Health Care and Social Assistance at a 13.3% net margin (above average for US industries), $91.8B in aggregate receipts across 148,798 returns, averaging $616.7M per establishment.
135,665 establishments employ 1,028,889 workers (7.6/location) at $60,718/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Texas and Florida.
Total Receipts
$91.8B
Annual revenue (IRS SOI)
Net Income
$12.2B
Pre-tax net income
Employment
1,028,889
Total employees (Census CBP)
Avg Payroll / Employee
$60,718/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
135,665
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment decreased by 3,068; establishment count decreased by 475. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Where each dollar of Offices of Dentists revenue goes
Workforce scale
Offices of Dentists margin vs national reference points
Offices of Dentists net margin 44.2%
Cross-industry median (5%)
p25/median/p75 = 3%/5%/8%
Business Structure Breakdown
How businesses in this industry are legally structured (IRS SOI)
C Corporation
80,049 returns 54%
Margin: 10.1% · Receipts: $73.4B
Sole Proprietorship
68,749 returns 46%
Margin: 26.0% · Receipts: $18.4B
Financial Detail
- Total Tax Returns Filed
- 148,798
- Avg Receipts per Business
- $616.7M
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $62.5B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 7.6
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Offices of Dentists NAICS 62121 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 142,822 |
| Texas | 86,333 |
| Florida | 61,901 |
| New York | 54,214 |
| Illinois | 37,948 |
| Pennsylvania | 35,838 |
| Michigan | 33,989 |
| New Jersey | 33,254 |
| Ohio | 33,003 |
| North Carolina | 32,715 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
4,987
Total Loan Volume
$4.4B
Avg Loan Size
$891K
Jobs Supported
38,746
Program Breakdown
7(a) 4,070 (82%)
504 917 (18%)
Top SBA Lender
Live Oak Banking Company
618 loans in this industry
New Business Share
26.7% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 721
2021 1,182
2022 677
2023 600
2024 782
2025 901
2026 124
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average revenue for Offices of Dentists?
$91.8B in total annual receipts across all Offices of Dentists businesses. Average per business: $616.7M.
How profitable is Offices of Dentists?
13.3% net profit margin, above average for US industries.
How many businesses are in Offices of Dentists?
135,665 business establishments. Together they employ 1,028,889 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Offices of Dentists?
$60,718/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 7.6 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Offices of Dentists employment?
California leads with 142,822 workers. Texas (86,333) and Florida (61,901) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Offices of Dentists receive?
Offices of Dentists businesses received 4,987 SBA loans totaling $4.4 billion between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $891K. These loans supported 38,746 jobs at origination. Most lending (82%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Comparable industry benchmarks
These links are calculated from the current national dataset. They are comparison paths, not recommendations or evidence that businesses operate alike.
How this ranks: Offices of Dentists reports a higher net margin than 88% of the 126 IRS-tracked industries at the same NAICS detail level. Its Census employment total exceeds 87% of that same 259-industry cohort. Calculated by ranking this industry's reported value against every other industry at the same NAICS digit-level, not the whole dataset: comparing a 6-digit detail industry to a 2-digit sector would mix incompatible scales.
Closest reported net margins
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported IRS pre-tax margin.
Closest workforce scale
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported Census employment.
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Benchmarking Offices of Dentists
- Net margin: 13.3% vs sector. Browse Health Care and Social Assistance
- 135,665 establishments, 1,028,889 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 4,987 SBA loans on record. SBA lending rankings
Disclaimer: Public IRS/Census data, not financial or tax advice. See our full disclaimer.
Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
NAICS 6212 · Data year: 2023
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, which released its 2023 County Business Patterns dataset in June 2025, PlainBizBench benchmarks 2,002 U.S. industries against Internal Revenue Service Statistics of Income data. See our methodology for the full compilation process.
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns / SUSB Industry employment scale, payroll, and firm-size benchmarks · 2023
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