Profit Margin
10.1%
Net income ÷ total receipts (IRS SOI)
Health Care and Social Assistance ·NAICS 6212
NAICS 6212 · IRS SOI 2013 (C corp) · Census CBP 2023
Offices of Dentists - Industry Benchmarks
$60,718/yr average annual pay, with 4,987 SBA loans on record for NAICS 6212.
- 10.1%
- Net margin
- 1.0M
- Workers employed
- $60,718/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $4.4B
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated August 2026
The verdict · NAICS 6212
Offices of Dentists runs a 10.1% pre-tax net margin - in line with the national median - across 136K establishments employing 1.0M workers.
- 10.1%
- Pre-tax net margin (IRS SOI)
- 1.0M
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $60,718/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $4.4B
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Use Offices of Dentists's NAICS benchmark as a comparison point, not a forecast for one business.
Offices of Dentists is reported here with financial measures from IRS Statistics of Income and workforce measures from Census County Business Patterns. The page keeps those source systems distinct, shows unavailable fields rather than estimating them, and links the underlying industry context so readers can compare the same NAICS activity before interpreting a margin or payroll figure.
Source: IRS SOI 2013 (C corporation headline) and Census County Business Patterns 2023
Benchmarking Insights for Offices of Dentists
Offices of Dentists sits inside Health Care and Social Assistance at a 10.1% net margin (in line with the national median), $73.4B in aggregate receipts across 80,049 returns, averaging $916.9M 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.
Offices of Dentists sits in the 87th percentile for employment and the 87th percentile for net margin among 4-digit NAICS industries with reported data.
Total Receipts
$73.4B
Annual revenue (IRS SOI)
Net Income
$7.4B
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.
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Workforce scale
Offices of Dentists margin vs national reference points
Offices of Dentists net margin 33.6%
Cross-industry median (5%)
p25/median/p75 = 3%/5%/7%
Business Structure Breakdown
Per-entity IRS SOI tables at their own vintages, shares only when every row shares one year (never mix 2013/2017/2022 populations).
C Corporation SOI 2013
80,049 returns
Margin: 10.1% · Receipts: $73.4B
Sole Proprietorship SOI 2022
68,749 returns
Margin: 26.0% · Receipts: $18.4B
Financial Detail
- Total Tax Returns Filed
- 80,049
- Avg Receipts per Business
- $916.9M
- 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?
$73.4B in total annual receipts across all Offices of Dentists businesses. Average per business: $916.9M.
How profitable is Offices of Dentists?
10.1% net profit margin, in line with the national median.
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.
Nationwide industries with similar benchmark drivers
Two IRS/Census peer sets for Offices of Dentists, both at NAICS level 4 and excluding this code so the neighborhoods are not self-links.
According to Census County Business Patterns 2023, Offices of Dentists ranks #33 of 259 U.S. industries at the 4-digit NAICS level by total employment. According to IRS SOI 2013 IRS Statistics of Income, its reported pre-tax net margin ranks #16 of 126 at that same detail level.
Similar reported net margin
Nearest peer industries by ABS(IRS pre-tax margin) (10.1% here).
Similar workforce scale
Nearest peer industries by ABS(Census employment) (1,028,889 here).
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Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
NAICS 6212 · CBP 2023 · IRS SOI 2013
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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