Profit Margin
5.7%
Net income ÷ total receipts (IRS SOI)
Health Care and Social Assistance ·NAICS 6214
NAICS 6214 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Outpatient Care Centers - Industry Benchmarks
$74,430/yr average annual pay, with 1,257 SBA loans on record for NAICS 6214.
- 5.7%
- Net margin
- 1.3M
- Workers employed
- $74,430/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $861M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 6214
Outpatient Care Centers runs a 5.7% pre-tax net margin - below the national median - across 62K establishments employing 1.3M workers.
- 5.7%
- Pre-tax net margin (IRS SOI)
- 1.3M
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $74,430/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $861M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Outpatient Care Centers
Outpatient Care Centers sits inside Health Care and Social Assistance at a 5.7% net margin (below the national median), $45.6B in aggregate receipts across 7,838 returns, averaging $5.8B per establishment.
61,958 establishments employ 1,345,946 workers (21.7/location) at $74,430/yr average annual pay. California leads employment, followed by Texas and New York.
Total Receipts
$45.6B
Annual revenue (IRS SOI)
Net Income
$2.6B
Pre-tax net income
Employment
1,345,946
Total employees (Census CBP)
Avg Payroll / Employee
$74,430/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
61,958
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 43,634; establishment count increased by 2,156. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Where each dollar of Outpatient Care Centers revenue goes
Workforce scale
Outpatient Care Centers margin vs national reference points
Outpatient Care Centers net margin 18.8%
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
7,838 returns 100%
Margin: 5.7% · Receipts: $45.6B
Financial Detail
- Total Tax Returns Filed
- 7,838
- Avg Receipts per Business
- $5.8B
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $100.2B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 21.7
Sub-Industries
| Industry | Profit Margin |
|---|---|
| Family Planning Centers NAICS 62141 | N/A |
| Other Outpatient Care Centers NAICS 62149 | N/A |
| Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers NAICS 62142 | N/A |
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| California | 256,442 |
| Texas | 82,347 |
| New York | 69,369 |
| Florida | 66,780 |
| Pennsylvania | 53,573 |
| Ohio | 47,373 |
| Arizona | 39,694 |
| Washington | 39,481 |
| Massachusetts | 38,894 |
| Illinois | 37,318 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
1,257
Total Loan Volume
$861M
Avg Loan Size
$685K
Jobs Supported
19,672
Program Breakdown
7(a) 1,091 (87%)
504 166 (13%)
Top SBA Lender
The Huntington National Bank
111 loans in this industry
New Business Share
45.3% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 133
2021 194
2022 163
2023 204
2024 241
2025 266
2026 56
Frequently Asked Questions
What is the average revenue for Outpatient Care Centers?
$45.6B in total annual receipts across all Outpatient Care Centers businesses. Average per business: $5.8B.
How profitable is Outpatient Care Centers?
5.7% net profit margin, below the national median.
How many businesses are in Outpatient Care Centers?
61,958 business establishments. Together they employ 1,345,946 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Outpatient Care Centers?
$74,430/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 21.7 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Outpatient Care Centers employment?
California leads with 256,442 workers. Texas (82,347) and New York (69,369) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Outpatient Care Centers receive?
Outpatient Care Centers businesses received 1,257 SBA loans totaling $861 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $685K. These loans supported 19,672 jobs at origination. Most lending (87%) 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: Outpatient Care Centers reports a higher net margin than 56% of the 126 IRS-tracked industries at the same NAICS detail level. Its Census employment total exceeds 92% 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.
Benchmarking Outpatient Care Centers
- Net margin: 5.7% vs sector. Browse Health Care and Social Assistance
- 61,958 establishments, 1,345,946 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 1,257 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 6214 · 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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