Employment
196,178
Total employees (Census CBP)
Health Care and Social Assistance ·NAICS 621493
NAICS 621493 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical and Emergency Centers - Industry Benchmarks
$63,696/yr average annual pay, with 184 SBA loans on record for NAICS 621493.
- 11.4%
- Health Care and Social Assistance sector margin
- 196K
- Workers employed
- $63,696/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $243M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 621493
Texas leads Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical and Emergency Centers activity nationally. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level, but the broader Health Care and Social Assistance sector runs a 11.4% net margin.
- 11.4%
- Health Care and Social Assistance sector margin (IRS SOI)
- 196K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- $63,696/yr
- Avg payroll / employee
- $243M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical and Emergency Centers
Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical and Emergency Centers sits inside Health Care and Social Assistance, a sector that runs a 11.4% net margin overall.
10,042 establishments employ 196,178 workers (19.5/location) at $63,696/yr average annual pay. Texas leads employment, followed by California and Florida.
Avg Payroll / Employee
$63,696/yr
Annual compensation
Establishments
10,042
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 1,558; establishment count decreased by 151. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Workforce scale
Financial Detail
- Annual Payroll (Total)
- $12.5B
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 19.5
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| Texas | 21,622 |
| California | 18,272 |
| Florida | 15,558 |
| New York | 8,933 |
| Arizona | 7,905 |
| Georgia | 7,596 |
| Michigan | 7,381 |
| Pennsylvania | 6,266 |
| New Jersey | 6,253 |
| North Carolina | 6,205 |
Showing top 10 of 51 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
184
Total Loan Volume
$243M
Avg Loan Size
$1322K
Jobs Supported
3,168
Program Breakdown
7(a) 166 (90%)
504 18 (10%)
Top SBA Lender
Citizens Bank
20 loans in this industry
New Business Share
67.4% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 15
2021 42
2022 26
2023 37
2024 33
2025 27
2026 4
Frequently Asked Questions
How profitable is Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical and Emergency Centers?
IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at the NAICS 621493 level. Texas leads this industry nationally. The broader Health Care and Social Assistance sector runs a 11.4% net margin (IRS SOI 2023).
How many businesses are in Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical and Emergency Centers?
10,042 business establishments. Together they employ 196,178 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical and Emergency Centers?
$63,696/yr average annual pay per employee. Businesses average 19.5 employees per establishment.
Which states have the most Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical and Emergency Centers employment?
Texas leads with 21,622 workers. California (18,272) and Florida (15,558) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical and Emergency Centers receive?
Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical and Emergency Centers businesses received 184 SBA loans totaling $243 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $1322K. These loans supported 3,168 jobs at origination. Most lending (90%) 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: Its Census employment total exceeds 85% of that same 801-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 workforce scale
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported Census employment.
Benchmarking Freestanding Ambulatory Surgical and Emergency Centers
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Health Care and Social Assistance
- 10,042 establishments, 196,178 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 184 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 621493 · 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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