2022 NAICS national industry in sector 62 Health Care and Social Assistance
621610 Home Health Care Services
NAICS 621610 is the US industry code for home health care services. It covers establishments primarily engaged in providing skilled nursing services in the home, along with a range of the following: personal care services; homemaker and companion services; physical therapy; medical social services; medications; medical equipment and supplies; counseling; 24-hour home care; occupation and vocational therapy; dietary and nutritional services; speech therapy; audiology; and high-tech care, such as intravenous therapy.
- Code
- 621610 (2022 NAICS)
- Title
- Home Health Care Services
- Part of
- Home Health Care Services
- SBA small business limit
- Average annual receipts up to $19 million
- Closest UK SIC
- 86900 (details)
Changes coming. The NAICS 2027 revision applies to data from 1 January 2027, and SBA proposed new size standards on 20 August 2026. The values on this page are the ones in force today; we update this page when the official files change.
Official definition
This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing skilled nursing services in the home, along with a range of the following: personal care services; homemaker and companion services; physical therapy; medical social services; medications; medical equipment and supplies; counseling; 24-hour home care; occupation and vocational therapy; dietary and nutritional services; speech therapy; audiology; and high-tech care, such as intravenous therapy.
Examples Census gives
- Home health care agencies
- Visiting nurse associations
- Home infusion therapy services
- In-home hospice care services
When to use a different code
Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:
- In-home health services provided by establishments of health practitioners and others primarily engaged in the independent practice of their profession are classified in Industry 62111, Offices of Physicians; Industry 621210, Offices of Dentists; Industry Group 6213, Offices of Other Health Practitioners; and U.S. Industry 621999, All Other Miscellaneous Ambulatory Health Care Services.
- Establishments primarily engaged in providing non-medical home care or homemaker services for the elderly or persons with disabilities are classified in Industry 624120, Services for the Elderly and Persons with Disabilities.
- Establishments primarily engaged in renting or leasing products for home health care are classified in U.S. Industry 532283, Home Health Equipment Rental.
- Establishments primarily engaged in retailing home health care equipment are classified in U.S. Industry 456199, All Other Health and Personal Care Retailers.
Businesses that use this code
Activities listed under 621610
The Census index assigns these 9 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.
- Home care of elderly, medical
- Home health agencies
- Home health care agencies
- Home infusion therapy services
- Home nursing services (except private practices)
- Hospice care services, in-home
- Nurse associations, visiting
- Nursing agencies, primarily providing home nursing services
- Visiting nurse associations
SBA size standard for 621610
To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 621610, your business (including affiliates) must not exceed $19 million in average annual receipts. Check your business.
Source: SBA table of size standards, effective March 17, 2023.
Closest UK SIC 2007 codes
There is no official one-to-one link between NAICS and UK SIC. These codes share the same international class (ISIC Rev. 4: 8690), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.
Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.
Data last changed November 14, 2026. How this page is built.