623220 Residential Mental Health and Substance Abuse Facilities

Official definition

This industry comprises establishments primarily engaged in providing residential care and treatment for patients with mental health and substance abuse illnesses. These establishments provide room, board, supervision, and counseling services. Although medical services may be available at these establishments, they are incidental to the counseling, mental rehabilitation, and support services offered. These establishments generally provide a wide range of social services in addition to counseling.

Examples Census gives

• Alcoholism or drug addiction rehabilitation
• facilities (except licensed hospitals)
• Psychiatric convalescent homes or hospitals
• Mental health halfway houses
• Residential group homes for the emotionally disturbed

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS descriptions.

When to use a different code

Census classifies these close-sounding activities somewhere else. Businesses mainly engaged in:

• Establishments primarily engaged in providing treatment of mental health and substance abuse illnesses on an exclusively outpatient basis are classified in Industry 621420, Outpatient Mental Health and Substance Abuse Centers.
• Establishments primarily engaged in providing residential care for persons with intellectual and developmental disabilities are classified in Industry 623210, Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities.
• Establishments known and licensed as hospitals primarily engaged in providing inpatient treatment of mental health and substance abuse illnesses with an emphasis on medical treatment and monitoring are classified in Industry 622210, Psychiatric and Substance Abuse Hospitals.
• Establishments primarily engaged in operating halfway group homes for delinquents and ex-offenders are classified in Industry 623990, Other Residential Care Facilities.

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS cross-references.

Activities listed under 623220

The Census index assigns these 14 activities to this code. If your business matches one, this is your code.

• Alcoholism rehabilitation facilities (except licensed hospitals), residential
• Convalescent homes or hospitals for psychiatric patients
• Drug addiction rehabilitation facilities (except licensed hospitals), residential
• Halfway houses for patients with mental health illnesses
• Halfway houses, substance abuse (e.g., alcoholism, drug addiction)
• Homes for emotionally disturbed adults or children
• Homes, psychiatric convalescent
• Hospitals, psychiatric convalescent
• Mental health facilities, residential
• Mental health halfway houses
• Psychiatric convalescent homes or hospitals
• Residential group homes for the emotionally disturbed
• Substance abuse (i.e., alcoholism, drug addiction) halfway houses
• Substance abuse facilities, residential

Source: US Census Bureau, 2022 NAICS index file.

SBA size standard for 623220

To count as a small business for SBA loans and federal contracts under NAICS 623220, 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: 8720), so treat them as a starting point and check the definition.

• 87200Residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health and substance abuseUK SIC

Built from Census concordances 2022→2017 NAICS and 2017 NAICS→ISIC Rev. 4.

Similar codes to compare

• 623210Residential Intellectual and Developmental Disability Facilities