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Nutritionists & Dietitians in the US - Market Research Report (2015-2030)

Tina Fine Tina Fine New York, United States Last Updated: August 2025 NAICS OD5460

Revenue

$766.2m

2025

$766.2m

Past 5-Year Growth

Profit

$XXX.Xm

Employees

7,300

Businesses

5,172

Wages

$XXX.Xm

Nutritionists & Dietitians in the US industry analysis

Nutritionists' and dietitians' services growth is boosted by the industry's diversity of services and varied markets. Because of demographic shifts and wellness trends, there is a demand for information and services to promote healthy and sustainable eating habits. Telehealth and medical wearables assist in delivering services and broadly increasing the value of services. Trends that supported industry funding and demand, including a sharp drop in the unemployment rate, increases in the number of visits to physicians and increases in individuals with private health insurance, furthered revenue growth. With costs rising more slowly than revenue, industry-wide revenue is expected to climb at a CAGR of 4.6% through 2025 to total $766.2 million, with revenue to climb by an estimated 2.4% in 2025 alone.

Trends and Insights

  • Technology drives consolidation and brings significant benefits. AI-powered apps and wearables are set to transform the nutritionist and dietitian industry, pushing smaller businesses to merge with larger organizations to leverage advanced technology.
  • The healthcare and social assistance sectors drive revenue growth for nutritionists and dieticians. Increasing demand for medical advice on chronic conditions fuels this expansion, highlighting these professionals' crucial role in disease management.
  • Demand soars in the Southeast. Rapid growth is driven by a large population and a higher elderly demographic with extensive healthcare needs, which increases demand and the number of service providers.
  • Healthcare integration and innovation are driving industry concentration. Including nutritionists and dieticians in healthcare teams, paired with advanced technology for communication and personalized services, will benefit larger firms the most.
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Industry Statistics and Trends

Market size and recent performance (2015-2030)

Industry revenue has grown at a CAGR of 4.6 % over the past five years, to reach an estimated $766.2m in 2025.

Trends and Insights

Growing GLP-1 drug usage highlights the need and demand for nutritionist and dieticians services

  • GLP-1 medications are more accessible than ever, with individuals accessing the medicine from primary care and specialized clinics to telehealth and hospital-based outpatient facilities. GLP-1 medications may lead to a 5.0% to 18.0% reduction in body weight. They provide health benefits but might cause side effects such as digestive problems, nutritional gaps and muscle loss. Also, they are expensive and may not be used over the long term, which can result in regaining weight. The market for GLP-1s is expected to climb, spurred by rising obesity and diabetes rates and expanding drug applications.
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Nutritionists & Dietitians in the US
Revenue (2015-2030)
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Industry outlook (2025-2030)

Market size is projected to grow over the next five years.

Trends and Insights

Consumer health priorities and medication trends will continue to accelerate demand

  • Consumer health priorities are rapidly evolving, intensifying demand for professional dietitian and nutritionist services. Rising awareness of preventive health, holistic nutrition and effective chronic condition management shapes choices around food and wellness. These changes go beyond conventional nutrition, with growing interest in gut health, healthy aging and personalized dietary solutions. Increasingly, individuals are leveraging telehealth platforms to access advice that aligns with their unique needs, a trend expected to drive sustained growth in the delivery of online nutrition services.

Biggest companies in the Nutritionists & Dietitians in the US

Company
Market Share (%)
2025
Revenue
2025
Profit
2025
Profit Margin (%)
2025

There are no companies that hold a market share exceeding 5% in the Nutritionists & Dietitians in the US industry.

Products & Services Segmentation

Nutritionists & Dietitians in the US
Products & Services
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Industry revenue is measured across several distinct product and services lines, including Medical nutrition services for hospital, Nutrition services for private practices and Services to food service providers. Medical nutrition services for hospital is the largest segment of the Nutritionists & Dietitians in the US.

Trends and Insights

Medical services for hospitals and other medical care facilities constitute the largest category of services

  • In hospitals and medical institutions, dietitians and nutritionists provide critical services such as developing personalized nutrition plans to support patients' medical treatments and recovery. They assess patients' dietary needs, monitor nutritional intake and ensure meals meet specific health requirements.
  • More insights available in the full report

Table of Contents

About this industry

Industry definition

This industry includes establishments of health practitioners with a bachelor's degree, licensure, certification, or registration. These practitioners primarily advise on diet and nutrition and their effects on health and they operate private or group practices.

What's included in this industry?

Products and services covered in the Nutritionists & Dietitians industry in the United States include Medical nutrition services for hospitals and clinics, Nutrition services for private practices, Services to food service providers, Services for schools and social assitance, Services research related and Sports related services .

Companies

Companies covered in the Nutritionists & Dietitians industry in the United States include .

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Related Terms

Related terms covered in the Nutritionists & Dietitians industry in the United States include preventive care, wellness center, obesity, baby boomers and glp-1 agonists.

Industry Code

NAICS 2017

NAICS 621399 - Nutritionists & Dietitians in the US

Performance

Get an indication of the industry's health through historical, current and forward-looking trends in the performance indicators that make or break businesses.

Analyst insights

Technology drives consolidation and brings significant benefits. AI-powered apps and wearables are set to transform the nutritionist and dietitian industry, pushing smaller b...

In this chapter (4)

  • Current Performance
  • Outlook
  • Volatility
  • Life Cycle

Key metrics

  • Annual Revenue, Recent Growth, Forecast, Revenue Volatility
  • Number of Employees, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Employee
  • Number of Businesses, Recent Growth, Forecast, Employees per Business, Revenue per Business
  • Total Profit, Profit Margin, Profit per Business

Charts

  • Revenue, including historical (2015-2024) and forecast (2025-2030)
  • Employees, including historical (2015-2024) and forecast (2025-2030)
  • Businesses, including historical (2015-2024) and forecast (2025-2030)
  • Profit, including historical (2015-2025)
  • Industry Volatility vs. Revenue Growth
  • Industry Life Cycle

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in supply, demand and current events that are driving current industry performance
  • Expected trends, economic factors and ongoing events that drive the industry's outlook
  • Key success factors for businesses to overcome volatility
  • How contribution to GDP, industry saturation, innovation, consolidation, and technology and systems influence the industry's life cycle phase.

Products and Markets

Learn about an industry's products and services, markets and trends in international trade.

Analyst insight

The healthcare and social assistance sectors drive revenue growth for nutritionists and dieticians. Increasing demand for medical advice on chronic conditions fuels this expa...

In this chapter

  • Products & Services
  • Major Markets

Key metrics

  • Largest market segment and value in 2025
  • Product innovation level

Charts

  • Products & services segmentation in 2025
  • Major market segmentation in 2025

Detailed analysis

  • Trends impacting the recent performance of the industry's various segments
  • Innovations in the industry's product or service offering, specialization or delivery method
  • Key factors that successful businesses consider in their offerings
  • Buying segments and key trends influencing demand for industry products and services

Geographic Breakdown

Discover where business activity is most concentrated in an industry and the factors driving these trends to find opportunities and conduct regional benchmarking.

Analyst insights

Demand soars in the Southeast. Rapid growth is driven by a large population and a higher elderly demographic with extensive healthcare needs, which increases demand and the n...

In this chapter (1)

  • Business Locations

Charts

  • Share of revenue, establishment, wages and employment in each state
  • Share of population compared to establishments in each region in 2025

Tables

  • Number and share of establishments in each state in 2025
  • Number and share of revenue each state accounts for in 2025
  • Number and share of wages each state accounts for in 2025
  • Number and share of employees in each state in 2025

Detailed analysis

  • Geographic spread of the industry across North America, and trends associated with changes in the business landscape
  • Key success factors for businesses to use location to their advantage

Competitive Forces

Get data and insights on what's driving competition in an industry and the challenges industry operators and new entrants may face, with analysis built around Porter's Five Forces framework.

Analyst insights

Healthcare integration and innovation are driving industry concentration. Including nutritionists and dieticians in healthcare teams, paired with advanced technology for comm...

In this chapter (4)

  • Concentration
  • Barriers to Entry
  • Substitutes
  • Buyer & Supplier Analysis

Key metrics

  • Industry concentration level
  • Industry competition level and trend
  • Barriers to entry level and trend
  • Substitutes level and trend
  • Buyer power level and trend
  • Supplier power level and trend

Charts

  • Market share concentration among the top 4 suppliers from 2020-2025
  • Supply chain including upstream supplying industries and downstream buying industries, flow chart

Detailed analysis

  • Factors impacting the industry’s level of concentration, such as business distribution, new entrants, or merger and acquisition activity.
  • Key success factors for businesses to manage the competitive environment of the industry.
  • Challenges that potential industry entrants face such as legal, start-up costs, differentiation, labor/capital intensity and capital expenses.
  • Key success factors for potential entrants to overcome barriers to entry.
  • Competitive threats from potential substitutes for the industry’s own products and services.
  • Key success factors for how successful businesses can compete with substitutes.
  • Advantages that buyers have to keep favorable purchasing conditions.
  • Advantages that suppliers have to maintain favorable selling conditions.
  • Key success factors for how businesses can navigate buyer and supplier power.

Companies

There are no companies that hold a market share exceeding 5% in the Nutritionists & Dietitians in the US industry.

Analyst insights

There are no major companies in the industry. The importance of personalized care as part of healthcare teams, provided to many industries and individuals with special needs,...

External Environment

Understand the demographic, economic and regulatory factors that shape how businesses in an industry perform.   

Analyst insights

Obesity rates have surged, prompting a greater emphasis on nutrition and telemedicine. The pandemic spurred the demand for dietitian and nutritionist services, with telemedic...

In this chapter

  • External Drivers
  • Regulation & Policy
  • Assistance

Key metrics

  • Regulation & policy level and trend
  • Assistance level and trend

Charts

  • Regulation & Policy historical data and forecast (2015-2030) 
  • Assistance historical data and forecast (2015-2030) 

Detailed analysis

  • Demographic and macroeconomic factors influencing the industry, including Regulation & Policy and Assistance
  • Major types of regulations, regulatory bodies, industry standards or specific regulations impacting requirements for industry operators
  • Key governmental and non-governmental groups or policies that may provide some relief for industry operators.

Financial Benchmarks

View average costs for industry operators and compare financial data against an industry's financial benchmarks over time. 

Analyst insights

Depreciation is becoming a larger concern for revenue. The rise of tech substitutes like AI and digital platforms boosts competition, pushing companies to make strategic capi...

In this chapter

  • Cost Structure
  • Financial Ratios
  • Key Ratios

Key metrics

  • Profit margin, and how it compares to the sector-wide margin
  • Average wages, and how it compares to the sector-wide average wage
  • Largest cost component as a percentage of revenue
  • Industry average ratios for days' receivables, industry coverage and debt-to-net-worth ratio

Charts

  • Average industry operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2025
  • Average sector operating costs as a share of revenue, including purchases, wages, depreciation, utilities, rent, other costs and profit in 2025
  • Investment vs. share of economy

Data tables

  • Industry Multiples (2018-2023)
  • Industry Tax Structure (2018-2023)
  • Income Statement (2018-2023)
  • Balance Sheet (2018-2023)
  • Liquidity Ratios (2018-2023)
  • Coverage Ratios (2018-2023)
  • Leverage Ratios  (2018-2023)
  • Operating Ratios (2018-2023)
  • Cash Flow & Debt Service Ratios (2015-2030)
  • Revenue per Employee (2015-2030)
  • Revenue per Enterprise (2015-2030)
  • Employees per Establishment (2015-2030)
  • Employees per Enterprise (2015-2030)
  • Average Wage (2015-2030)
  • Wages/Revenue (2015-2030)
  • Establishments per Enterprise (2015-2030)
  • IVA/Revenue (2015-2030)
  • Imports/Demand (2015-2030)
  • Exports/Revenue (2015-2030)

Detailed analysis

  • Trends in the cost component for industry operators and their impact on industry costs and profitability 

Key Statistics

Industry Data

Data Tables

Including values and annual change:

  • Revenue (2015-2030)
  • IVA (2015-2030)
  • Establishments (2015-2030)
  • Enterprises (2015-2030)
  • Employment (2015-2030)
  • Exports (2015-2030)
  • Imports (2015-2030)
  • Wages (2015-2030)

Top Questions Answered

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What is the market size of the Nutritionists & Dietitians industry in the United States in 2025?

The market size of the Nutritionists & Dietitians industry in the United States is $766.2m in 2025.

How many businesses are there in the Nutritionists & Dietitians industry in the United States in 2025?

There are 5,172 businesses in the Nutritionists & Dietitians industry in the United States, which has grown at a CAGR of 6.1 % between 2020 and 2025.

How may import tariffs affect the Nutritionists & Dietitians industry in the United States?

The Nutritionists & Dietitians industry in the United States is unlikely to be materially impacted by import tariffs with imports accounting for a low share of industry revenue.

How may export tariffs affect the Nutritionists & Dietitians industry in the United States?

The Nutritionists & Dietitians industry in the United States is unlikely to be materially impacted by export tariffs with exports accounting for a low share of industry revenue.

Has the Nutritionists & Dietitians industry in the United States grown or declined over the past 5 years?

The market size of the Nutritionists & Dietitians industry in the United States has been growing at a CAGR of 4.6 % between 2020 and 2025.

What is the forecast growth of the Nutritionists & Dietitians industry in the United States over the next 5 years?

Over the next five years, the Nutritionists & Dietitians industry in the United States is expected to grow.

What does the Nutritionists & Dietitians industry in the United States include?

Medical nutrition services for hospitals and clinics and Nutrition services for private practices are part of the Nutritionists & Dietitians industry in the United States.

How competitive is the Nutritionists & Dietitians industry in the United States?

The level of competition is moderate and steady in the Nutritionists & Dietitians industry in the United States.

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