Analysis
The NIH supplement label database in numbers
The NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database holds 214,780 labels for 116,682 products from 5,741 brands; 92,070 of the products (121,959 labels) were on the market at its January 2026 release (DSLD version 9.4.0). 2020 was the year the most labels entered it (23,435), and the typical product lists 5 rows on its Supplement Facts panel.
Published by PlainVitamins on ; written with AI tools under the editorial policy, every figure computed from the label database.
How many supplements are sold in the United States?
92,070 products in the NIH Dietary Supplement Label Database have a label still on the market (version 9.4.0, January 2026 release; 121,959 labels, counting each size and version of a product once more). It is not a complete count: makers do not register supplement products with the FDA before selling them, and DSLD transcribes the labels NIH obtains, so a product it has not reached is not in it.
- Labels
- 214,780121,959 on the market
- Products
- 116,682labels grouped by name and brand
- Brands
- 5,741letter case and punctuation folded
How many labels entered the database each year?
Labels entered into DSLD by year
The table adds how many of them are now off the market.
| Year | Labels entered | Now off the market |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3,422 | 2,260 (66%) |
| 2012 | 11,938 | 8,291 (69%) |
| 2013 | 11,946 | 6,766 (57%) |
| 2014 | 11,938 | 8,438 (71%) |
| 2015 | 11,990 | 8,802 (73%) |
| 2016 | 11,980 | 8,292 (69%) |
| 2017 | 12,129 | 6,856 (57%) |
| 2018 | 10,985 | 6,584 (60%) |
| 2019 | 14,147 | 8,360 (59%) |
| 2020 | 23,435 | 10,283 (44%) |
| 2021 | 18,035 | 6,377 (35%) |
| 2022 | 19,201 | 4,582 (24%) |
| 2023 | 22,120 | 4,351 (20%) |
| 2024 | 18,000 | 2,086 (12%) |
| 2025 | 13,514 | 493 (4%) |
How many rows does a Supplement Facts panel have?
Products by the number of rows on their current label
Median: 5 rows, counting the ingredients inside blends.
Source: NIH ODS Dietary Supplement Label Database version 9.4.0, current labels. Download the data (CSV).
How this was measured
Counts of DSLD labels by entry year and off-market year; products are labels grouped by name and brand (letter case and punctuation folded); brands are grouped the same way.
Limits
DSLD aims to cover labels sold in the United States but is not a complete register of products; coverage has grown since 2011. Off-market dates are those DSLD records.
Sources
The data
One row per entry year: labels entered, of them now off the market. Download the CSV. How the labels are grouped and read: methodology.
Other analyses
- Supplement labels above the adult upper limit, nutrient by nutrientWhich nutrients most often pass the adult Tolerable Upper Intake Level at the most servings a label allows, and on which products.
- How supplement amounts compare with the Daily ValueFor each nutrient with an FDA Daily Value: the amount the typical product lists per serving, and how many products give five times the DV or more.
- Proprietary blends: how many supplement labels do not disclose their amountsHow many products list a proprietary blend whose ingredient amounts are not disclosed, by product type and by brand.
- Vitamin D amounts on supplement labels, by yearHow the amount of vitamin D per serving has moved on labels entered into the NIH database each year since 2011.
- Which forms of magnesium, B12, folate and other nutrients supplements useOxide or glycinate, cyanocobalamin or methylcobalamin: how many products list each form of twelve nutrients, and at what amounts.
- Gummies, tablets, capsules: how amounts differ by physical formThe median amount per serving of ten common nutrients in gummies, tablets, capsules, softgels, liquids and powders.