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The 2022 Economic Census publishes revenue-based HHI for 679 of 899 detailed six-digit industries, with a median of 284 among published rows; strict 2017-2022 comparisons remain a separate history lens. KFF's 2024 individual-market data place median state HHI at 3,414 and 36 of 51 jurisdictions above 2,500. A separately bounded 2025 FDIC screen places median statewide branch-deposit HHI at 903, with 5 of 51 jurisdictions above 2,500. A deeper FDIC layer publishes 3,104 county and county-equivalent branch-deposit screens with a median HHI of 2,826; 1,792 exceed 2,500 and 187 contain one reported organization. Banking markets are often local, but county boundaries may not match them, so both FDIC layers remain screens rather than legal market definitions. USDA's historical national beef-packer CR4 adds a buyer-side concentration anchor while remaining distinct from individual packer shares, regional cattle procurement markets, and the related Census slaughtering-industry revenue screen. The FY2025 HSR report records 2,006 reported transactions and a 2.1% Second Request rate among adjusted transactions. Dated enforcement records add procedure and institutional context, not causal proof. Read together, these systems identify where scrutiny and public disclosure are most valuable. Read as one composite, they would erase market definition, geography, vintage, and legal meaning. This report therefore presents a national competition landscape with explicit handoffs to the underlying markets, industries, state and local screens, merger series, policy records, and source dossiers.","coverImageUrl":"/generated-assets/report-cover-us-competition-landscape.png","publishedAt":"2026-07-19","relatedMarketIds":["mkt-wireless","mkt-airlines","mkt-housing","mkt-search","mkt-browser","mkt-pbm","mkt-ai-chatbot","mkt-meatpacking"],"sourceIds":["fcc-2024-cmr","bts-transtats-2026","jchs-rental-housing-2026","statcounter-search-us-2026","statcounter-browser-us-2026","ftc-pbm-interim-2024","statcounter-ai-chatbot-us-2026","usda-ers-meatpacking-2024","census-ecnsize-concentration-2022","census-ecnsize-concentration-2017","kff-individual-insurance-market-2024","fdic-sod-2025","ftc-doj-hsr-report-2025","doj-google-search-case-2020"],"sourceBasis":"2022 and 2017 U.S. Economic Census industry concentration tables, USDA ERS historical meatpacking CR4, KFF 2024 state individual-market HHI, FDIC 2025 statewide and county Summary of Deposits screens, the FY2025 FTC/DOJ HSR report, and source-backed market and enforcement records.","tableOfContents":["Executive synthesis","Defined market signals","Industry structure","Geographic concentration","Merger pipeline","Enforcement record","Public evidence agenda"],"preview":"A source-backed state-of-competition briefing across markets, industries, state systems, local banking screens, mergers, and enforcement, with every system kept in its own analytical universe.","publicationType":"state_of_competition","seriesTitle":"State of Competition","seriesNumber":"AR-SC-2026-01","authorName":"Antitrust Radar Research Team","version":"1.0","updatedAt":"2026-07-19","publicationStatus":"current","revisionNote":"Initial public edition.","canonicalCitation":"Antitrust Radar Research Team. (2026, July 19). The U.S. Competition Landscape: State of Competition 2026: five evidence systems, no single score. State of Competition, AR-SC-2026-01 (Version 1.0). Antitrust Radar. https://antitrustradar.org/reports/us-competition-landscape-2026","citationDownloads":{"bibtex":"/reports/us-competition-landscape-2026/citation/bibtex","ris":"/reports/us-competition-landscape-2026/citation/ris"},"sourceProfileHrefs":["/sources/fcc-2024-cmr","/sources/bts-transtats-2026","/sources/jchs-rental-housing-2026","/sources/statcounter-search-us-2026","/sources/statcounter-browser-us-2026","/sources/ftc-pbm-interim-2024","/sources/statcounter-ai-chatbot-us-2026","/sources/usda-ers-meatpacking-2024","/sources/census-ecnsize-concentration-2022","/sources/census-ecnsize-concentration-2017","/sources/kff-individual-insurance-market-2024","/sources/fdic-sod-2025","/sources/ftc-doj-hsr-report-2025","/sources/doj-google-search-case-2020"]},{"id":"rep-hhi-primer","slug":"hhi-primer","title":"How HHI Helps Explain Market Concentration","subtitle":"A public primer for reading concentration dashboards","summary":"An open explainer on HHI, CR4, effective number of firms, and why source coverage matters.","body":"HHI is the sum of squared market shares. It is useful because it gives larger firms more weight, but it is not a legal conclusion. This observatory reports HHI only when public sources provide enough reliable shares or when a public agency reports the metric directly. Market definition, geography, vintage, and missing firms can change interpretation. The mobile wireless profile uses FCC-reported HHI, while search and browser profiles use public usage-share tables with clear limitations.","coverImageUrl":null,"publishedAt":"2026-05-16","relatedMarketIds":["mkt-wireless","mkt-search","mkt-browser"],"sourceIds":["fcc-2024-cmr","statcounter-search-us-2026","statcounter-browser-us-2026"],"sourceBasis":"FCC source-reported HHI and StatCounter public usage-share tables.","tableOfContents":["What HHI measures","Where CR4 helps","Why source notes matter"],"preview":"A short public-interest guide to reading descriptive concentration metrics.","publicationType":"methodology_primer","seriesTitle":"Methods and Measures","seriesNumber":"AR-MM-2026-01","authorName":"Antitrust Radar Research Team","version":"1.0","updatedAt":"2026-05-16","publicationStatus":"current","revisionNote":"Initial public edition.","canonicalCitation":"Antitrust Radar Research Team. (2026, May 16). How HHI Helps Explain Market Concentration: A public primer for reading concentration dashboards. Methods and Measures, AR-MM-2026-01 (Version 1.0). Antitrust Radar. https://antitrustradar.org/reports/hhi-primer","citationDownloads":{"bibtex":"/reports/hhi-primer/citation/bibtex","ris":"/reports/hhi-primer/citation/ris"},"sourceProfileHrefs":["/sources/fcc-2024-cmr","/sources/statcounter-search-us-2026","/sources/statcounter-browser-us-2026"]},{"id":"rep-fixed-broadband-geography","slug":"fixed-broadband-geographic-concentration-2020-2024","title":"Fixed Broadband Concentration Across Geographic Scales, 2020-2024","subtitle":"National HHI rose while median state, county, and census-tract concentration fell","summary":"A source-backed research brief on nine FCC fixed-broadband reporting periods, the divergent paths of national and subnational median HHI, and the public evidence needed to move from geographic screens to mechanisms and outcomes.","body":"From December 2020 to December 2024, the FCC-reported national HHI for residential fixed connections of at least 100 Mbps downstream and 20 Mbps upstream rose from 1,171 to 1,501, an increase of 330 points. Over the same endpoints, the median of separately calculated state HHIs fell from 3,328 to 2,937, the county median fell from 6,739 to 4,599, and the census-tract median fell from 7,195 to 5,504. All three subnational medians remained above 2,500 in December 2024. The semiannual path matters: national HHI reached 1,605 in June 2024 before ending at 1,501, so endpoint changes do not describe every movement. The complete evidence packet contains 36 rows across nine reporting periods and four geographic summaries. These values share an HHI scale but not one geographic meaning. The national value and the state, county, and tract medians are not interchangeable legal market definitions, and a median does not reveal the full distribution within or across areas. The release does not provide the provider identities and shares needed to inspect local structure directly or connect concentration to prices, speeds, quality, adoption, entry, buildout, subsidies, outages, switching, or competitive effects. The observed divergence is therefore a research finding and oversight signal, not a causal conclusion.","coverImageUrl":"/generated-assets/report-cover-concentration.png","publishedAt":"2026-07-24","relatedMarketIds":["mkt-fixed-broadband"],"sourceIds":["fcc-internet-access-dec-2024"],"sourceBasis":"Federal Communications Commission Internet Access Services Figure 5, covering nine semiannual reporting periods from December 2020 through December 2024 for residential fixed connections meeting the 100/20 Mbps threshold. The packet preserves the national HHI and medians of separately calculated state, county, and census-tract HHIs as distinct geographic summaries.","tableOfContents":["Geographic concentration paths","Endpoint divergence ledger","Exact observation ledger","Public evidence agenda","Reproduction packet","Methodology and limits"],"preview":"A four-scale FCC concentration history showing why a rising national HHI and falling subnational medians must be read together without converting them into one market.","publicationType":"research_brief","seriesTitle":"Competition Research Briefs","seriesNumber":"AR-RB-2026-06","authorName":"Antitrust Radar Research Team","version":"1.0","updatedAt":"2026-07-24","publicationStatus":"current","revisionNote":"Initial public edition.","canonicalCitation":"Antitrust Radar Research Team. (2026, July 24). Fixed Broadband Concentration Across Geographic Scales, 2020-2024: National HHI rose while median state, county, and census-tract concentration fell. 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