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U.S. competition observatory

A one-page view of concentration across markets, where the evidence is missing, and which firms are connected. Use the underlying sources to investigate questions, not to infer a legal violation from a score.

1 markets45 sources0 HHI gaps

Observatory indexChoose the evidence universe

4 public domains

Research desk

See who holds markets and where

Read firm-share structure beside state conditions, sector signals, and auditable market rows.

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Refine market sliceSector, geography, concentration, vintage, status, and confidence1 active1 in view

Market structure

Who holds each market

Tiles are sized by sourced firm-level share. Switch markets to see concentration as structure, not just a single HHI number.

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Defined market

U.S. browser usage

Software · United States

Highly concentrated

HHI

3,612

0–10,000 scale

Top firm

50.0%

Largest share

CR4

93.8%

Top 4 firms

2026periodStatCounter Global Statssource6sourced firms

Reusable evidence packetBrowsers5 routes

Profilefull market dossier Source rows1 linked source Market JSONmachine-readable row Data consolescoped API workbench Action briefturn signal into ask

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Cross-system state atlas

Two markets, one geography, no composite score.

Compare individual-insurance concentration with a reproducible statewide FDIC branch-deposit screen, then inspect the exact state record behind either layer.

Systems: 2
States: 51
Rows: 102
Sources: 2

Paired relationship plane

Insurance HHI x statewide bank-deposit HHI

Selected jurisdictionDelawareDEPaired readingsInsurance 5,925Banking 4,967Evidence handoffSouthInspector active

MidwestNortheastSouthWestPearson r 0.247 / descriptive only

5Both above31Insurance only0Banking only15Both below

Threshold cohort / 5 jurisdictions

Both systems above 2,500

Threshold-defined cohort in alphabetical order; both exact readings remain separate and are not combined.

Selected jurisdiction / South

Delaware

DE / two bounded systems

FDIC / 2025

Bank-deposit HHI

4,967#1 / 51

Highly concentrated statewide deposit screen.

Leading holder: 67.8%
Deposits: $538.5B
Organizations: 30
Branches: 217

Largest reported holder: Capital One Financial Corporation

KFF / 2024

Individual-insurance HHI

5,925#4 / 51

Leader 75% / 3 insurers above 5%.

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Sector priority board

Where concentration becomes policy work

Sectors are ranked by public HHI signals, data completeness, and the next public-interest action needed to keep markets fair.

Sectors

Profiles

Review

Gaps

Software

1 market profile

Priority review

3,612

Avg HHI

High

Gaps

HHI intensity3,612

Profile coverage1

Public action

Prioritize agency review

High concentration should move toward agency questions and remedy review.

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Markets at a glance

Only sourced metrics are shown in ranking views.

Each row is a public evidence packet: exact metrics, source status, data freshness, action cue, and a machine-readable route. No composite score is used; signal basis lists the published metric flags behind each cue.

ranked rows

high concern

data gaps

source-backed

Rank	Market	HHI	CR4	Top firm	Class	Signal basis	Evidence	Action
1	U.S. browser usage Software · United States 1 source	3,612	93.8%	50.0%	Highly concentrated	HHI >= 2,500 CR4 >= 60% Top firm >= 35%	Public estimate StatCounter Global Stats Reviewed Jul 17, 2026 Open rows	Investigate Probe entry barriers, switching costs, pricing, and remedies.

Rank

Market

HHI

CR4

Top firm

Class

Signal basis

Evidence

Action

U.S. browser usage

Software · United States

1 source

3,612

93.8%

50.0%

Highly concentrated

HHI >= 2,500
CR4 >= 60%
Top firm >= 35%

Public estimate

StatCounter Global Stats

Reviewed Jul 17, 2026

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Investigate

Probe entry barriers, switching costs, pricing, and remedies.

#1 · Software

U.S. browser usage

United States

HHI

3,612

CR4

93.8%

Top firm

50.0%

Signal basis

HHI >= 2,500
CR4 >= 60%
Top firm >= 35%

Highly concentratedEstimated from public dataInvestigate

StatCounter Global Stats

1 source · reviewed Jul 17, 2026

Probe entry barriers, switching costs, pricing, and remedies.

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