2022 Economic Census Concentration of Largest Firms
U.S. Census Bureau / accessed 2026-07-17
Cross-sectional + longitudinal evidence studio
Sector Comparison Studio
Compare sector concentration, employment composition, business flows, and merger-review activity. BDS and HSR observations retain their separate sector populations and reporting periods.
- Rank universe
- 17
- broad Census sectors
- Evidence
- 10 + paths + HSR
- kept in source units
- Universe cells
- 170
- exact joined values
- Compare
- 2-4
- sectors per packet
01Current structure2022 Economic Census
02Strict industry change2017-2022 matched rows
03Business flows2023 Census BDS
04Merger reviewFY2023-FY2024 HSR
No composite score.
Cross-domain comparison workspace
Compare sector fingerprints without collapsing the evidence
30 selected exact values against a fixed 17-sector rank universe.- Reference
- 52
- Finance and insurance
- Full universe
- 17
- rank denominator
- Source families
- 4
- kept separate
Exact same-measure subtraction
Each sector relative to Finance and insurance
| Measure | 51Information | 52Finance and insurance | 54Professional, scientific, and technical services |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current structure2022 / Economic Census | |||
| Median HHIHHI points | +232.4638.2#1 / 17 | Reference405.8#5 / 17 | -310.994.9#12 / 17 |
| Median CR4percent | +14.6 pp45.6%#1 / 17 | Reference31.0%#7 / 17 | -13.2 pp17.8%#12 / 17 |
| Strict industry change2017-2022 / Economic Census strict matches | |||
| HHI changeHHI points | +60.556.4#1 / 17 | Reference-4.1#16 / 17 | +4.20.1#11 / 17 |
| HHI increase sharepercent | +2.4 pp50.0%#10 / 17 | Reference47.6%#12 / 17 | +2.4 pp50.0%#10 / 17 |
| Business flows2023 / Business Dynamics Statistics | |||
| Entry ratepercent | +2.463 pp10.578%#10 / 17 | Reference8.115%#13 / 17 | +4.358 pp12.473%#6 / 17 |
| Exit ratepercent | +1.891 pp11.499%#3 / 17 | Reference9.608%#8 / 17 | +1.423 pp11.031%#6 / 17 |
| Job creationpercent | -3.763 pp12.429%#12 / 17 | Reference16.192%#6 / 17 | -1.120 pp15.072%#8 / 17 |
| Job destructionpercent | -1.666 pp12.678%#5 / 17 | Reference14.344%#2 / 17 | -1.711 pp12.633%#6 / 17 |
| Net job creationpercentage points | -2.095 pp-0.248 pp#16 / 17 | Reference+1.847 pp#13 / 17 | +0.591 pp+2.438 pp#9 / 17 |
| Excess reallocationpercent | -3.830 pp24.859%#6 / 17 | Reference28.689%#1 / 17 | -3.422 pp25.267%#5 / 17 |
This studio places separate published measures side by side. Every rank uses the full 17-sector universe, and every gap subtracts exact values only within the same metric and unit. Ranks, percentiles, intensities, and gaps cannot be compared across measures, summed, averaged, or interpreted as a competition score, causal result, market-power finding, or legal antitrust market.
Selected evidence profiles
Continue from comparison to sector-level custodySource custody
One selection, four bounded evidence families.
The published sector code joins the releases. Values, ranks, gaps, periods, and denominators remain legible as separate evidence rather than a synthetic verdict.
2017 Economic Census Concentration of Largest Firms
U.S. Census Bureau / accessed 2026-07-18
2023 Business Dynamics Statistics
U.S. Census Bureau / accessed 2026-07-19
FY2023-FY2024 HSR acquired-entity composition
Federal Trade Commission and U.S. Department of Justice / 34 exact release-sector joins
This studio places separate published measures side by side. Every rank uses the full 17-sector universe, and every gap subtracts exact values only within the same metric and unit. Ranks, percentiles, intensities, and gaps cannot be compared across measures, summed, averaged, or interpreted as a competition score, causal result, market-power finding, or legal antitrust market. This bridge joins only the exact broad-sector NAICS code published by both sources. The 2022 Economic Census sector row measures economy-wide employer-firm structure, while each HSR sector aggregate sums the release's published acquired-entity 3-digit rows. The shared code does not define a legal antitrust market, measure a sector merger rate, establish competitive harm, or score agency performance.