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Exact relationship builder

Indicator comparison lab

Compare two measures while keeping their entities, periods, units, and source populations visible. A visual association does not establish causation.

Declared indicator relationship network15 exact pairing contracts span source-backed series across markets, industries, geographies, business dynamism, and merger activity.0117021703180467905510651073,1040810209114101151138123813920149201510
Active planeIndustry HHI x CR431 exact pairs · r 0.96
Relationship planes15declared contracts
Exact pairs6,194entity-period matches
Domains6bounded universes
Imputation0missing sides filled
Comparable hereExact pairs, within-contract ranks, coverage, and descriptive association.
Never inferred hereCausation, legal market findings, forward-filled values, or a national composite score.
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Comparison controls

Build an exact paired slice

Evidence scopeAll source records
Exact pairing ruleSame six-digit NAICS industry and Economic Census yearAll paired periods · 44 · both-side evidence

Paired visualization

Detailed industry HHI and CR4

31 exact pairs in this slice
Exact pairs
31
all plotted
Correlation
+0.96
Strong positive association
0.92
descriptive linear fit
Evidence
31
verified on both sides

Paired comparison cohort

0 / 5 entities · fixed 31-pair benchmark

Select a point, then add it or its nearest exact-pair peers.

The cohort changes the overlay and exact export only. Full-slice medians, correlation, quadrants, and coverage remain fixed.

New car dealers; 2022; Industry HHI 25.4; Industry CR4 8.4%Motorcycle, ATV, and all other motor vehicle dealers; 2022; Industry HHI 10.6; Industry CR4 4.6%Automotive parts and accessories retailers; 2022; Industry HHI 645.3; Industry CR4 46.9%Tire dealers; 2022; Industry HHI 480.4; Industry CR4 37.0%Other building material dealers; 2022; Industry HHI 58.9; Industry CR4 13.0%Outdoor power equipment retailers; 2022; Industry HHI 46.4; Industry CR4 9.9%Supermarkets and other grocery retailers (except convenience retailers); 2022; Industry HHI 506.7; Industry CR4 39.2%Convenience retailers; 2022; Industry HHI 37.4; Industry CR4 10.6%Meat retailers; 2022; Industry HHI 75.4; Industry CR4 15.2%Fish and seafood retailers; 2022; Industry HHI 23.8; Industry CR4 7.0%Baked goods retailers; 2022; Industry HHI 17.6; Industry CR4 6.2%Beer, wine, and liquor retailers; 2022; Industry HHI 80.6; Industry CR4 14.7%Furniture retailers; 2022; Industry HHI 133.9; Industry CR4 18.9%Window treatment retailers; 2022; Industry HHI 116; Industry CR4 18.6%All other home furnishings retailers; 2022; Industry HHI 802.6; Industry CR4 51.3%Pharmacies and drug retailers; 2022; Industry HHI 1,710.8; Industry CR4 71.0%Cosmetics, beauty supplies, and perfume retailers; 2022; Industry HHI 774.8; Industry CR4 49.8%Food (health) supplement retailers; 2022; Industry HHI 167.4; Industry CR4 21.5%All other health and personal care retailers; 2022; Industry HHI 96.6; Industry CR4 15.8%Gasoline stations with convenience stores; 2022; Industry HHI 196.1; Industry CR4 23.4%Fuel dealers; 2022; Industry HHI 132.8; Industry CR4 19.5%Clothing and clothing accessories retailers; 2022; Industry HHI 251.4; Industry CR4 27.1%Shoe retailers; 2022; Industry HHI 565.5; Industry CR4 37.6%Sporting goods retailers; 2022; Industry HHI 395.8; Industry CR4 34.8%Office supplies and stationery retailers; 2022; Industry HHI 2,004.5; Industry CR4 78.2%Gift, novelty, and souvenir retailers; 2022; Industry HHI 151.5; Industry CR4 22.3%Used merchandise retailers; 2022; Industry HHI 39.4; Industry CR4 9.8%Art dealers; 2022; Industry HHI 186.5; Industry CR4 23.4%Tobacco, electronic cigarette, and other smoking supplies retailers; 2022; Industry HHI 14.6; Industry CR4 6.1%All other miscellaneous retailers; 2022; Industry HHI 87.7; Industry CR4 15.4%Department stores; 2022; Industry HHI 2,386.8; Industry CR4 84.9%
Selected exact pairDepartment stores455110 · 2022 · 44
Industry HHI
2,386.8
Verified · High
Industry CR4
84.9%
Verified · High
Median positionAt or above both slice medians
X source
census-ecnsize-concentration-2022
Y source
census-ecnsize-concentration-2022
Research handoff4 canonical profiles
Open context map

Coverage diagnostics

What entered the plane, and what did not

Pairing coverage is reported separately for each indicator denominator. A matched row is not evidence that either source covers the full underlying economy.

Industry HHI100.0%679 matched of 679
Industry CR475.7%679 matched of 897

A NAICS industry is a statistical classification, not a legally defined antitrust market. Use these national revenue concentration measures to screen where deeper product and geographic market analysis may be warranted, not to infer market power or liability. The relationship is descriptive and does not make a statistical industry equivalent to a legal antitrust market.

Higher / higher15
Higher X / lower Y1
Lower X / higher Y1
Lower / lower14

Quadrants use this filtered slice's medians: 133.9 and 19.5%.

Slice ledgers

Period and group structure

Counts and correlations stay inside exact paired rows. Small groups may be too thin for a stable descriptive association.

Period coverage1 period
NAICS sector ledger17 visible
GroupPairsX avg.Y avg.r
31271585.937.1%+0.96
4255408.731.4%+0.98
5439150.617.3%+0.97
4838539.132.9%+0.93
4431394.327.2%+0.96
5630354.726.5%+0.95
6230164.714.1%+0.96
8130105.513.2%+0.97
5227748.341.0%+0.93
232651.18.7%+0.98
7119391.825.0%+0.96
2117613.939.2%+0.97
5117798.445.0%+0.97
5317423.726.8%+0.94
611296.814.3%+0.98
721121916.3%+0.97
229730.441.6%+0.98

Reusable comparison packet

Carry the exact contract into analysis

The endpoint returns every matched row in the filtered slice, both observation identifiers, both source routes, evidence status, confidence, entity, group, and period.

This lab compares only declared same-entity, same-period pairs. Missing sides are excluded rather than imputed, correlation remains descriptive, and unlike universes are never combined into a composite market-power score.

Relationship directory

15 declared planes, no arbitrary joins

Each route names both measures and its exact pairing rule. Select a plane to rebuild the lab around that bounded universe.

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