Detailed-industry lab

Industry comparison studio

Compare official Census industry measures and matched 2017-2022 observations. Industry categories, broad sectors, and curated antitrust markets remain distinct.

Universe899Detailed rows

Measures6Fixed benchmarks

Coverage2017–23Three Census layers

Comparable here

National six-digit rows sharing the employer-firm universe and revenue-based concentration basis; signed changes require an identical code, level, sector, and label in both Census tables.

Still requires judgment

A relative rank is a screening signal. Product and geographic market definition, competitive effects, entry, and legal conclusions require separate evidence.

Selection console

Choose two to four detailed industries

Every rank and percentile uses the same 899 six-digit NAICS rows, so hierarchy level stays fixed across the comparison.

4 / 4

01 / 212210

Iron ore mining

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

HHIWithheldRevenue$4.4B

Evidence profile

02 / 311313

Beet sugar manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHI2,075Revenue$4.4B

Evidence profile

03 / 331313

Alumina refining and primary aluminum production

Manufacturing

HHIWithheldRevenue$2.9B

Evidence profile

04 / 334112

Computer storage device manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHIWithheldRevenue$4.7B

Evidence profile

Research workflow

Carry the selected industries into analysis and publication4 canonical industry profiles / 0 of 6 currently saved

Atlas workspace Draft brief

Relative percentile matrix

Compare position before comparing raw scale

Every measure uses a fixed 0-100 percentile benchmark. Exact raw values, national ranks, and disclosure gaps remain visible beside the shared 50th-percentile marker.

Benchmark universe / 899 industries

Focal industryIron ore miningNAICS 212210 / Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

01 / percentile profile

HHI

Revenue-based HHI

Detailed median284

02 / percentile profile

CR4

Largest four firms

Detailed median30.6%

03 / percentile profile

CR8

Largest eight firms

Detailed median42.8%

04 / percentile profile

Revenue

Detailed median$14.5B

05 / percentile profile

Employment

Detailed median40.1K

06 / percentile profile

Firms

Employer firms

Detailed median1.2K

Highest selected HHI2,075Beet sugar manufacturing

Largest selected revenue$4.7BComputer storage device manufacturing

Sector scope2Cross-sector screen

HHI disclosure gaps31 published in selection

Reusable selection

Combined JSON4 exact Census rows Combined CSVNotebook-ready download

Census structure neighborhood

Discover comparable industry fingerprints

Find six-digit industries with the smallest mean gap across national percentile positions, using only dimensions published for the reference row.

Reference industry

Measurement lens

Candidate scope

Reference: NAICS 212210; Iron ore mining
Fixed benchmark: 899; National six-digit rows
Matched dimensions: 5 / 6; HHI, CR4, CR8, Revenue, Jobs, Firms
Eligible candidates: 896; 898 rows in selected scope

Nearest published fingerprints

Lower gaps mean closer national percentile positions across the matched dimensions.

10 nearest shown

Neighbor 01 / NAICS 311313

Beet sugar manufacturing

Manufacturing

Mean gap2.0 pts

Concentration3.0 pts

Scale1.4 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHIWithheldNot comparedWithheld2,075

CR45.1 gap99.4%78.6%

CR80.9 gap99.9%99%

Revenue0.6 gap$4.4B$4.4B

Jobs3.4 gap5.2K7.1K

Firms0.1 gap1312

Closest dimension: Firms (0.1 pts). Widest: CR4 (5.1 pts).

Profile Pair JSON Nearest CSV

Two-vintage comparison

Compare how the selected rows moved, not only where they landed

The same six Census measures, strict matching rule, and national detailed-industry benchmark now travel with the selection.

2017 / 20224 strict / 4 selected

Herfindahl-Hirschman Index / HHI points

Shared signed-change scale across this selection

National median +3.6 pts

Lower changeZeroHigher change

212210Measure unavailable

Iron ore mining

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

2017Not published2022Not publishedChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

311313Strict match

Beet sugar manufacturing

Manufacturing

20172,198.920222,075Change-123.9 pts-5.6%

National rank #499 of 5438.1th percentile

331313Measure unavailable

Alumina refining and primary aluminum production

Manufacturing

20171,9362022Not publishedChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

334112Measure unavailable

Computer storage device manufacturing

Manufacturing

2017Not published2022Not publishedChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 1 / 4
Largest selected move: -123.9 pts

Beet sugar manufacturing has the largest absolute published move in this selection.

Open national change plane Selection history JSON Selection history CSV

2017 source 2022 source

Six-measure change ledger

Change in six Census measures for the selected industries
National median	212210	311313	331313	334112
+3.6 pts	Not comparedMeasure unavailable	-123.9 pts#499 of 543	Not comparedMeasure unavailable	Not comparedMeasure unavailable
+0.2 pts	+1 pts#336 of 781	-0.9 pts#488 of 781	+13.4 pts#25 of 781	-6.4 pts#698 of 781
+0.5 pts	Not comparedMeasure unavailable	+0.5 pts#391 of 783	+6 pts#103 of 783	-0.1 pts#445 of 783
+$3B	+$934.4M#555 of 789	+$764.1M#576 of 789	+$140.2M#677 of 789	-$49.6M#714 of 789
+1,474	+219#486 of 789	+149#492 of 789	+10#511 of 789	+2,562#340 of 789
0	+2#374 of 789	-1#398 of 789	-10#439 of 789	-46#570 of 789

Cross-grain research context

Move between industry, sector, and market evidence without mixing them

Keep the selected six-digit cohort fixed while inspecting broad-sector flows or exact curated market bridges. Every layer retains its own universe, vintage, and permitted use.

Cohort: 4; six-digit rows
Sectors: 2; parent contexts
Bridged: 0/4; 0 markets
Evidence: 0; records + reports

2017 / Industry baselineStrict same-code and same-label Census rows

2022 / Current structureIndustry values and parent-sector distributions

2023 / Broad-sector flowsBDS establishment and job-flow rates

Parent sector / NAICS 21

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

212210

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 559.2; 21 detailed rows
Median CR4: 43.7%; Published values
Selected here: 1; Not a sector aggregate

2017-2022 strict history

Median HHI change: +10; HHI points
Higher HHI: 54.5%; of published pairs
Coverage: 73.3%; 11 strict pairs

2023 BDS rates

Entry: 9.436%; establishments
Exit: 7.685%; establishments
Net jobs: 11.246%; net rate
Reallocation: 17.547%; excess rate

Parent sector / NAICS 31-33

Manufacturing

311313 331313 334112

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 439.3; 346 detailed rows
Median CR4: 38.5%; Published values
Selected here: 3; Not a sector aggregate

2017-2022 strict history

Median HHI change: +12.4; HHI points
Higher HHI: 59.2%; of published pairs
Coverage: 72.8%; 238 strict pairs

2023 BDS rates

Entry: 6.87%; establishments
Exit: 6.997%; establishments
Net jobs: 1.265%; net rate
Reallocation: 16.565%; excess rate

Compare parent sectorsSeparate structure and flow plane Joined sector JSON2 exact rows Full BDS historiesSelected sectors plus national series Joined sector CSVNotebook-ready context rows BDS history CSV1978-2023 selected-sector series

Raw values and benchmark positions

Inspect the exact benchmark ledger

Ranks run from highest to lowest. Percentiles show the share of published detailed-industry values at or below each row.

Raw Census values and detailed-industry benchmark positions for selected industries
Measure	Detailed median	Iron ore mining212210	Beet sugar manufacturing311313	Alumina refining and primary aluminum production331313	Computer storage device manufacturing334112
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	Withheld	2,07598th percentile / rank #14 of 679	Withheld	Withheld
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	99.4%100th percentile / rank #1 of 897	78.6%95th percentile / rank #47 of 897	91.3%99th percentile / rank #11 of 897	83.6%96th percentile / rank #35 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	99.9%100th percentile / rank #1 of 899	99%99th percentile / rank #9 of 899	99.6%100th percentile / rank #5 of 899	94.6%97th percentile / rank #29 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$4.4B18th percentile / rank #735 of 899	$4.4B18th percentile / rank #740 of 899	$2.9B11th percentile / rank #798 of 899	$4.7B20th percentile / rank #722 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	5.2K5th percentile / rank #853 of 899	7.1K9th percentile / rank #823 of 899	3.8K4th percentile / rank #867 of 899	8.7K12th percentile / rank #796 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	130th percentile / rank #896 of 899	120th percentile / rank #897 of 899	110th percentile / rank #899 of 899	383rd percentile / rank #870 of 899

NAICS industries are national statistical screening categories, not legally defined antitrust markets. Cross-sector comparisons describe relative Census position; they do not establish product substitutability, geographic scope, market power, or liability.