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 / 221114

Solar electric power generation

Utilities

HHI615.9Revenue$5.5B

Evidence profile

02 / 334310

Audio and video equipment manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHI682.8Revenue$5.1B

Evidence profile

03 / 339114

Dental equipment and supplies manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHI664.6Revenue$5.8B

Evidence profile

04 / 339940

Office supplies (except paper) manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHI780.7Revenue$3.2B

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 industrySolar electric power generationNAICS 221114 / Utilities

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 HHI780.7Office supplies (except paper) manufacturing

Largest selected revenue$5.8BDental equipment and supplies manufacturing

Sector scope2Cross-sector screen

HHI disclosure gaps04 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 221114; Solar electric power generation
Fixed benchmark: 899; National six-digit rows
Matched dimensions: 6 / 6; HHI, CR4, CR8, Revenue, Jobs, Firms
Eligible candidates: 678; 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 334310

Audio and video equipment manufacturing

Manufacturing

Mean gap4.5 pts

Concentration3.5 pts

Scale5.4 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHI3.2 gap615.9682.8

CR40.3 gap43.3%43.6%

CR87.0 gap59.3%53.8%

Revenue1.8 gap$5.5B$5.1B

Jobs10.4 gap7.6K12.8K

Firms4.0 gap644506

Closest dimension: CR4 (0.3 pts). Widest: Jobs (10.4 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

221114Measure unavailable

Solar electric power generation

Utilities

2017Not published2022615.9ChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

334310Strict match

Audio and video equipment manufacturing

Manufacturing

2017383.32022682.8Change+299.5 pts+78.1%

National rank #14 of 54397.6th percentile

339114Strict match

Dental equipment and supplies manufacturing

Manufacturing

20177192022664.6Change-54.4 pts-7.6%

National rank #444 of 54318.3th percentile

339940Strict match

Office supplies (except paper) manufacturing

Manufacturing

2017565.62022780.7Change+215.1 pts+38%

National rank #35 of 54393.7th percentile

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 3 / 4
Largest selected move: +299.5 pts

Audio and video equipment 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	221114	334310	339114	339940
+3.6 pts	Not comparedMeasure unavailable	+299.5 pts#14 of 543	-54.4 pts#444 of 543	+215.1 pts#35 of 543
+0.2 pts	-19.1 pts#774 of 781	+12.8 pts#26 of 781	-0.4 pts#454 of 781	+5.6 pts#119 of 781
+0.5 pts	-14.2 pts#775 of 783	+12.4 pts#24 of 783	+2.8 pts#226 of 783	+6.4 pts#93 of 783
+$3B	+$3.7B#364 of 789	+$2.1B#444 of 789	+$1.2B#521 of 789	+$166.1M#670 of 789
+1,474	+5,485#274 of 789	+2,753#331 of 789	+2,390#350 of 789	-1,777#629 of 789
0	+493#137 of 789	+42#281 of 789	-92#627 of 789	-84#620 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 22

Utilities

221114

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 615.9; 14 detailed rows
Median CR4: 41.6%; Published values
Selected here: 1; Not a sector aggregate

2017-2022 strict history

Median HHI change: -23.9; HHI points
Higher HHI: 14.3%; of published pairs
Coverage: 50.0%; 7 strict pairs

2023 BDS rates

Entry: 5.266%; establishments
Exit: 5.691%; establishments
Net jobs: 2.391%; net rate
Reallocation: 13.414%; excess rate

Parent sector / NAICS 31-33

Manufacturing

334310 339114 339940

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	Solar electric power generation221114	Audio and video equipment manufacturing334310	Dental equipment and supplies manufacturing339114	Office supplies (except paper) manufacturing339940
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	615.975th percentile / rank #168 of 679	682.879th percentile / rank #146 of 679	664.678th percentile / rank #152 of 679	780.783rd percentile / rank #119 of 679
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	43.3%69th percentile / rank #275 of 897	43.6%70th percentile / rank #272 of 897	45.1%71st percentile / rank #257 of 897	45.3%72nd percentile / rank #254 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	59.3%72nd percentile / rank #249 of 899	53.8%65th percentile / rank #312 of 899	66.3%79th percentile / rank #194 of 899	59.1%72nd percentile / rank #254 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$5.5B22nd percentile / rank #698 of 899	$5.1B21st percentile / rank #714 of 899	$5.8B24th percentile / rank #686 of 899	$3.2B13th percentile / rank #786 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	7.6K9th percentile / rank #816 of 899	12.8K20th percentile / rank #723 of 899	16.4K26th percentile / rank #665 of 899	8.9K12th percentile / rank #792 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	64441st percentile / rank #534 of 899	50637th percentile / rank #570 of 899	46435th percentile / rank #588 of 899	33629th percentile / rank #639 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.