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.

2 / 4

01 / 238140

Masonry contractors

Construction

HHI9Revenue$28.6B

Evidence profile

02 / 238350

Finish carpentry contractors

Construction

HHI9.1Revenue$42.7B

Evidence profile

Research workflow

Carry the selected industries into analysis and publication2 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 industryMasonry contractorsNAICS 238140 / Construction

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 HHI9.1Finish carpentry contractors

Largest selected revenue$42.7BFinish carpentry contractors

Sector scope1Single-sector screen

HHI disclosure gaps02 published in selection

Reusable selection

Combined JSON2 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 238140; Masonry contractors
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 459991

Tobacco, electronic cigarette, and other smoking supplies retailers

Retail trade

Mean gap1.9 pts

Concentration2.6 pts

Scale1.2 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHI2.8 gap914.6

CR43.0 gap4.1%6.1%

CR82.0 gap6.6%8.5%

Revenue1.8 gap$28.6B$31.3B

Jobs1.2 gap130.3K118.7K

Firms0.7 gap18K19.5K

Closest dimension: Firms (0.7 pts). Widest: CR4 (3.0 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 / 20222 strict / 2 selected

Herfindahl-Hirschman Index / HHI points

Shared signed-change scale across this selection

National median +3.6 pts

Lower changeZeroHigher change

238140Strict match

Masonry contractors

Construction

20175.820229Change+3.2 pts+55.2%

National rank #277 of 54349.1th percentile

238350Strict match

Finish carpentry contractors

Construction

20178.520229.1Change+0.6 pts+7.1%

National rank #300 of 54344.8th percentile

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 2 / 2
Largest selected move: +3.2 pts

Masonry contractors 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	238140	238350
+3.6 pts	+3.2 pts#277 of 543	+0.6 pts#300 of 543
+0.2 pts	+1.1 pts#329 of 781	-0.5 pts#462 of 781
+0.5 pts	+1.7 pts#295 of 783	+0.6 pts#374 of 783
+$3B	+$5B#302 of 789	+$15.2B#140 of 789
+1,474	-11,682#747 of 789	+32,082#81 of 789
0	-236#692 of 789	+2,387#52 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: 2; six-digit rows
Sectors: 1; parent contexts
Bridged: 0/2; 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 23

Construction

238140 238350

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 19.4; 31 detailed rows
Median CR4: 6.4%; Published values
Selected here: 2; Not a sector aggregate

2017-2022 strict history

Median HHI change: +1.6; HHI points
Higher HHI: 62.5%; of published pairs
Coverage: 77.4%; 24 strict pairs

2023 BDS rates

Entry: 13.016%; establishments
Exit: 11.082%; establishments
Net jobs: 3.24%; net rate
Reallocation: 26.939%; excess rate

Compare parent sectorsSeparate structure and flow plane Joined sector JSON1 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	Masonry contractors238140	Finish carpentry contractors238350
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	94th percentile / rank #653 of 679	9.14th percentile / rank #652 of 679
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	4.1%3rd percentile / rank #867 of 897	4.4%4th percentile / rank #862 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	6.6%4th percentile / rank #866 of 899	6.9%4th percentile / rank #862 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$28.6B68th percentile / rank #285 of 899	$42.7B77th percentile / rank #212 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	130.3K78th percentile / rank #195 of 899	177.9K84th percentile / rank #147 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	18K91st percentile / rank #81 of 899	31.9K95th percentile / rank #48 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.