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 / 238320

Painting and wall covering contractors

Construction

HHI2.9Revenue$33B

Evidence profile

02 / 722410

Drinking places (alcoholic beverages)

Accommodation and food services

HHI3Revenue$33.7B

Evidence profile

03 / 484220

Specialized freight (except used goods) trucking, local

Transportation and warehousing

HHI2.4Revenue$57.5B

Evidence profile

04 / 332710

Machine shops

Manufacturing

HHI3.5Revenue$44.7B

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 industryPainting and wall covering contractorsNAICS 238320 / 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 HHI3.5Machine shops

Largest selected revenue$57.5BSpecialized freight (except used goods) trucking, local

Sector scope4Cross-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 238320; Painting and wall covering 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 722410

Drinking places (alcoholic beverages)

Accommodation and food services

Mean gap1.9 pts

Concentration0.4 pts

Scale3.4 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHI0.1 gap2.93

CR41.0 gap2.1%2.6%

CR80.1 gap3.4%3.5%

Revenue0.4 gap$33B$33.7B

Jobs9.1 gap191.4K441.8K

Firms0.7 gap38K39.6K

Closest dimension: CR8 (0.1 pts). Widest: Jobs (9.1 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

238320Strict match

Painting and wall covering contractors

Construction

20177.720222.9Change-4.8 pts-62.3%

National rank #343 of 54336.9th percentile

722410Strict match

Drinking places (alcoholic beverages)

Accommodation and food services

20174.320223Change-1.3 pts-30.2%

National rank #319 of 54341.3th percentile

484220Strict match

Specialized freight (except used goods) trucking, local

Transportation and warehousing

20172.520222.4Change-0.1 pts-4%

National rank #307 of 54343.5th percentile

332710Strict match

Machine shops

Manufacturing

20174.220223.5Change-0.7 pts-16.7%

National rank #313 of 54342.4th percentile

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 4 / 4
Largest selected move: -4.8 pts

Painting and wall covering 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	238320	722410	484220	332710
+3.6 pts	-4.8 pts#343 of 543	-1.3 pts#319 of 543	-0.1 pts#307 of 543	-0.7 pts#313 of 543
+0.2 pts	-2.6 pts#578 of 781	-1 pts#503 of 781	-0.1 pts#426 of 781	-0.6 pts#476 of 781
+0.5 pts	-2.4 pts#583 of 783	-1.1 pts#518 of 783	-0.2 pts#449 of 783	-0.9 pts#502 of 783
+$3B	+$7.6B#222 of 789	+$9.7B#191 of 789	+$14.8B#144 of 789	+$7.8B#219 of 789
+1,474	+1,249#410 of 789	+76,494#37 of 789	+17,983#115 of 789	-566#570 of 789
0	+2,628#49 of 789	+570#128 of 789	+2,383#53 of 789	-1,061#765 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: 4; 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 23

Construction

238320

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 19.4; 31 detailed rows
Median CR4: 6.4%; Published values
Selected here: 1; 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

Parent sector / NAICS 72

Accommodation and food services

722410

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 15; 15 detailed rows
Median CR4: 8.0%; Published values
Selected here: 1; Not a sector aggregate

2017-2022 strict history

Median HHI change: -1.3; HHI points
Higher HHI: 40.0%; of published pairs
Coverage: 66.7%; 10 strict pairs

2023 BDS rates

Entry: 11.04%; establishments
Exit: 9.081%; establishments
Net jobs: 5.586%; net rate
Reallocation: 23.899%; excess rate

Parent sector / NAICS 48-49

Transportation and warehousing

484220

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 277.4; 54 detailed rows
Median CR4: 40.0%; Published values
Selected here: 1; Not a sector aggregate

2017-2022 strict history

Median HHI change: -0.8; HHI points
Higher HHI: 42.9%; of published pairs
Coverage: 66.0%; 35 strict pairs

2023 BDS rates

Entry: 14.851%; establishments
Exit: 14.67%; establishments
Net jobs: 2.02%; net rate
Reallocation: 23.193%; excess rate

Parent sector / NAICS 31-33

Manufacturing

332710

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 439.3; 346 detailed rows
Median CR4: 38.5%; Published values
Selected here: 1; 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 JSON4 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	Painting and wall covering contractors238320	Drinking places (alcoholic beverages)722410	Specialized freight (except used goods) trucking, local484220	Machine shops332710
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	2.91st percentile / rank #672 of 679	31st percentile / rank #671 of 679	2.41st percentile / rank #674 of 679	3.52nd percentile / rank #668 of 679
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	2.1%1st percentile / rank #890 of 897	2.6%2nd percentile / rank #881 of 897	1.8%1st percentile / rank #893 of 897	2%1st percentile / rank #891 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	3.4%1st percentile / rank #892 of 899	3.5%1st percentile / rank #891 of 899	2.9%1st percentile / rank #894 of 899	3.6%1st percentile / rank #889 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$33B71st percentile / rank #259 of 899	$33.7B72nd percentile / rank #255 of 899	$57.5B82nd percentile / rank #166 of 899	$44.7B78th percentile / rank #197 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	191.4K85th percentile / rank #139 of 899	441.8K94th percentile / rank #58 of 899	239.2K88th percentile / rank #108 of 899	226.6K87th percentile / rank #117 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	38K96th percentile / rank #41 of 899	39.6K96th percentile / rank #34 of 899	31.9K95th percentile / rank #47 of 899	16.9K90th percentile / rank #91 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.