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 / 238390

Other building finishing contractors

Construction

HHI23.2Revenue$14.4B

Evidence profile

02 / 541370

Surveying and mapping (except geophysical) services

Professional, scientific, and technical services

HHI26.5Revenue$11B

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 industryOther building finishing contractorsNAICS 238390 / 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 HHI26.5Surveying and mapping (except geophysical) services

Largest selected revenue$14.4BOther building finishing contractors

Sector scope2Cross-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 238390; Other building finishing 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 238150

Glass and glazing contractors

Construction

Mean gap2.1 pts

Concentration0.9 pts

Scale3.4 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHI1.8 gap23.219.2

CR40.6 gap6.6%6.8%

CR80.2 gap10.5%10.3%

Revenue8.7 gap$14.4B$18.9B

Jobs0.5 gap71.7K70.3K

Firms1.1 gap7.1K6.6K

Closest dimension: CR8 (0.2 pts). Widest: Revenue (8.7 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

238390Strict match

Other building finishing contractors

Construction

201710.5202223.2Change+12.7 pts+121%

National rank #215 of 54360.5th percentile

541370Measure unavailable

Surveying and mapping (except geophysical) services

Professional, scientific, and technical services

2017Not published202226.5ChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 1 / 2
Largest selected move: +12.7 pts

Other building finishing 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	238390	541370
+3.6 pts	+12.7 pts#215 of 543	Not comparedMeasure unavailable
+0.2 pts	+2.3 pts#249 of 781	-7 pts#713 of 781
+0.5 pts	+3.9 pts#173 of 783	-7.7 pts#740 of 783
+$3B	+$3.7B#365 of 789	+$3.8B#359 of 789
+1,474	+1,388#401 of 789	+18,901#110 of 789
0	+393#158 of 789	-219#686 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: 2; 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

238390

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 54

Professional, scientific, and technical services

541370

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 94.9; 48 detailed rows
Median CR4: 17.8%; Published values
Selected here: 1; Not a sector aggregate

2017-2022 strict history

Median HHI change: +0.1; HHI points
Higher HHI: 50.0%; of published pairs
Coverage: 69.6%; 32 strict pairs

2023 BDS rates

Entry: 12.473%; establishments
Exit: 11.031%; establishments
Net jobs: 2.438%; net rate
Reallocation: 25.267%; 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	Other building finishing contractors238390	Surveying and mapping (except geophysical) services541370
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	23.210th percentile / rank #610 of 679	26.512th percentile / rank #601 of 679
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	6.6%8th percentile / rank #828 of 897	8.7%12th percentile / rank #791 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	10.5%9th percentile / rank #819 of 899	11.6%11th percentile / rank #804 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$14.4B49th percentile / rank #455 of 899	$11B42nd percentile / rank #524 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	71.7K65th percentile / rank #314 of 899	72.8K66th percentile / rank #311 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	7.1K80th percentile / rank #180 of 899	7.2K81st percentile / rank #172 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.