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 / 311211

Flour milling

Manufacturing

HHI738.9Revenue$18.5B

Evidence profile

02 / 424110

Printing and writing paper merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

HHI639.4Revenue$18.5B

Evidence profile

03 / 212115

Underground coal mining

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

HHI702Revenue$17.1B

Evidence profile

04 / 335929

Other communication and energy wire manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHI837.9Revenue$10B

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 industryFlour millingNAICS 311211 / Manufacturing

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 HHI837.9Other communication and energy wire manufacturing

Largest selected revenue$18.5BFlour milling

Sector scope3Cross-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 311211; Flour milling
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 424110

Printing and writing paper merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

Mean gap5.5 pts

Concentration2.4 pts

Scale8.6 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHI4.4 gap738.9639.4

CR42.5 gap45.4%43.3%

CR80.2 gap61%61.1%

Revenue0.1 gap$18.5B$18.5B

Jobs13.9 gap15K7.9K

Firms11.8 gap238421

Closest dimension: Revenue (0.1 pts). Widest: Jobs (13.9 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 / 20223 strict / 4 selected

Herfindahl-Hirschman Index / HHI points

Shared signed-change scale across this selection

National median +3.6 pts

Lower changeZeroHigher change

311211Strict match

Flour milling

Manufacturing

2017639.12022738.9Change+99.8 pts+15.6%

National rank #93 of 54383th percentile

424110Strict match

Printing and writing paper merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

2017441.22022639.4Change+198.2 pts+44.9%

National rank #39 of 54393th percentile

212115New in 2022

Underground coal mining

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

2017Not published2022702ChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

335929Measure unavailable

Other communication and energy wire manufacturing

Manufacturing

2017Not published2022837.9ChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 2 / 4
Largest selected move: +198.2 pts

Printing and writing paper merchant wholesalers 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	311211	424110	212115	335929
+3.6 pts	+99.8 pts#93 of 543	+198.2 pts#39 of 543	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedMeasure unavailable
+0.2 pts	+3 pts#207 of 781	+12 pts#34 of 781	Not comparedNew in 2022	+7.9 pts#77 of 781
+0.5 pts	+2.1 pts#264 of 783	+10 pts#41 of 783	Not comparedNew in 2022	+9 pts#52 of 783
+$3B	+$6.9B#237 of 789	+$181.2M#665 of 789	Not comparedNew in 2022	+$1.9B#465 of 789
+1,474	+1,958#368 of 789	-2,644#663 of 789	Not comparedNew in 2022	-2,783#664 of 789
0	+31#288 of 789	-162#667 of 789	Not comparedNew in 2022	-22#499 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: 3; 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 31-33

Manufacturing

311211 335929

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 439.3; 346 detailed rows
Median CR4: 38.5%; Published values
Selected here: 2; 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

Parent sector / NAICS 42

Wholesale trade

424110

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 360.8; 69 detailed rows
Median CR4: 29.9%; Published values
Selected here: 1; Not a sector aggregate

2017-2022 strict history

Median HHI change: +17.5; HHI points
Higher HHI: 68.2%; of published pairs
Coverage: 65.7%; 44 strict pairs

2023 BDS rates

Entry: 6.719%; establishments
Exit: 8.243%; establishments
Net jobs: 2.037%; net rate
Reallocation: 19.919%; excess rate

Parent sector / NAICS 21

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

212115

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

Compare parent sectorsSeparate structure and flow plane Joined sector JSON3 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	Flour milling311211	Printing and writing paper merchant wholesalers424110	Underground coal mining212115	Other communication and energy wire manufacturing335929
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	738.981st percentile / rank #132 of 679	639.476th percentile / rank #162 of 679	70280th percentile / rank #140 of 679	837.984th percentile / rank #111 of 679
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	45.4%72nd percentile / rank #252 of 897	43.3%69th percentile / rank #275 of 897	45.1%71st percentile / rank #257 of 897	48.3%75th percentile / rank #223 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	61%74th percentile / rank #237 of 899	61.1%74th percentile / rank #236 of 899	63.7%76th percentile / rank #217 of 899	65.7%78th percentile / rank #200 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$18.5B58th percentile / rank #382 of 899	$18.5B58th percentile / rank #383 of 899	$17.1B54th percentile / rank #411 of 899	$10B38th percentile / rank #554 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	15K24th percentile / rank #687 of 899	7.9K10th percentile / rank #812 of 899	24.4K36th percentile / rank #580 of 899	14.9K23rd percentile / rank #689 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	23822nd percentile / rank #706 of 899	42133rd percentile / rank #600 of 899	726th percentile / rank #842 of 899	16916th percentile / rank #752 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.