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 / 311513

Cheese manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHI364.1Revenue$66.3B

Evidence profile

02 / 221210

Natural gas distribution

Utilities

HHI386.5Revenue$182.7B

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 industryCheese manufacturingNAICS 311513 / 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 HHI386.5Natural gas distribution

Largest selected revenue$182.7BNatural gas distribution

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 311513; Cheese manufacturing
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 325414

Biological product (except diagnostic) manufacturing

Manufacturing

Mean gap4.2 pts

Concentration3.4 pts

Scale5.0 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHI4.0 gap364.1404.8

CR44.4 gap28.5%30.7%

CR81.7 gap47.1%48.6%

Revenue4.6 gap$66.3B$47.3B

Jobs5.1 gap58.7K70.5K

Firms5.2 gap397304

Closest dimension: CR8 (1.7 pts). Widest: Firms (5.2 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

311513Strict match

Cheese manufacturing

Manufacturing

2017374.32022364.1Change-10.2 pts-2.7%

National rank #362 of 54333.4th percentile

221210Strict match

Natural gas distribution

Utilities

2017293.22022386.5Change+93.3 pts+31.8%

National rank #99 of 54381.9th percentile

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 2 / 2
Largest selected move: +93.3 pts

Natural gas distribution 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	311513	221210
+3.6 pts	-10.2 pts#362 of 543	+93.3 pts#99 of 543
+0.2 pts	-1 pts#498 of 781	+5.3 pts#130 of 781
+0.5 pts	-0.6 pts#473 of 783	+3.6 pts#186 of 783
+$3B	+$18.4B#120 of 789	+$82.1B#29 of 789
+1,474	+8,128#208 of 789	+14,886#137 of 789
0	-13#453 of 789	+11#341 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 31-33

Manufacturing

311513

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

Parent sector / NAICS 22

Utilities

221210

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

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	Cheese manufacturing311513	Natural gas distribution221210
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	364.158th percentile / rank #289 of 679	386.560th percentile / rank #274 of 679
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	28.5%46th percentile / rank #485 of 897	29.5%48th percentile / rank #466 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	47.1%57th percentile / rank #392 of 899	42.3%49th percentile / rank #455 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$66.3B84th percentile / rank #149 of 899	$182.7B93rd percentile / rank #64 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	58.7K60th percentile / rank #363 of 899	106.6K75th percentile / rank #230 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	39731st percentile / rank #617 of 899	43234th percentile / rank #598 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.