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 / 311812

Commercial bakeries

Manufacturing

HHI439.9Revenue$38.2B

Evidence profile

02 / 522291

Consumer lending

Finance and insurance

HHI450.4Revenue$47.6B

Evidence profile

03 / 423730

Warm air heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

HHI374Revenue$96.6B

Evidence profile

04 / 561599

All other travel arrangement and reservation services

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

HHI442.5Revenue$25B

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 industryCommercial bakeriesNAICS 311812 / 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 HHI450.4Consumer lending

Largest selected revenue$96.6BWarm air heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers

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 311812; Commercial bakeries
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 522291

Consumer lending

Finance and insurance

Mean gap2.8 pts

Concentration2.8 pts

Scale2.7 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHI0.8 gap439.9450.4

CR40.7 gap34.5%34.8%

CR86.9 gap43.7%48.8%

Revenue5.3 gap$38.2B$47.6B

Jobs1.1 gap116.6K125.7K

Firms1.7 gap2.6K2.9K

Closest dimension: CR4 (0.7 pts). Widest: CR8 (6.9 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 / 20224 strict / 4 selected

Herfindahl-Hirschman Index / HHI points

Shared signed-change scale across this selection

National median +3.6 pts

Lower changeZeroHigher change

311812Strict match

Commercial bakeries

Manufacturing

2017424.12022439.9Change+15.8 pts+3.7%

National rank #209 of 54361.6th percentile

522291Strict match

Consumer lending

Finance and insurance

2017704.72022450.4Change-254.3 pts-36.1%

National rank #531 of 5432.2th percentile

423730Strict match

Warm air heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

2017370.82022374Change+3.2 pts+0.9%

National rank #278 of 54348.9th percentile

561599Strict match

All other travel arrangement and reservation services

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

2017233.22022442.5Change+209.3 pts+89.8%

National rank #37 of 54393.4th percentile

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 4 / 4
Largest selected move: -254.3 pts

Consumer lending 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	311812	522291	423730	561599
+3.6 pts	+15.8 pts#209 of 543	-254.3 pts#531 of 543	+3.2 pts#278 of 543	+209.3 pts#37 of 543
+0.2 pts	+0.3 pts#379 of 781	-15.9 pts#770 of 781	+3.7 pts#188 of 781	+8.7 pts#65 of 781
+0.5 pts	+0.6 pts#376 of 783	-11.9 pts#768 of 783	+4 pts#170 of 783	+6.1 pts#102 of 783
+$3B	+$5.9B#271 of 789	+$11B#170 of 789	+$43.4B#59 of 789	+$8B#217 of 789
+1,474	-155#528 of 789	+31,716#83 of 789	+16,054#125 of 789	-11,842#748 of 789
0	-163#668 of 789	-99#636 of 789	+163#205 of 789	-41#556 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 31-33

Manufacturing

311812

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 52

Finance and insurance

522291

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 405.8; 29 detailed rows
Median CR4: 31.0%; Published values
Selected here: 1; Not a sector aggregate

2017-2022 strict history

Median HHI change: -4.1; HHI points
Higher HHI: 47.6%; of published pairs
Coverage: 91.3%; 21 strict pairs

2023 BDS rates

Entry: 8.115%; establishments
Exit: 9.608%; establishments
Net jobs: 1.847%; net rate
Reallocation: 28.689%; excess rate

Parent sector / NAICS 42

Wholesale trade

423730

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 56

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

561599

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 182; 44 detailed rows
Median CR4: 23.5%; Published values
Selected here: 1; Not a sector aggregate

2017-2022 strict history

Median HHI change: +10.7; HHI points
Higher HHI: 61.5%; of published pairs
Coverage: 60.5%; 26 strict pairs

2023 BDS rates

Entry: 12.905%; establishments
Exit: 11.833%; establishments
Net jobs: -1.087%; net rate
Reallocation: 27.485%; 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	Commercial bakeries311812	Consumer lending522291	Warm air heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers423730	All other travel arrangement and reservation services561599
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	439.964th percentile / rank #246 of 679	450.465th percentile / rank #241 of 679	37458th percentile / rank #283 of 679	442.564th percentile / rank #243 of 679
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	34.5%56th percentile / rank #400 of 897	34.8%56th percentile / rank #394 of 897	35.4%58th percentile / rank #381 of 897	32.8%53rd percentile / rank #422 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	43.7%52nd percentile / rank #436 of 899	48.8%59th percentile / rank #374 of 899	44%52nd percentile / rank #434 of 899	43.9%52nd percentile / rank #435 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$38.2B74th percentile / rank #237 of 899	$47.6B79th percentile / rank #190 of 899	$96.6B88th percentile / rank #111 of 899	$25B66th percentile / rank #311 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	116.6K77th percentile / rank #209 of 899	125.7K78th percentile / rank #199 of 899	90.9K72nd percentile / rank #256 of 899	76.9K68th percentile / rank #293 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	2.6K63rd percentile / rank #338 of 899	2.9K64th percentile / rank #323 of 899	2.4K61st percentile / rank #353 of 899	1.7K54th percentile / rank #415 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.