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 / 311821

Cookie and cracker manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHI523.9Revenue$10.3B

Evidence profile

02 / 711212

Racetracks

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

HHI570Revenue$8B

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 industryCookie and cracker manufacturingNAICS 311821 / 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 HHI570Racetracks

Largest selected revenue$10.3BCookie and cracker manufacturing

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 311821; Cookie and cracker 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 711212

Racetracks

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

Mean gap4.0 pts

Concentration2.5 pts

Scale5.6 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHI1.5 gap523.9570

CR42.0 gap38%39.2%

CR83.9 gap55.7%59.2%

Revenue7.9 gap$10.3B$8B

Jobs3.3 gap32.6K30K

Firms5.7 gap386499

Closest dimension: HHI (1.5 pts). Widest: Revenue (7.9 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 / 20222 strict / 2 selected

Herfindahl-Hirschman Index / HHI points

Shared signed-change scale across this selection

National median +3.6 pts

Lower changeZeroHigher change

311821Strict match

Cookie and cracker manufacturing

Manufacturing

20171,039.42022523.9Change-515.5 pts-49.6%

National rank #543 of 5430th percentile

711212Strict match

Racetracks

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

2017399.62022570Change+170.4 pts+42.6%

National rank #48 of 54391.3th percentile

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 2 / 2
Largest selected move: -515.5 pts

Cookie and cracker manufacturing 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	311821	711212
+3.6 pts	-515.5 pts#543 of 543	+170.4 pts#48 of 543
+0.2 pts	-16.5 pts#772 of 781	+9.5 pts#51 of 781
+0.5 pts	-13 pts#772 of 783	+9.7 pts#44 of 783
+$3B	-$577.4M#751 of 789	-$309.3M#742 of 789
+1,474	+2,384#351 of 789	-10,071#744 of 789
0	+57#263 of 789	-19#485 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

311821

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 71

Arts, entertainment, and recreation

711212

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 192.2; 25 detailed rows
Median CR4: 21.2%; Published values
Selected here: 1; Not a sector aggregate

2017-2022 strict history

Median HHI change: -3.3; HHI points
Higher HHI: 35.7%; of published pairs
Coverage: 56.0%; 14 strict pairs

2023 BDS rates

Entry: 13.716%; establishments
Exit: 10.45%; establishments
Net jobs: 7.884%; net rate
Reallocation: 20.33%; 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	Cookie and cracker manufacturing311821	Racetracks711212
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	523.970th percentile / rank #202 of 679	57072nd percentile / rank #192 of 679
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	38%61st percentile / rank #351 of 897	39.2%63rd percentile / rank #333 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	55.7%68th percentile / rank #287 of 899	59.2%72nd percentile / rank #252 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$10.3B40th percentile / rank #541 of 899	$8B32nd percentile / rank #612 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	32.6K45th percentile / rank #498 of 899	30K41st percentile / rank #528 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	38631st percentile / rank #623 of 899	49936th percentile / rank #572 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.