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 / 312112

Bottled water manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHIWithheldRevenue$8.7B

Evidence profile

02 / 481112

Scheduled freight air transportation

Transportation and warehousing

HHIWithheldRevenue$10.1B

Evidence profile

03 / 327420

Gypsum product manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHI1,934.6Revenue$9.2B

Evidence profile

04 / 332992

Small arms ammunition manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHI1,766.1Revenue$5.8B

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 industryBottled water manufacturingNAICS 312112 / 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 HHI1,934.6Gypsum product manufacturing

Largest selected revenue$10.1BScheduled freight air transportation

Sector scope2Cross-sector screen

HHI disclosure gaps22 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 312112; Bottled water manufacturing
Fixed benchmark: 899; National six-digit rows
Matched dimensions: 5 / 6; HHI, CR4, CR8, Revenue, Jobs, Firms
Eligible candidates: 896; 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 481112

Scheduled freight air transportation

Transportation and warehousing

Mean gap3.4 pts

Concentration4.7 pts

Scale2.5 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHIWithheldNot comparedWithheldWithheld

CR44.0 gap78%67.9%

CR85.4 gap87.3%78.9%

Revenue4.9 gap$8.7B$10.1B

Jobs0.9 gap11K10.6K

Firms1.6 gap210184

Closest dimension: Jobs (0.9 pts). Widest: CR8 (5.4 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

312112Measure unavailable

Bottled water manufacturing

Manufacturing

2017Not published2022Not publishedChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

481112Measure unavailable

Scheduled freight air transportation

Transportation and warehousing

2017Not published2022Not publishedChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

327420Strict match

Gypsum product manufacturing

Manufacturing

20171,572.720221,934.6Change+361.9 pts+23%

National rank #8 of 54398.7th percentile

332992Strict match

Small arms ammunition manufacturing

Manufacturing

20171,751.220221,766.1Change+14.9 pts+0.9%

National rank #211 of 54361.3th percentile

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 2 / 4
Largest selected move: +361.9 pts

Gypsum product 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	312112	481112	327420	332992
+3.6 pts	Not comparedMeasure unavailable	Not comparedMeasure unavailable	+361.9 pts#8 of 543	+14.9 pts#211 of 543
+0.2 pts	+5.5 pts#120 of 781	+16.7 pts#8 of 781	+9.2 pts#55 of 781	0 pts#410 of 781
+0.5 pts	+3.3 pts#203 of 783	+13.4 pts#17 of 783	+2.7 pts#232 of 783	-2.4 pts#588 of 783
+$3B	+$2.8B#409 of 789	+$4.8B#308 of 789	+$3.4B#373 of 789	+$1.7B#485 of 789
+1,474	+80#504 of 789	+1,795#376 of 789	+3,417#309 of 789	+1,491#394 of 789
0	+2#377 of 789	-1#405 of 789	-24#508 of 789	+5#362 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: 2; 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

312112 327420 332992

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 439.3; 346 detailed rows
Median CR4: 38.5%; Published values
Selected here: 3; 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 48-49

Transportation and warehousing

481112

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 277.4; 54 detailed rows
Median CR4: 40.0%; Published values
Selected here: 1; Not a sector aggregate

2017-2022 strict history

Median HHI change: -0.8; HHI points
Higher HHI: 42.9%; of published pairs
Coverage: 66.0%; 35 strict pairs

2023 BDS rates

Entry: 14.851%; establishments
Exit: 14.67%; establishments
Net jobs: 2.02%; net rate
Reallocation: 23.193%; 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	Bottled water manufacturing312112	Scheduled freight air transportation481112	Gypsum product manufacturing327420	Small arms ammunition manufacturing332992
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	Withheld	Withheld	1,934.697th percentile / rank #20 of 679	1,766.196th percentile / rank #26 of 679
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	78%95th percentile / rank #50 of 897	67.9%91st percentile / rank #86 of 897	84.1%96th percentile / rank #34 of 897	75.4%94th percentile / rank #59 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	87.3%94th percentile / rank #57 of 899	78.9%88th percentile / rank #105 of 899	96.1%98th percentile / rank #17 of 899	88.2%94th percentile / rank #52 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$8.7B34th percentile / rank #593 of 899	$10.1B39th percentile / rank #549 of 899	$9.2B36th percentile / rank #573 of 899	$5.8B24th percentile / rank #682 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	11K16th percentile / rank #760 of 899	10.6K15th percentile / rank #768 of 899	11.9K17th percentile / rank #745 of 899	13.5K21st percentile / rank #715 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	21019th percentile / rank #726 of 899	18418th percentile / rank #740 of 899	959th percentile / rank #821 of 899	15115th percentile / rank #769 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.