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 / 323117

Books printing

Manufacturing

HHI508.4Revenue$5B

Evidence profile

02 / 332811

Metal heat treating

Manufacturing

HHI517.2Revenue$5.8B

Evidence profile

03 / 326191

Plastics plumbing fixture manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHI517.7Revenue$6.1B

Evidence profile

04 / 339910

Jewelry and silverware manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHI484.5Revenue$7.9B

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 industryBooks printingNAICS 323117 / 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 HHI517.7Plastics plumbing fixture manufacturing

Largest selected revenue$7.9BJewelry and silverware manufacturing

Sector scope1Single-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 323117; Books printing
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 332811

Metal heat treating

Manufacturing

Mean gap3.9 pts

Concentration3.5 pts

Scale4.3 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHI0.3 gap508.4517.2

CR45.7 gap38.7%41.8%

CR84.4 gap54.3%51.3%

Revenue3.3 gap$5B$5.8B

Jobs1.8 gap19.3K18.2K

Firms7.7 gap852524

Closest dimension: HHI (0.3 pts). Widest: Firms (7.7 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

323117Strict match

Books printing

Manufacturing

20177202022508.4Change-211.6 pts-29.4%

National rank #526 of 5433.1th percentile

332811Strict match

Metal heat treating

Manufacturing

20172612022517.2Change+256.2 pts+98.2%

National rank #25 of 54395.6th percentile

326191Strict match

Plastics plumbing fixture manufacturing

Manufacturing

2017372.22022517.7Change+145.5 pts+39.1%

National rank #60 of 54389.1th percentile

339910Strict match

Jewelry and silverware manufacturing

Manufacturing

20174032022484.5Change+81.5 pts+20.2%

National rank #105 of 54380.8th percentile

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 4 / 4
Largest selected move: +256.2 pts

Metal heat treating 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	323117	332811	326191	339910
+3.6 pts	-211.6 pts#526 of 543	+256.2 pts#25 of 543	+145.5 pts#60 of 543	+81.5 pts#105 of 543
+0.2 pts	-5.9 pts#694 of 781	+14 pts#20 of 781	+4.6 pts#151 of 781	+6 pts#113 of 781
+0.5 pts	-4.3 pts#662 of 783	+11.4 pts#31 of 783	+6.9 pts#87 of 783	+3.5 pts#192 of 783
+$3B	+$558.2M#606 of 789	+$833M#569 of 789	+$1.7B#488 of 789	+$646.4M#592 of 789
+1,474	-2,117#647 of 789	-2,233#653 of 789	+1,600#387 of 789	-5,374#707 of 789
0	+367#164 of 789	-97#634 of 789	-63#601 of 789	-304#704 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: 1; 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

323117 332811 326191 339910

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 439.3; 346 detailed rows
Median CR4: 38.5%; Published values
Selected here: 4; 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

Compare parent sectorsSeparate structure and flow plane Joined sector JSON1 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	Books printing323117	Metal heat treating332811	Plastics plumbing fixture manufacturing326191	Jewelry and silverware manufacturing339910
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	508.469th percentile / rank #209 of 679	517.270th percentile / rank #207 of 679	517.770th percentile / rank #205 of 679	484.567th percentile / rank #223 of 679
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	38.7%62nd percentile / rank #342 of 897	41.8%68th percentile / rank #291 of 897	37.4%60th percentile / rank #358 of 897	37.4%60th percentile / rank #358 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	54.3%66th percentile / rank #303 of 899	51.3%62nd percentile / rank #343 of 899	52.5%64th percentile / rank #324 of 899	48.4%58th percentile / rank #379 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$5B20th percentile / rank #717 of 899	$5.8B24th percentile / rank #687 of 899	$6.1B25th percentile / rank #676 of 899	$7.9B31st percentile / rank #618 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	19.3K30th percentile / rank #633 of 899	18.2K28th percentile / rank #649 of 899	19.3K30th percentile / rank #630 of 899	18.8K29th percentile / rank #639 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	85245th percentile / rank #494 of 899	52437th percentile / rank #563 of 899	24922nd percentile / rank #698 of 899	1.7K54th percentile / rank #416 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.