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 / 324122

Asphalt shingle and coating materials manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHI1,366Revenue$15B

Evidence profile

02 / 325120

Industrial gas manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHI1,299.4Revenue$16.4B

Evidence profile

03 / 486910

Pipeline transportation of refined petroleum products

Transportation and warehousing

HHI1,007Revenue$14B

Evidence profile

04 / 311221

Wet corn milling and starch manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHI1,974.3Revenue$17.5B

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 industryAsphalt shingle and coating materials manufacturingNAICS 324122 / 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 HHI1,974.3Wet corn milling and starch manufacturing

Largest selected revenue$17.5BWet corn milling and starch manufacturing

Sector scope2Cross-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 324122; Asphalt shingle and coating materials 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 325120

Industrial gas manufacturing

Manufacturing

Mean gap2.4 pts

Concentration0.5 pts

Scale4.4 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHI0.6 gap1,3661,299.4

CR40.1 gap66.9%66.8%

CR80.7 gap83.7%85.5%

Revenue2.0 gap$15B$16.4B

Jobs9.1 gap10.4K14.6K

Firms2.0 gap7293

Closest dimension: CR4 (0.1 pts). Widest: Jobs (9.1 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 / 20223 strict / 4 selected

Herfindahl-Hirschman Index / HHI points

Shared signed-change scale across this selection

National median +3.6 pts

Lower changeZeroHigher change

324122Strict match

Asphalt shingle and coating materials manufacturing

Manufacturing

20171,192.120221,366Change+173.9 pts+14.6%

National rank #46 of 54391.7th percentile

325120Strict match

Industrial gas manufacturing

Manufacturing

20171,317.420221,299.4Change-18 pts-1.4%

National rank #385 of 54329.2th percentile

486910Strict match

Pipeline transportation of refined petroleum products

Transportation and warehousing

20171,082.120221,007Change-75.1 pts-6.9%

National rank #468 of 54313.8th percentile

311221Label changed

Wet corn milling and starch manufacturing

2017 label: Wet corn milling

20172,077.220221,974.3ChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 3 / 4
Largest selected move: +173.9 pts

Asphalt shingle and coating materials 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	324122	325120	486910	311221
+3.6 pts	+173.9 pts#46 of 543	-18 pts#385 of 543	-75.1 pts#468 of 543	Not comparedLabel changed
+0.2 pts	+2.3 pts#250 of 781	+0.7 pts#356 of 781	-8.1 pts#730 of 781	Not comparedLabel changed
+0.5 pts	+5.1 pts#127 of 783	+0.1 pts#418 of 783	-1.1 pts#512 of 783	Not comparedLabel changed
+$3B	+$3.9B#356 of 789	+$6.9B#239 of 789	+$5.1B#296 of 789	Not comparedLabel changed
+1,474	-48#516 of 789	+1,769#378 of 789	+2,407#348 of 789	Not comparedLabel changed
0	-53#577 of 789	+30#291 of 789	+20#313 of 789	Not comparedLabel changed

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

324122 325120 311221

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

486910

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	Asphalt shingle and coating materials manufacturing324122	Industrial gas manufacturing325120	Pipeline transportation of refined petroleum products486910	Wet corn milling and starch manufacturing311221
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	1,36694th percentile / rank #39 of 679	1,299.494th percentile / rank #43 of 679	1,00788th percentile / rank #81 of 679	1,974.397th percentile / rank #19 of 679
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	66.9%90th percentile / rank #91 of 897	66.8%90th percentile / rank #92 of 897	52.5%80th percentile / rank #184 of 897	79.9%95th percentile / rank #44 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	83.7%92nd percentile / rank #75 of 899	85.5%93rd percentile / rank #68 of 899	80.8%90th percentile / rank #94 of 899	97.9%99th percentile / rank #13 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$15B51st percentile / rank #439 of 899	$16.4B53rd percentile / rank #421 of 899	$14B48th percentile / rank #469 of 899	$17.5B55th percentile / rank #403 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	10.4K14th percentile / rank #773 of 899	14.6K23rd percentile / rank #691 of 899	10.8K15th percentile / rank #763 of 899	7.8K10th percentile / rank #813 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	726th percentile / rank #842 of 899	938th percentile / rank #824 of 899	858th percentile / rank #831 of 899	404th percentile / rank #867 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.