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 / 331221

Rolled steel shape manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHI508.3Revenue$16.1B

Evidence profile

02 / 311514

Dry, condensed, and evaporated dairy product manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHI478.9Revenue$21.1B

Evidence profile

03 / 336340

Motor vehicle brake system manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHI555.2Revenue$10.2B

Evidence profile

04 / 221121

Electric bulk power transmission and control

Utilities

HHI602Revenue$17.6B

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 industryRolled steel shape manufacturingNAICS 331221 / 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 HHI602Electric bulk power transmission and control

Largest selected revenue$21.1BDry, condensed, and evaporated dairy product 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 331221; Rolled steel shape 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 311514

Dry, condensed, and evaporated dairy product manufacturing

Manufacturing

Mean gap5.1 pts

Concentration4.4 pts

Scale5.7 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHI2.3 gap508.3478.9

CR44.7 gap38.7%35.3%

CR86.2 gap54.5%50.3%

Revenue8.0 gap$16.1B$21.1B

Jobs5.9 gap13.7K17.5K

Firms3.3 gap158129

Closest dimension: HHI (2.3 pts). Widest: Revenue (8.0 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

331221Strict match

Rolled steel shape manufacturing

Manufacturing

2017396.22022508.3Change+112.1 pts+28.3%

National rank #84 of 54384.7th percentile

311514Strict match

Dry, condensed, and evaporated dairy product manufacturing

Manufacturing

2017708.22022478.9Change-229.3 pts-32.4%

National rank #528 of 5432.8th percentile

336340Strict match

Motor vehicle brake system manufacturing

Manufacturing

2017606.52022555.2Change-51.3 pts-8.5%

National rank #437 of 54319.6th percentile

221121Strict match

Electric bulk power transmission and control

Utilities

20177362022602Change-134 pts-18.2%

National rank #507 of 5436.6th percentile

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 4 / 4
Largest selected move: -229.3 pts

Dry, condensed, and evaporated dairy 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	331221	311514	336340	221121
+3.6 pts	+112.1 pts#84 of 543	-229.3 pts#528 of 543	-51.3 pts#437 of 543	-134 pts#507 of 543
+0.2 pts	+8.2 pts#71 of 781	-9.9 pts#753 of 781	-4 pts#636 of 781	-6.5 pts#699 of 781
+0.5 pts	+4.3 pts#154 of 783	-9.7 pts#756 of 783	-1.8 pts#557 of 783	-3.9 pts#644 of 783
+$3B	+$10.2B#181 of 789	+$4B#348 of 789	-$1.1B#769 of 789	+$3.9B#357 of 789
+1,474	+4,803#285 of 789	+2,865#330 of 789	-3,504#685 of 789	+3,294#313 of 789
0	+1#381 of 789	+2#376 of 789	-6#426 of 789	+19#314 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

331221 311514 336340

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 22

Utilities

221121

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 615.9; 14 detailed rows
Median CR4: 41.6%; Published values
Selected here: 1; Not a sector aggregate

2017-2022 strict history

Median HHI change: -23.9; HHI points
Higher HHI: 14.3%; of published pairs
Coverage: 50.0%; 7 strict pairs

2023 BDS rates

Entry: 5.266%; establishments
Exit: 5.691%; establishments
Net jobs: 2.391%; net rate
Reallocation: 13.414%; 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	Rolled steel shape manufacturing331221	Dry, condensed, and evaporated dairy product manufacturing311514	Motor vehicle brake system manufacturing336340	Electric bulk power transmission and control221121
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	508.369th percentile / rank #210 of 679	478.967th percentile / rank #226 of 679	555.271st percentile / rank #198 of 679	60274th percentile / rank #175 of 679
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	38.7%62nd percentile / rank #342 of 897	35.3%57th percentile / rank #384 of 897	38.4%62nd percentile / rank #345 of 897	39.3%63rd percentile / rank #330 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	54.5%67th percentile / rank #300 of 899	50.3%61st percentile / rank #356 of 899	58.7%71st percentile / rank #261 of 899	61.5%74th percentile / rank #232 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$16.1B53rd percentile / rank #425 of 899	$21.1B61st percentile / rank #353 of 899	$10.2B39th percentile / rank #546 of 899	$17.6B56th percentile / rank #401 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	13.7K21st percentile / rank #707 of 899	17.5K27th percentile / rank #654 of 899	19.8K31st percentile / rank #621 of 899	18.7K29th percentile / rank #641 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	15815th percentile / rank #762 of 899	12912th percentile / rank #791 of 899	13713th percentile / rank #783 of 899	747th percentile / rank #839 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.