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 / 331492

Secondary smelting, refining, and alloying of nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum)

Manufacturing

HHI357.4Revenue$8.6B

Evidence profile

02 / 325212

Synthetic rubber manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHI473Revenue$8.5B

Evidence profile

03 / 331222

Steel wire drawing

Manufacturing

HHI297.3Revenue$8.5B

Evidence profile

04 / 326130

Laminated plastics plate, sheet (except packaging), and shape manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHI368.9Revenue$4.7B

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 industrySecondary smelting, refining, and alloying of nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum)NAICS 331492 / 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 HHI473Synthetic rubber manufacturing

Largest selected revenue$8.6BSecondary smelting, refining, and alloying of nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum)

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 331492; Secondary smelting, refining, and alloying of nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum)
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 325212

Synthetic rubber manufacturing

Manufacturing

Mean gap4.7 pts

Concentration8.0 pts

Scale1.3 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHI9.3 gap357.4473

CR46.7 gap29.6%34.3%

CR88.0 gap45%50.8%

Revenue0.3 gap$8.6B$8.5B

Jobs3.5 gap9.1K11.3K

Firms0.1 gap143141

Closest dimension: Firms (0.1 pts). Widest: HHI (9.3 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

331492Strict match

Secondary smelting, refining, and alloying of nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum)

Manufacturing

2017369.22022357.4Change-11.8 pts-3.2%

National rank #367 of 54332.5th percentile

325212Strict match

Synthetic rubber manufacturing

Manufacturing

2017432.72022473Change+40.3 pts+9.3%

National rank #152 of 54372.1th percentile

331222Strict match

Steel wire drawing

Manufacturing

2017265.52022297.3Change+31.8 pts+12%

National rank #170 of 54368.8th percentile

326130Strict match

Laminated plastics plate, sheet (except packaging), and shape manufacturing

Manufacturing

2017357.62022368.9Change+11.3 pts+3.2%

National rank #224 of 54358.9th percentile

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 4 / 4
Largest selected move: +40.3 pts

Synthetic rubber 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	331492	325212	331222	326130
+3.6 pts	-11.8 pts#367 of 543	+40.3 pts#152 of 543	+31.8 pts#170 of 543	+11.3 pts#224 of 543
+0.2 pts	+0.1 pts#399 of 781	+3 pts#208 of 781	+1.8 pts#283 of 781	+1.7 pts#290 of 781
+0.5 pts	+1.6 pts#304 of 783	+0.8 pts#360 of 783	+4.9 pts#135 of 783	+3.4 pts#199 of 783
+$3B	+$869.7M#566 of 789	+$169.5M#669 of 789	+$3B#390 of 789	+$245.7M#651 of 789
+1,474	+133#495 of 789	+1,827#373 of 789	-681#582 of 789	+91#502 of 789
0	-35#538 of 789	+2#379 of 789	-37#544 of 789	-19#481 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

331492 325212 331222 326130

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	Secondary smelting, refining, and alloying of nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum)331492	Synthetic rubber manufacturing325212	Steel wire drawing331222	Laminated plastics plate, sheet (except packaging), and shape manufacturing326130
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	357.457th percentile / rank #293 of 679	47366th percentile / rank #230 of 679	297.352nd percentile / rank #327 of 679	368.958th percentile / rank #287 of 679
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	29.6%48th percentile / rank #464 of 897	34.3%55th percentile / rank #404 of 897	25.2%40th percentile / rank #535 of 897	28.1%45th percentile / rank #490 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	45%53rd percentile / rank #422 of 899	50.8%61st percentile / rank #350 of 899	40.8%48th percentile / rank #470 of 899	43%51st percentile / rank #440 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$8.6B34th percentile / rank #597 of 899	$8.5B33rd percentile / rank #600 of 899	$8.5B33rd percentile / rank #599 of 899	$4.7B20th percentile / rank #724 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	9.1K13th percentile / rank #787 of 899	11.3K16th percentile / rank #755 of 899	13.8K22nd percentile / rank #706 of 899	12.3K18th percentile / rank #734 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	14314th percentile / rank #778 of 899	14113th percentile / rank #779 of 899	15014th percentile / rank #770 of 899	19018th percentile / rank #737 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.