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 / 333241

Food product machinery manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHI273.6Revenue$6.6B

Evidence profile

02 / 333414

Heating equipment (except warm air furnaces) manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHI267.3Revenue$6.9B

Evidence profile

03 / 325612

Polish and other sanitation good manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHI251.7Revenue$8.4B

Evidence profile

04 / 327120

Clay building material and refractories manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHI256.4Revenue$6.7B

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 industryFood product machinery manufacturingNAICS 333241 / 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 HHI273.6Food product machinery manufacturing

Largest selected revenue$8.4BPolish and other sanitation good 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 333241; Food product machinery 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 333414

Heating equipment (except warm air furnaces) manufacturing

Manufacturing

Mean gap1.5 pts

Concentration1.2 pts

Scale1.7 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHI0.4 gap273.6267.3

CR41.1 gap25.3%25.9%

CR82.1 gap36.1%37.7%

Revenue0.7 gap$6.6B$6.9B

Jobs0.6 gap17.2K17.5K

Firms3.9 gap399321

Closest dimension: HHI (0.4 pts). Widest: Firms (3.9 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

333241Strict match

Food product machinery manufacturing

Manufacturing

2017158.52022273.6Change+115.1 pts+72.6%

National rank #82 of 54385.1th percentile

333414Strict match

Heating equipment (except warm air furnaces) manufacturing

Manufacturing

2017237.12022267.3Change+30.2 pts+12.7%

National rank #175 of 54367.9th percentile

325612Strict match

Polish and other sanitation good manufacturing

Manufacturing

2017305.92022251.7Change-54.2 pts-17.7%

National rank #442 of 54318.6th percentile

327120Strict match

Clay building material and refractories manufacturing

Manufacturing

2017290.62022256.4Change-34.2 pts-11.8%

National rank #407 of 54325.1th percentile

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 4 / 4
Largest selected move: +115.1 pts

Food product machinery 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	333241	333414	325612	327120
+3.6 pts	+115.1 pts#82 of 543	+30.2 pts#175 of 543	-54.2 pts#442 of 543	-34.2 pts#407 of 543
+0.2 pts	+10 pts#45 of 781	+2.4 pts#236 of 781	-3.3 pts#601 of 781	-4.9 pts#674 of 781
+0.5 pts	+8.6 pts#60 of 783	+3.7 pts#184 of 783	-6.2 pts#710 of 783	-3.9 pts#645 of 783
+$3B	+$1.4B#504 of 789	+$2.4B#423 of 789	+$1.8B#479 of 789	+$866.7M#567 of 789
+1,474	+638#451 of 789	+2,554#341 of 789	+1,896#372 of 789	+1,806#374 of 789
0	-31#530 of 789	-43#563 of 789	-1#400 of 789	-49#572 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

333241 333414 325612 327120

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	Food product machinery manufacturing333241	Heating equipment (except warm air furnaces) manufacturing333414	Polish and other sanitation good manufacturing325612	Clay building material and refractories manufacturing327120
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	273.649th percentile / rank #347 of 679	267.349th percentile / rank #350 of 679	251.746th percentile / rank #367 of 679	256.447th percentile / rank #361 of 679
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	25.3%41st percentile / rank #533 of 897	25.9%42nd percentile / rank #523 of 897	24.7%39th percentile / rank #547 of 897	23.3%36th percentile / rank #576 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	36.1%42nd percentile / rank #524 of 899	37.7%44th percentile / rank #505 of 899	35.8%41st percentile / rank #532 of 899	35.7%41st percentile / rank #533 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$6.6B27th percentile / rank #654 of 899	$6.9B28th percentile / rank #647 of 899	$8.4B33rd percentile / rank #601 of 899	$6.7B28th percentile / rank #651 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	17.2K27th percentile / rank #660 of 899	17.5K27th percentile / rank #655 of 899	17.1K26th percentile / rank #662 of 899	24.3K35th percentile / rank #582 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	39932nd percentile / rank #616 of 899	32128th percentile / rank #651 of 899	42133rd percentile / rank #600 of 899	33429th percentile / rank #642 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.