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 / 333992

Welding and soldering equipment manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHIWithheldRevenue$6.5B

Evidence profile

02 / 311830

Tortilla manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHIWithheldRevenue$5.9B

Evidence profile

03 / 336999

All other transportation equipment manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHI1,229.2Revenue$9.8B

Evidence profile

04 / 339115

Ophthalmic goods manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHIWithheldRevenue$6.5B

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 industryWelding and soldering equipment manufacturingNAICS 333992 / 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 HHI1,229.2All other transportation equipment manufacturing

Largest selected revenue$9.8BAll other transportation equipment manufacturing

Sector scope1Single-sector screen

HHI disclosure gaps31 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 333992; Welding and soldering equipment manufacturing
Fixed benchmark: 899; National six-digit rows
Matched dimensions: 5 / 6; HHI, CR4, CR8, Revenue, Jobs, Firms
Eligible candidates: 896; 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 311830

Tortilla manufacturing

Manufacturing

Mean gap2.5 pts

Concentration1.2 pts

Scale3.4 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHIWithheldNot comparedWithheldWithheld

CR40.4 gap62.4%62.5%

CR82.0 gap71.8%69.5%

Revenue1.7 gap$6.5B$5.9B

Jobs6.1 gap15.6K19.8K

Firms2.3 gap456402

Closest dimension: CR4 (0.4 pts). Widest: Jobs (6.1 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 / 20224 strict / 4 selected

Herfindahl-Hirschman Index / HHI points

Shared signed-change scale across this selection

National median +3.6 pts

Lower changeZeroHigher change

333992Measure unavailable

Welding and soldering equipment manufacturing

Manufacturing

20171,297.72022Not publishedChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

311830Measure unavailable

Tortilla manufacturing

Manufacturing

2017Not published2022Not publishedChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

336999Strict match

All other transportation equipment manufacturing

Manufacturing

20171,369.420221,229.2Change-140.2 pts-10.2%

National rank #508 of 5436.5th percentile

339115Measure unavailable

Ophthalmic goods manufacturing

Manufacturing

2017972.62022Not publishedChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 1 / 4
Largest selected move: -140.2 pts

All other transportation equipment 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	333992	311830	336999	339115
+3.6 pts	Not comparedMeasure unavailable	Not comparedMeasure unavailable	-140.2 pts#508 of 543	Not comparedMeasure unavailable
+0.2 pts	+0.8 pts#351 of 781	+3.5 pts#192 of 781	-5.7 pts#690 of 781	+4.3 pts#170 of 781
+0.5 pts	-0.1 pts#444 of 783	+2.7 pts#231 of 783	+0.6 pts#384 of 783	+3 pts#216 of 783
+$3B	+$1B#545 of 789	+$2B#451 of 789	+$1.5B#502 of 789	+$345.1M#636 of 789
+1,474	+834#434 of 789	+913#428 of 789	+738#443 of 789	-736#587 of 789
0	+118#222 of 789	+49#274 of 789	+15#326 of 789	-58#594 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

333992 311830 336999 339115

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	Welding and soldering equipment manufacturing333992	Tortilla manufacturing311830	All other transportation equipment manufacturing336999	Ophthalmic goods manufacturing339115
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	Withheld	Withheld	1,229.292nd percentile / rank #52 of 679	Withheld
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	62.4%87th percentile / rank #118 of 897	62.5%87th percentile / rank #114 of 897	61.9%87th percentile / rank #122 of 897	59.3%84th percentile / rank #141 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	71.8%84th percentile / rank #148 of 899	69.5%82nd percentile / rank #166 of 899	82.3%91st percentile / rank #82 of 899	73.3%85th percentile / rank #139 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$6.5B26th percentile / rank #663 of 899	$5.9B25th percentile / rank #678 of 899	$9.8B38th percentile / rank #560 of 899	$6.5B27th percentile / rank #661 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	15.6K25th percentile / rank #678 of 899	19.8K31st percentile / rank #623 of 899	15.5K25th percentile / rank #679 of 899	21.4K32nd percentile / rank #608 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	45634th percentile / rank #592 of 899	40232nd percentile / rank #612 of 899	40933rd percentile / rank #607 of 899	28025th percentile / rank #676 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.