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 / 423310

Lumber, plywood, millwork, and wood panel merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

HHI209.6Revenue$173B

Evidence profile

02 / 424910

Farm supplies merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

HHI221Revenue$207B

Evidence profile

03 / 423930

Recyclable material merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

HHI183.5Revenue$107.7B

Evidence profile

04 / 332312

Fabricated structural metal manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHI212.5Revenue$55.5B

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 industryLumber, plywood, millwork, and wood panel merchant wholesalersNAICS 423310 / Wholesale trade

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 HHI221Farm supplies merchant wholesalers

Largest selected revenue$207BFarm supplies merchant wholesalers

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 423310; Lumber, plywood, millwork, and wood panel merchant wholesalers
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 424910

Farm supplies merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

Mean gap2.6 pts

Concentration3.0 pts

Scale2.1 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHI1.5 gap209.6221

CR41.0 gap22.3%22.8%

CR86.6 gap31.3%35.3%

Revenue1.3 gap$173B$207B

Jobs2.4 gap131.4K112K

Firms2.6 gap4.3K4.9K

Closest dimension: CR4 (1.0 pts). Widest: CR8 (6.6 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

423310Strict match

Lumber, plywood, millwork, and wood panel merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

2017113.62022209.6Change+96 pts+84.5%

National rank #98 of 54382.1th percentile

424910Strict match

Farm supplies merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

2017192.22022221Change+28.8 pts+15%

National rank #180 of 54367th percentile

423930Measure unavailable

Recyclable material merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

2017Not published2022183.5ChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

332312Strict match

Fabricated structural metal manufacturing

Manufacturing

201789.12022212.5Change+123.4 pts+138.5%

National rank #74 of 54386.5th percentile

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 3 / 4
Largest selected move: +123.4 pts

Fabricated structural metal 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	423310	424910	423930	332312
+3.6 pts	+96 pts#98 of 543	+28.8 pts#180 of 543	Not comparedMeasure unavailable	+123.4 pts#74 of 543
+0.2 pts	+6.2 pts#107 of 781	+0.5 pts#365 of 781	+2.1 pts#259 of 781	+9.8 pts#46 of 781
+0.5 pts	+5.8 pts#107 of 783	+1.5 pts#315 of 783	+1.7 pts#300 of 783	+10 pts#40 of 783
+$3B	+$75.3B#32 of 789	+$66.4B#40 of 789	+$29.5B#83 of 789	+$23.6B#100 of 789
+1,474	+3,262#314 of 789	+889#430 of 789	+1,942#369 of 789	+7,650#218 of 789
0	-383#717 of 789	-41#555 of 789	-660#743 of 789	0#393 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 42

Wholesale trade

423310 424910 423930

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 360.8; 69 detailed rows
Median CR4: 29.9%; Published values
Selected here: 3; Not a sector aggregate

2017-2022 strict history

Median HHI change: +17.5; HHI points
Higher HHI: 68.2%; of published pairs
Coverage: 65.7%; 44 strict pairs

2023 BDS rates

Entry: 6.719%; establishments
Exit: 8.243%; establishments
Net jobs: 2.037%; net rate
Reallocation: 19.919%; excess rate

Parent sector / NAICS 31-33

Manufacturing

332312

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 439.3; 346 detailed rows
Median CR4: 38.5%; Published values
Selected here: 1; 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 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	Lumber, plywood, millwork, and wood panel merchant wholesalers423310	Farm supplies merchant wholesalers424910	Recyclable material merchant wholesalers423930	Fabricated structural metal manufacturing332312
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	209.641st percentile / rank #401 of 679	22143rd percentile / rank #391 of 679	183.537th percentile / rank #432 of 679	212.542nd percentile / rank #397 of 679
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	22.3%34th percentile / rank #594 of 897	22.8%35th percentile / rank #585 of 897	22.1%33rd percentile / rank #602 of 897	23.9%37th percentile / rank #564 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	31.3%34th percentile / rank #598 of 899	35.3%40th percentile / rank #539 of 899	28.8%30th percentile / rank #634 of 899	31.6%35th percentile / rank #589 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$173B93rd percentile / rank #68 of 899	$207B94th percentile / rank #57 of 899	$107.7B88th percentile / rank #106 of 899	$55.5B81st percentile / rank #173 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	131.4K79th percentile / rank #192 of 899	112K76th percentile / rank #213 of 899	105.4K74th percentile / rank #231 of 899	109.3K75th percentile / rank #222 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	4.3K72nd percentile / rank #254 of 899	4.9K75th percentile / rank #230 of 899	6K77th percentile / rank #204 of 899	3K65th percentile / rank #320 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.