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 / 423410

Photographic equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

HHI763.2Revenue$9.5B

Evidence profile

02 / 321114

Wood preservation

Manufacturing

HHI926.6Revenue$10.5B

Evidence profile

03 / 327212

Other pressed and blown glass and glassware manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHI766.1Revenue$3.6B

Evidence profile

04 / 335929

Other communication and energy wire manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHI837.9Revenue$10B

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 industryPhotographic equipment and supplies merchant wholesalersNAICS 423410 / 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 HHI926.6Wood preservation

Largest selected revenue$10.5BWood preservation

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 423410; Photographic equipment and supplies 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 321114

Wood preservation

Manufacturing

Mean gap4.3 pts

Concentration3.4 pts

Scale5.2 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHI5.1 gap763.2926.6

CR43.7 gap50.3%54.9%

CR81.4 gap64.7%66.1%

Revenue3.5 gap$9.5B$10.5B

Jobs3.7 gap9.4K11.4K

Firms8.3 gap391250

Closest dimension: CR8 (1.4 pts). Widest: Firms (8.3 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

423410Measure unavailable

Photographic equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

2017Not published2022763.2ChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

321114Strict match

Wood preservation

Manufacturing

2017696.72022926.6Change+229.9 pts+33%

National rank #33 of 54394.1th percentile

327212Strict match

Other pressed and blown glass and glassware manufacturing

Manufacturing

2017708.72022766.1Change+57.4 pts+8.1%

National rank #128 of 54376.6th percentile

335929Measure unavailable

Other communication and energy wire manufacturing

Manufacturing

2017Not published2022837.9ChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 2 / 4
Largest selected move: +229.9 pts

Wood preservation 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	423410	321114	327212	335929
+3.6 pts	Not comparedMeasure unavailable	+229.9 pts#33 of 543	+57.4 pts#128 of 543	Not comparedMeasure unavailable
+0.2 pts	-7.3 pts#718 of 781	+9.4 pts#52 of 781	-0.2 pts#433 of 781	+7.9 pts#77 of 781
+0.5 pts	-4.9 pts#681 of 783	+9.4 pts#48 of 783	-1.5 pts#544 of 783	+9 pts#52 of 783
+$3B	-$1.6B#774 of 789	+$3.9B#355 of 789	+$156.5M#673 of 789	+$1.9B#465 of 789
+1,474	-1,373#613 of 789	+1,166#414 of 789	-1,555#621 of 789	-2,783#664 of 789
0	-156#663 of 789	-60#596 of 789	-37#543 of 789	-22#499 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

423410

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 360.8; 69 detailed rows
Median CR4: 29.9%; Published values
Selected here: 1; 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

321114 327212 335929

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

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	Photographic equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers423410	Wood preservation321114	Other pressed and blown glass and glassware manufacturing327212	Other communication and energy wire manufacturing335929
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	763.282nd percentile / rank #126 of 679	926.687th percentile / rank #91 of 679	766.182nd percentile / rank #124 of 679	837.984th percentile / rank #111 of 679
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	50.3%78th percentile / rank #202 of 897	54.9%81st percentile / rank #169 of 897	48.6%76th percentile / rank #219 of 897	48.3%75th percentile / rank #223 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	64.7%77th percentile / rank #209 of 899	66.1%78th percentile / rank #196 of 899	64.1%76th percentile / rank #215 of 899	65.7%78th percentile / rank #200 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$9.5B37th percentile / rank #567 of 899	$10.5B40th percentile / rank #536 of 899	$3.6B14th percentile / rank #770 of 899	$10B38th percentile / rank #554 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	9.4K13th percentile / rank #784 of 899	11.4K17th percentile / rank #751 of 899	11.3K16th percentile / rank #756 of 899	14.9K23rd percentile / rank #689 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	39131st percentile / rank #621 of 899	25023rd percentile / rank #696 of 899	34929th percentile / rank #636 of 899	16916th percentile / rank #752 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.