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 / 423450

Medical, dental, and hospital equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

HHI273.9Revenue$311.5B

Evidence profile

02 / 523150

Investment banking and securities intermediation

Finance and insurance

HHI354.8Revenue$306.7B

Evidence profile

03 / 236117

New housing for-sale builders

Construction

HHI248.9Revenue$276.6B

Evidence profile

04 / 213112

Support activities for oil and gas operations

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

HHI241.4Revenue$72.3B

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 industryMedical, dental, and hospital equipment and supplies merchant wholesalersNAICS 423450 / 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 HHI354.8Investment banking and securities intermediation

Largest selected revenue$311.5BMedical, dental, and hospital equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers

Sector scope4Cross-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 423450; Medical, dental, and hospital 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 523150

Investment banking and securities intermediation

Finance and insurance

Mean gap5.0 pts

Concentration8.1 pts

Scale1.9 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHI7.5 gap273.9354.8

CR48.5 gap23.9%28.3%

CR88.2 gap40.6%46.5%

Revenue0.1 gap$311.5B$306.7B

Jobs4.7 gap251K435.7K

Firms0.9 gap7.4K7.8K

Closest dimension: Revenue (0.1 pts). Widest: CR4 (8.5 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 / 20223 strict / 4 selected

Herfindahl-Hirschman Index / HHI points

Shared signed-change scale across this selection

National median +3.6 pts

Lower changeZeroHigher change

423450Strict match

Medical, dental, and hospital equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

2017263.52022273.9Change+10.4 pts+3.9%

National rank #230 of 54357.7th percentile

523150New in 2022

Investment banking and securities intermediation

Finance and insurance

2017Not published2022354.8ChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

236117Strict match

New housing for-sale builders

Construction

2017205.52022248.9Change+43.4 pts+21.1%

National rank #145 of 54373.4th percentile

213112Measure unavailable

Support activities for oil and gas operations

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

2017Not published2022241.4ChangeNot 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: +43.4 pts

New housing for-sale builders 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	423450	523150	236117	213112
+3.6 pts	+10.4 pts#230 of 543	Not comparedNew in 2022	+43.4 pts#145 of 543	Not comparedMeasure unavailable
+0.2 pts	-0.3 pts#444 of 781	Not comparedNew in 2022	0 pts#407 of 781	-5.6 pts#687 of 781
+0.5 pts	+2.3 pts#256 of 783	Not comparedNew in 2022	+0.9 pts#350 of 783	-4.7 pts#676 of 783
+$3B	+$81.9B#30 of 789	Not comparedNew in 2022	+$127.7B#14 of 789	+$7.8B#220 of 789
+1,474	+18,249#112 of 789	Not comparedNew in 2022	+39,251#63 of 789	-14,516#754 of 789
0	-683#746 of 789	Not comparedNew in 2022	+1,632#71 of 789	-870#759 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: 4; 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

423450

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 52

Finance and insurance

523150

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 405.8; 29 detailed rows
Median CR4: 31.0%; Published values
Selected here: 1; Not a sector aggregate

2017-2022 strict history

Median HHI change: -4.1; HHI points
Higher HHI: 47.6%; of published pairs
Coverage: 91.3%; 21 strict pairs

2023 BDS rates

Entry: 8.115%; establishments
Exit: 9.608%; establishments
Net jobs: 1.847%; net rate
Reallocation: 28.689%; excess rate

Parent sector / NAICS 23

Construction

236117

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 19.4; 31 detailed rows
Median CR4: 6.4%; Published values
Selected here: 1; Not a sector aggregate

2017-2022 strict history

Median HHI change: +1.6; HHI points
Higher HHI: 62.5%; of published pairs
Coverage: 77.4%; 24 strict pairs

2023 BDS rates

Entry: 13.016%; establishments
Exit: 11.082%; establishments
Net jobs: 3.24%; net rate
Reallocation: 26.939%; excess rate

Parent sector / NAICS 21

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

213112

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 559.2; 21 detailed rows
Median CR4: 43.7%; Published values
Selected here: 1; Not a sector aggregate

2017-2022 strict history

Median HHI change: +10; HHI points
Higher HHI: 54.5%; of published pairs
Coverage: 73.3%; 11 strict pairs

2023 BDS rates

Entry: 9.436%; establishments
Exit: 7.685%; establishments
Net jobs: 11.246%; net rate
Reallocation: 17.547%; excess rate

Compare parent sectorsSeparate structure and flow plane Joined sector JSON4 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	Medical, dental, and hospital equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers423450	Investment banking and securities intermediation523150	New housing for-sale builders236117	Support activities for oil and gas operations213112
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	273.949th percentile / rank #345 of 679	354.857th percentile / rank #294 of 679	248.946th percentile / rank #371 of 679	241.445th percentile / rank #375 of 679
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	23.9%37th percentile / rank #564 of 897	28.3%46th percentile / rank #488 of 897	24.6%39th percentile / rank #552 of 897	26.4%43rd percentile / rank #514 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	40.6%47th percentile / rank #474 of 899	46.5%56th percentile / rank #400 of 899	34.1%39th percentile / rank #553 of 899	34.7%39th percentile / rank #547 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$311.5B96th percentile / rank #34 of 899	$306.7B96th percentile / rank #35 of 899	$276.6B95th percentile / rank #46 of 899	$72.3B84th percentile / rank #141 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	251K89th percentile / rank #104 of 899	435.7K93rd percentile / rank #62 of 899	171.4K83rd percentile / rank #152 of 899	206.6K86th percentile / rank #131 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	7.4K81st percentile / rank #168 of 899	7.8K82nd percentile / rank #160 of 899	18.1K91st percentile / rank #80 of 899	7.5K82nd percentile / rank #166 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.