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.

2 / 4

01 / 423510

Metal service centers and other metal merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

HHI122Revenue$305.3B

Evidence profile

02 / 424690

Other chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

HHI165.3Revenue$259.9B

Evidence profile

Research workflow

Carry the selected industries into analysis and publication2 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 industryMetal service centers and other metal merchant wholesalersNAICS 423510 / 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 HHI165.3Other chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers

Largest selected revenue$305.3BMetal service centers and other metal merchant wholesalers

Sector scope1Single-sector screen

HHI disclosure gaps02 published in selection

Reusable selection

Combined JSON2 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 423510; Metal service centers and other metal 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 424690

Other chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

Mean gap1.8 pts

Concentration2.5 pts

Scale1.1 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHI4.9 gap122165.3

CR40.5 gap16.8%17.5%

CR82.0 gap25.1%27.1%

Revenue1.4 gap$305.3B$259.9B

Jobs0.6 gap139.2K133.9K

Firms1.4 gap6K5.5K

Closest dimension: CR4 (0.5 pts). Widest: HHI (4.9 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 / 20222 strict / 2 selected

Herfindahl-Hirschman Index / HHI points

Shared signed-change scale across this selection

National median +3.6 pts

Lower changeZeroHigher change

423510Strict match

Metal service centers and other metal merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

2017104.32022122Change+17.7 pts+17%

National rank #201 of 54363.1th percentile

424690Strict match

Other chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

20171482022165.3Change+17.3 pts+11.7%

National rank #204 of 54362.5th percentile

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 2 / 2
Largest selected move: +17.7 pts

Metal service centers and other metal merchant wholesalers 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	423510	424690
+3.6 pts	+17.7 pts#201 of 543	+17.3 pts#204 of 543
+0.2 pts	+1.2 pts#326 of 781	+2.1 pts#260 of 781
+0.5 pts	+1.2 pts#336 of 783	+1.2 pts#338 of 783
+$3B	+$105.8B#18 of 789	+$63.9B#42 of 789
+1,474	-8,807#729 of 789	-341#543 of 789
0	-914#760 of 789	-696#747 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: 2; six-digit rows
Sectors: 1; parent contexts
Bridged: 0/2; 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

423510 424690

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 360.8; 69 detailed rows
Median CR4: 29.9%; Published values
Selected here: 2; 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

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	Metal service centers and other metal merchant wholesalers423510	Other chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers424690
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	12230th percentile / rank #478 of 679	165.335th percentile / rank #445 of 679
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	16.8%25th percentile / rank #673 of 897	17.5%26th percentile / rank #668 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	25.1%26th percentile / rank #670 of 899	27.1%28th percentile / rank #652 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$305.3B96th percentile / rank #36 of 899	$259.9B95th percentile / rank #49 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	139.2K80th percentile / rank #183 of 899	133.9K79th percentile / rank #188 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	6K78th percentile / rank #203 of 899	5.5K76th percentile / rank #216 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.