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 / 423740

Refrigeration equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

HHIWithheldRevenue$10B

Evidence profile

02 / 321912

Cut stock, resawing lumber, and planing

Manufacturing

HHIWithheldRevenue$8B

Evidence profile

03 / 483113

Coastal and great lakes freight transportation

Transportation and warehousing

HHI503.3Revenue$10B

Evidence profile

04 / 332811

Metal heat treating

Manufacturing

HHI517.2Revenue$5.8B

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 industryRefrigeration equipment and supplies merchant wholesalersNAICS 423740 / 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 HHI517.2Metal heat treating

Largest selected revenue$10BCoastal and great lakes freight transportation

Sector scope3Cross-sector screen

HHI disclosure gaps22 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 423740; Refrigeration equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers
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 459930

Manufactured (mobile) home dealers

Retail trade

Mean gap3.6 pts

Concentration3.3 pts

Scale3.8 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHIWithheldNot comparedWithheldWithheld

CR45.6 gap40.2%43.9%

CR81.0 gap50.2%49.8%

Revenue0.7 gap$10B$9.7B

Jobs0.1 gap11.9K11.9K

Firms10.6 gap5831.2K

Closest dimension: Jobs (0.1 pts). Widest: Firms (10.6 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

423740Measure unavailable

Refrigeration equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

2017362.52022Not publishedChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

321912Measure unavailable

Cut stock, resawing lumber, and planing

Manufacturing

2017Not published2022Not publishedChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

483113Strict match

Coastal and great lakes freight transportation

Transportation and warehousing

2017339.22022503.3Change+164.1 pts+48.4%

National rank #52 of 54390.6th percentile

332811Strict match

Metal heat treating

Manufacturing

20172612022517.2Change+256.2 pts+98.2%

National rank #25 of 54395.6th percentile

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 2 / 4
Largest selected move: +256.2 pts

Metal heat treating 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	423740	321912	483113	332811
+3.6 pts	Not comparedMeasure unavailable	Not comparedMeasure unavailable	+164.1 pts#52 of 543	+256.2 pts#25 of 543
+0.2 pts	+8.6 pts#66 of 781	+14.2 pts#18 of 781	+9.2 pts#56 of 781	+14 pts#20 of 781
+0.5 pts	+6.4 pts#94 of 783	+15.1 pts#13 of 783	+6 pts#104 of 783	+11.4 pts#31 of 783
+$3B	+$2B#461 of 789	+$2.2B#437 of 789	+$2.5B#420 of 789	+$833M#569 of 789
+1,474	-2,317#655 of 789	-1,938#637 of 789	+1,638#384 of 789	-2,233#653 of 789
0	-63#602 of 789	-128#651 of 789	-14#460 of 789	-97#634 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: 3; 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

423740

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

321912 332811

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 439.3; 346 detailed rows
Median CR4: 38.5%; Published values
Selected here: 2; 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

Parent sector / NAICS 48-49

Transportation and warehousing

483113

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 277.4; 54 detailed rows
Median CR4: 40.0%; Published values
Selected here: 1; Not a sector aggregate

2017-2022 strict history

Median HHI change: -0.8; HHI points
Higher HHI: 42.9%; of published pairs
Coverage: 66.0%; 35 strict pairs

2023 BDS rates

Entry: 14.851%; establishments
Exit: 14.67%; establishments
Net jobs: 2.02%; net rate
Reallocation: 23.193%; excess rate

Compare parent sectorsSeparate structure and flow plane Joined sector JSON3 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	Refrigeration equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers423740	Cut stock, resawing lumber, and planing321912	Coastal and great lakes freight transportation483113	Metal heat treating332811
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	Withheld	Withheld	503.369th percentile / rank #212 of 679	517.270th percentile / rank #207 of 679
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	40.2%65th percentile / rank #318 of 897	37.7%61st percentile / rank #353 of 897	35.9%59th percentile / rank #373 of 897	41.8%68th percentile / rank #291 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	50.2%60th percentile / rank #357 of 899	47.1%57th percentile / rank #392 of 899	51.5%62nd percentile / rank #341 of 899	51.3%62nd percentile / rank #343 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$10B38th percentile / rank #555 of 899	$8B32nd percentile / rank #609 of 899	$10B39th percentile / rank #552 of 899	$5.8B24th percentile / rank #687 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	11.9K18th percentile / rank #741 of 899	19.6K31st percentile / rank #625 of 899	19.3K30th percentile / rank #632 of 899	18.2K28th percentile / rank #649 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	58339th percentile / rank #549 of 899	60840th percentile / rank #543 of 899	33429th percentile / rank #642 of 899	52437th percentile / rank #563 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.