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 / 423910

Sporting and recreational goods and supplies merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

HHI130.3Revenue$67.9B

Evidence profile

02 / 423210

Furniture merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

HHI94.8Revenue$63.3B

Evidence profile

03 / 457210

Fuel dealers

Retail trade

HHI132.8Revenue$43.3B

Evidence profile

04 / 237990

Other heavy and civil engineering construction

Construction

HHI139.4Revenue$34B

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 industrySporting and recreational goods and supplies merchant wholesalersNAICS 423910 / 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 HHI139.4Other heavy and civil engineering construction

Largest selected revenue$67.9BSporting and recreational goods and supplies merchant wholesalers

Sector scope3Cross-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 423910; Sporting and recreational goods 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 423210

Furniture merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

Mean gap1.9 pts

Concentration2.8 pts

Scale0.9 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHI5.6 gap130.394.8

CR41.1 gap16.8%16.2%

CR81.8 gap25.2%23.5%

Revenue0.7 gap$67.9B$63.3B

Jobs1.6 gap73.2K67.2K

Firms0.4 gap4.2K4.1K

Closest dimension: Firms (0.4 pts). Widest: HHI (5.6 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 / 20223 strict / 4 selected

Herfindahl-Hirschman Index / HHI points

Shared signed-change scale across this selection

National median +3.6 pts

Lower changeZeroHigher change

423910Strict match

Sporting and recreational goods and supplies merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

2017101.62022130.3Change+28.7 pts+28.2%

National rank #181 of 54366.8th percentile

423210Strict match

Furniture merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

201776202294.8Change+18.8 pts+24.7%

National rank #199 of 54363.5th percentile

457210New in 2022

Fuel dealers

Retail trade

2017Not published2022132.8ChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

237990Strict match

Other heavy and civil engineering construction

Construction

201795.62022139.4Change+43.8 pts+45.8%

National rank #144 of 54373.6th percentile

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 3 / 4
Largest selected move: +43.8 pts

Other heavy and civil engineering construction 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	423910	423210	457210	237990
+3.6 pts	+28.7 pts#181 of 543	+18.8 pts#199 of 543	Not comparedNew in 2022	+43.8 pts#144 of 543
+0.2 pts	+1.1 pts#331 of 781	+1.9 pts#275 of 781	Not comparedNew in 2022	+3.4 pts#197 of 781
+0.5 pts	+1.8 pts#285 of 783	+2.5 pts#243 of 783	Not comparedNew in 2022	+2.8 pts#224 of 783
+$3B	+$22.9B#104 of 789	+$12.6B#158 of 789	Not comparedNew in 2022	+$10.5B#177 of 789
+1,474	+10,320#168 of 789	-5,677#712 of 789	Not comparedNew in 2022	+10,800#163 of 789
0	-430#723 of 789	-1,147#766 of 789	Not comparedNew in 2022	+237#189 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

423910 423210

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

Parent sector / NAICS 44-45

Retail trade

457210

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 133.9; 57 detailed rows
Median CR4: 32.8%; Published values
Selected here: 1; Not a sector aggregate

2017-2022 strict history

Median HHI change: +11.4; HHI points
Higher HHI: 100.0%; of published pairs
Coverage: 20.0%; 1 strict pairs

2023 BDS rates

Entry: 7.924%; establishments
Exit: 7.132%; establishments
Net jobs: 0.326%; net rate
Reallocation: 17.863%; excess rate

Parent sector / NAICS 23

Construction

237990

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

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	Sporting and recreational goods and supplies merchant wholesalers423910	Furniture merchant wholesalers423210	Fuel dealers457210	Other heavy and civil engineering construction237990
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	130.331st percentile / rank #472 of 679	94.825th percentile / rank #510 of 679	132.831st percentile / rank #471 of 679	139.432nd percentile / rank #466 of 679
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	16.8%25th percentile / rank #673 of 897	16.2%24th percentile / rank #683 of 897	19.5%29th percentile / rank #639 of 897	17.9%26th percentile / rank #661 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	25.2%26th percentile / rank #668 of 899	23.5%24th percentile / rank #684 of 899	27.5%28th percentile / rank #647 of 899	26.7%27th percentile / rank #657 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$67.9B84th percentile / rank #147 of 899	$63.3B83rd percentile / rank #153 of 899	$43.3B77th percentile / rank #207 of 899	$34B72nd percentile / rank #253 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	73.2K66th percentile / rank #309 of 899	67.2K64th percentile / rank #324 of 899	73.7K66th percentile / rank #306 of 899	77.9K68th percentile / rank #287 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	4.2K72nd percentile / rank #257 of 899	4.1K71st percentile / rank #261 of 899	4K70th percentile / rank #268 of 899	4.4K72nd percentile / rank #251 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.