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 / 423930

Recyclable material merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

HHI183.5Revenue$107.7B

Evidence profile

02 / 423220

Home furnishing merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

HHI148.2Revenue$86.4B

Evidence profile

03 / 423840

Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

HHI139.2Revenue$94.6B

Evidence profile

04 / 813211

Grantmaking foundations

Other services (except public administration)

HHI202Revenue$130.8B

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 industryRecyclable material merchant wholesalersNAICS 423930 / 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 HHI202Grantmaking foundations

Largest selected revenue$130.8BGrantmaking foundations

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 423930; Recyclable material 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 423220

Home furnishing merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

Mean gap2.1 pts

Concentration2.5 pts

Scale1.8 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHI4.5 gap183.5148.2

CR40.7 gap22.1%21.6%

CR82.2 gap28.8%26.9%

Revenue1.9 gap$107.7B$86.4B

Jobs2.3 gap105.4K94K

Firms1.2 gap6K5.5K

Closest dimension: CR4 (0.7 pts). Widest: HHI (4.5 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 / 20224 strict / 4 selected

Herfindahl-Hirschman Index / HHI points

Shared signed-change scale across this selection

National median +3.6 pts

Lower changeZeroHigher change

423930Measure unavailable

Recyclable material merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

2017Not published2022183.5ChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

423220Measure unavailable

Home furnishing merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

2017Not published2022148.2ChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

423840Strict match

Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

2017135.12022139.2Change+4.1 pts+3%

National rank #268 of 54350.7th percentile

813211Strict match

Grantmaking foundations

Other services (except public administration)

201779.32022202Change+122.7 pts+154.7%

National rank #77 of 54386th percentile

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 2 / 4
Largest selected move: +122.7 pts

Grantmaking foundations 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	423930	423220	423840	813211
+3.6 pts	Not comparedMeasure unavailable	Not comparedMeasure unavailable	+4.1 pts#268 of 543	+122.7 pts#77 of 543
+0.2 pts	+2.1 pts#259 of 781	+5.2 pts#133 of 781	+1.5 pts#301 of 781	+9.7 pts#49 of 781
+0.5 pts	+1.7 pts#300 of 783	+7.2 pts#85 of 783	+0.2 pts#409 of 783	+11.5 pts#30 of 783
+$3B	+$29.5B#83 of 789	+$22.1B#108 of 789	+$20.4B#115 of 789	+$47.2B#56 of 789
+1,474	+1,942#369 of 789	-4,857#704 of 789	+1,284#405 of 789	+9,279#182 of 789
0	-660#743 of 789	-542#734 of 789	-266#699 of 789	+1,037#94 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

423930 423220 423840

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 360.8; 69 detailed rows
Median CR4: 29.9%; Published values
Selected here: 3; 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 81

Other services (except public administration)

813211

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 54.3; 40 detailed rows
Median CR4: 12.8%; Published values
Selected here: 1; Not a sector aggregate

2017-2022 strict history

Median HHI change: +3.6; HHI points
Higher HHI: 72.7%; of published pairs
Coverage: 57.9%; 22 strict pairs

2023 BDS rates

Entry: 9.993%; establishments
Exit: 8.146%; establishments
Net jobs: 3.63%; net rate
Reallocation: 23.006%; 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	Recyclable material merchant wholesalers423930	Home furnishing merchant wholesalers423220	Industrial supplies merchant wholesalers423840	Grantmaking foundations813211
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	183.537th percentile / rank #432 of 679	148.232nd percentile / rank #463 of 679	139.231st percentile / rank #467 of 679	20240th percentile / rank #408 of 679
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	22.1%33rd percentile / rank #602 of 897	21.6%32nd percentile / rank #608 of 897	19.7%29th percentile / rank #637 of 897	23.8%37th percentile / rank #567 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	28.8%30th percentile / rank #634 of 899	26.9%27th percentile / rank #654 of 899	29.4%31st percentile / rank #624 of 899	30.9%33rd percentile / rank #606 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$107.7B88th percentile / rank #106 of 899	$86.4B86th percentile / rank #123 of 899	$94.6B87th percentile / rank #114 of 899	$130.8B90th percentile / rank #90 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	105.4K74th percentile / rank #231 of 899	94K72nd percentile / rank #252 of 899	107.9K75th percentile / rank #226 of 899	106.8K75th percentile / rank #229 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	6K77th percentile / rank #204 of 899	5.5K76th percentile / rank #215 of 899	5.5K76th percentile / rank #213 of 899	12.6K88th percentile / rank #111 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.