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 / 424130

Industrial and personal service paper merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

HHI422.7Revenue$122.1B

Evidence profile

02 / 423730

Warm air heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

HHI374Revenue$96.6B

Evidence profile

03 / 423710

Hardware merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

HHI363.3Revenue$94.2B

Evidence profile

04 / 325211

Plastics material and resin manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHI424Revenue$114.4B

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 industryIndustrial and personal service paper merchant wholesalersNAICS 424130 / 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 HHI424Plastics material and resin manufacturing

Largest selected revenue$122.1BIndustrial and personal service paper merchant wholesalers

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 424130; Industrial and personal service paper 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 423730

Warm air heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

Mean gap4.2 pts

Concentration3.1 pts

Scale5.3 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHI3.9 gap422.7374

CR40.7 gap35.1%35.4%

CR84.7 gap47.1%44%

Revenue1.4 gap$122.1B$96.6B

Jobs8.6 gap65.4K90.9K

Firms5.8 gap3.3K2.4K

Closest dimension: CR4 (0.7 pts). Widest: Jobs (8.6 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

424130Strict match

Industrial and personal service paper merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

2017494.62022422.7Change-71.9 pts-14.5%

National rank #465 of 54314.4th percentile

423730Strict match

Warm air heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

2017370.82022374Change+3.2 pts+0.9%

National rank #278 of 54348.9th percentile

423710Strict match

Hardware merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

2017264.12022363.3Change+99.2 pts+37.6%

National rank #95 of 54382.7th percentile

325211Strict match

Plastics material and resin manufacturing

Manufacturing

2017367.82022424Change+56.2 pts+15.3%

National rank #131 of 54376th percentile

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 4 / 4
Largest selected move: +99.2 pts

Hardware 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	424130	423730	423710	325211
+3.6 pts	-71.9 pts#465 of 543	+3.2 pts#278 of 543	+99.2 pts#95 of 543	+56.2 pts#131 of 543
+0.2 pts	-3.3 pts#603 of 781	+3.7 pts#188 of 781	+7.3 pts#91 of 781	+5.6 pts#118 of 781
+0.5 pts	-2.9 pts#605 of 783	+4 pts#170 of 783	+6.3 pts#96 of 783	+3.8 pts#178 of 783
+$3B	+$19.4B#118 of 789	+$43.4B#59 of 789	+$28.5B#86 of 789	+$26B#92 of 789
+1,474	-3,992#692 of 789	+16,054#125 of 789	+6,649#236 of 789	+16,704#122 of 789
0	-430#724 of 789	+163#205 of 789	-754#749 of 789	+214#192 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

424130 423730 423710

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 31-33

Manufacturing

325211

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 439.3; 346 detailed rows
Median CR4: 38.5%; Published values
Selected here: 1; 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

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	Industrial and personal service paper merchant wholesalers424130	Warm air heating and air-conditioning equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers423730	Hardware merchant wholesalers423710	Plastics material and resin manufacturing325211
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	422.762nd percentile / rank #256 of 679	37458th percentile / rank #283 of 679	363.357th percentile / rank #290 of 679	42463rd percentile / rank #253 of 679
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	35.1%57th percentile / rank #388 of 897	35.4%58th percentile / rank #381 of 897	34.8%56th percentile / rank #394 of 897	35%57th percentile / rank #391 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	47.1%57th percentile / rank #392 of 899	44%52nd percentile / rank #434 of 899	45.3%53rd percentile / rank #420 of 899	47.5%57th percentile / rank #390 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$122.1B89th percentile / rank #98 of 899	$96.6B88th percentile / rank #111 of 899	$94.2B87th percentile / rank #115 of 899	$114.4B89th percentile / rank #101 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	65.4K63rd percentile / rank #334 of 899	90.9K72nd percentile / rank #256 of 899	98.3K73rd percentile / rank #243 of 899	90K72nd percentile / rank #257 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	3.3K67th percentile / rank #301 of 899	2.4K61st percentile / rank #353 of 899	4.4K72nd percentile / rank #250 of 899	1.1K49th percentile / rank #462 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.