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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.

01 / 424210

Drugs and druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

HHI805.7Revenue$1.3T
Evidence profile
02 / 423690

Other electronic parts and equipment merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

HHI688.3Revenue$535.8B
Evidence profile
03 / 423110

Automobile and other motor vehicle merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

HHI755.8Revenue$768.3B
Evidence profile
04 / 516210

Media streaming distribution services, social networks, and other media networks and content providers

Information

HHI638.2Revenue$300.8B
Evidence profile

Research workflow

Carry the selected industries into analysis and publication4 canonical industry profiles / 0 of 6 currently saved

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 industryDrugs and druggists' sundries merchant wholesalersNAICS 424210 / 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

Revenue

Detailed median$14.5B
05 / percentile profile

Employment

Employment

Detailed median40.1K
06 / percentile profile

Firms

Employer firms

Detailed median1.2K

Arrow keys move across industries and measures. Home and End move to the first and last selected industry within a measure.

Highest selected HHI805.7Drugs and druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers
Largest selected revenue$1.3TDrugs and druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers
Sector scope2Cross-sector screen
HHI disclosure gaps04 published in selection

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.

Measurement lens
Candidate scope
Reference
NAICS 424210
Drugs and druggists' sundries 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 423690

Other electronic parts and equipment merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

Mean gap3.6 pts
Concentration6.0 pts
Scale1.3 pts
National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor
HHI4.6 gap805.7688.3
CR45.6 gap50.3%45.4%
CR87.8 gap61.3%54.3%
Revenue1.8 gap$1.3T$535.8B
Jobs0.7 gap308.1K295.5K
Firms1.4 gap6.6K7.2K

Closest dimension: Jobs (0.7 pts). Widest: CR8 (7.8 pts).

A nearby Census fingerprint means the rows occupy similar national percentile positions on the selected published measures. It does not imply product substitutability, a competitive relationship, common ownership, or a legally defined antitrust market.

Exact rows

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
424210Strict match

Drugs and druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

2017727.42022805.7Change+78.3 pts+10.8%
National rank #109 of 54380.1th percentile
423690Strict match

Other electronic parts and equipment merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

2017501.52022688.3Change+186.8 pts+37.2%
National rank #41 of 54392.6th percentile
423110Strict match

Automobile and other motor vehicle merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

2017781.12022755.8Change-25.3 pts-3.2%
National rank #399 of 54326.6th percentile
516210New in 2022

Media streaming distribution services, social networks, and other media networks and content providers

Information

2017Not published2022638.2ChangeNot comparedNo rate
Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

Change benchmark

Paired coverage
543 / 789
National median
+3.6 pts
Selected pairs
3 / 4
Largest selected move
+186.8 pts

Other electronic parts and equipment merchant wholesalers has the largest absolute published move in this selection.

Six-measure change ledger

Change in six Census measures for the selected industries
MeasureNational median424210423690423110516210
+3.6 pts+78.3 pts#109 of 543+186.8 pts#41 of 543-25.3 pts#399 of 543Not comparedNew in 2022
+0.2 pts+2.9 pts#214 of 781+7.8 pts#81 of 781-1 pts#500 of 781Not comparedNew in 2022
+0.5 pts+4.3 pts#155 of 783+7.1 pts#86 of 783-1.2 pts#522 of 783Not comparedNew in 2022
+$3B+$349.3B#3 of 789+$150.9B#12 of 789+$127.6B#15 of 789Not comparedNew in 2022
+1,474-18,353#761 of 789+30,127#86 of 789+12,254#152 of 789Not comparedNew in 2022
0-364#715 of 789-1,868#779 of 789-324#706 of 789Not comparedNew in 2022
Five-year deltas are published only for rows whose NAICS code and industry label are identical in the 2017 and 2022 Census tables. This strict match is a conservative screening rule, not an official NAICS concordance or evidence of causation. Revenue changes are nominal and are not adjusted for inflation.

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

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 51

Information

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI
638.2
29 detailed rows
Median CR4
45.6%
Published values
Selected here
1
Not a sector aggregate

2017-2022 strict history

Median HHI change
+56.4
HHI points
Higher HHI
50.0%
of published pairs
Coverage
54.5%
6 strict pairs

2023 BDS rates

Entry
10.578%
establishments
Exit
11.499%
establishments
Net jobs
-0.248%
net rate
Reallocation
24.859%
excess rate

The context matrix keeps three different evidence grains separate: six-digit Economic Census industry screens, broad-sector Business Dynamics Statistics, and curated product-and-geography market profiles. Sector rates are contextual, market links require an exact declared NAICS crosswalk, and no value is averaged into a score or treated as causal, legally equivalent, or directly comparable across layers.

Evidence rules

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
MeasureDetailed medianDrugs and druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers424210Other electronic parts and equipment merchant wholesalers423690Automobile and other motor vehicle merchant wholesalers423110Media streaming distribution services, social networks, and other media networks and content providers516210
HHIRevenue-based HHI28450th percentile805.783rd percentile / rank #114 of 679688.379th percentile / rank #145 of 679755.881st percentile / rank #129 of 679638.276th percentile / rank #163 of 679
CR4Largest four firms30.6%50th percentile50.3%78th percentile / rank #202 of 89745.4%72nd percentile / rank #252 of 89751.1%78th percentile / rank #198 of 89741.2%66th percentile / rank #304 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms42.8%50th percentile61.3%74th percentile / rank #233 of 89954.3%66th percentile / rank #303 of 89966.5%79th percentile / rank #191 of 89959%72nd percentile / rank #256 of 899
RevenueRevenue$14.5B50th percentile$1.3T100th percentile / rank #2 of 899$535.8B98th percentile / rank #18 of 899$768.3B99th percentile / rank #11 of 899$300.8B96th percentile / rank #38 of 899
EmploymentEmployment40.1K50th percentile308.1K91st percentile / rank #82 of 899295.5K90th percentile / rank #88 of 899142.4K80th percentile / rank #177 of 899351.8K92nd percentile / rank #74 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms1.2K50th percentile6.6K79th percentile / rank #189 of 8997.2K81st percentile / rank #176 of 8994.7K74th percentile / rank #236 of 8995.2K75th percentile / rank #223 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.

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