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 / 424420

Packaged frozen food merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

HHIWithheldRevenue$185.1B

Evidence profile

02 / 424820

Wine and distilled alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

HHIWithheldRevenue$125.1B

Evidence profile

03 / 211120

Crude petroleum extraction

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

HHI572.1Revenue$354.1B

Evidence profile

04 / 423720

Plumbing and heating equipment and supplies (hydronics) merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

HHIWithheldRevenue$97.8B

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 industryPackaged frozen food merchant wholesalersNAICS 424420 / 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 HHI572.1Crude petroleum extraction

Largest selected revenue$354.1BCrude petroleum extraction

Sector scope2Cross-sector screen

HHI disclosure gaps31 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 424420; Packaged frozen food 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 424820

Wine and distilled alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

Mean gap2.4 pts

Concentration1.1 pts

Scale3.2 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHIWithheldNot comparedWithheldWithheld

CR41.8 gap40.9%39.8%

CR80.5 gap49.9%50%

Revenue3.4 gap$185.1B$125.1B

Jobs2.8 gap85K97.5K

Firms3.5 gap2.7K2.2K

Closest dimension: CR8 (0.5 pts). Widest: Firms (3.5 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

424420Measure unavailable

Packaged frozen food merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

2017Not published2022Not publishedChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

424820Measure unavailable

Wine and distilled alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

2017529.32022Not publishedChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

211120Strict match

Crude petroleum extraction

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

2017270.52022572.1Change+301.6 pts+111.5%

National rank #13 of 54397.8th percentile

423720Measure unavailable

Plumbing and heating equipment and supplies (hydronics) merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

2017Not published2022Not publishedChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 1 / 4
Largest selected move: +301.6 pts

Crude petroleum extraction 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	424420	424820	211120	423720
+3.6 pts	Not comparedMeasure unavailable	Not comparedMeasure unavailable	+301.6 pts#13 of 543	Not comparedMeasure unavailable
+0.2 pts	+5.4 pts#127 of 781	+2.7 pts#221 of 781	+13.8 pts#21 of 781	+6.9 pts#94 of 781
+0.5 pts	+3.8 pts#181 of 783	+1.7 pts#301 of 783	+18.7 pts#8 of 783	+8.2 pts#63 of 783
+$3B	+$34.2B#71 of 789	+$30.6B#80 of 789	+$208.3B#8 of 789	+$36.5B#67 of 789
+1,474	-4,125#693 of 789	+6,472#242 of 789	-14,337#753 of 789	+112#497 of 789
0	-22#500 of 789	+110#227 of 789	-1,449#772 of 789	-522#732 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

424420 424820 423720

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 21

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

211120

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 559.2; 21 detailed rows
Median CR4: 43.7%; Published values
Selected here: 1; Not a sector aggregate

2017-2022 strict history

Median HHI change: +10; HHI points
Higher HHI: 54.5%; of published pairs
Coverage: 73.3%; 11 strict pairs

2023 BDS rates

Entry: 9.436%; establishments
Exit: 7.685%; establishments
Net jobs: 11.246%; net rate
Reallocation: 17.547%; 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	Packaged frozen food merchant wholesalers424420	Wine and distilled alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers424820	Crude petroleum extraction211120	Plumbing and heating equipment and supplies (hydronics) merchant wholesalers423720
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	Withheld	Withheld	572.172nd percentile / rank #191 of 679	Withheld
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	40.9%66th percentile / rank #308 of 897	39.8%64th percentile / rank #324 of 897	40.7%65th percentile / rank #312 of 897	44.1%71st percentile / rank #264 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	49.9%60th percentile / rank #363 of 899	50%60th percentile / rank #359 of 899	59.1%72nd percentile / rank #254 of 899	56.3%69th percentile / rank #281 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$185.1B93rd percentile / rank #63 of 899	$125.1B90th percentile / rank #94 of 899	$354.1B97th percentile / rank #29 of 899	$97.8B88th percentile / rank #110 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	85K70th percentile / rank #270 of 899	97.5K73rd percentile / rank #245 of 899	73.9K66th percentile / rank #305 of 899	81.2K69th percentile / rank #280 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	2.7K63rd percentile / rank #331 of 899	2.2K60th percentile / rank #362 of 899	3.2K66th percentile / rank #304 of 899	2.1K58th percentile / rank #375 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.