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 / 424520

Livestock merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

HHI382.9Revenue$8.6B

Evidence profile

02 / 325314

Fertilizer (mixing only) manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHI421.5Revenue$5.5B

Evidence profile

03 / 331492

Secondary smelting, refining, and alloying of nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum)

Manufacturing

HHI357.4Revenue$8.6B

Evidence profile

04 / 313310

Textile and fabric finishing mills

Manufacturing

HHI386.4Revenue$3.9B

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 industryLivestock merchant wholesalersNAICS 424520 / 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 HHI421.5Fertilizer (mixing only) manufacturing

Largest selected revenue$8.6BSecondary smelting, refining, and alloying of nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum)

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 424520; Livestock 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 325314

Fertilizer (mixing only) manufacturing

Manufacturing

Mean gap5.3 pts

Concentration2.3 pts

Scale8.3 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHI3.0 gap382.9421.5

CR41.3 gap29.9%30.6%

CR82.6 gap43%41.6%

Revenue11.2 gap$8.6B$5.5B

Jobs6.9 gap4K8.3K

Firms6.8 gap463321

Closest dimension: CR4 (1.3 pts). Widest: Revenue (11.2 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

424520Strict match

Livestock merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

2017404.72022382.9Change-21.8 pts-5.4%

National rank #391 of 54328th percentile

325314Measure unavailable

Fertilizer (mixing only) manufacturing

Manufacturing

2017Not published2022421.5ChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

331492Strict match

Secondary smelting, refining, and alloying of nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum)

Manufacturing

2017369.22022357.4Change-11.8 pts-3.2%

National rank #367 of 54332.5th percentile

313310Strict match

Textile and fabric finishing mills

Manufacturing

2017335.22022386.4Change+51.2 pts+15.3%

National rank #135 of 54375.3th percentile

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 3 / 4
Largest selected move: +51.2 pts

Textile and fabric finishing mills 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	424520	325314	331492	313310
+3.6 pts	-21.8 pts#391 of 543	Not comparedMeasure unavailable	-11.8 pts#367 of 543	+51.2 pts#135 of 543
+0.2 pts	-2.8 pts#587 of 781	-1.7 pts#542 of 781	+0.1 pts#399 of 781	+0.9 pts#343 of 781
+0.5 pts	-1.8 pts#558 of 783	+0.1 pts#419 of 783	+1.6 pts#304 of 783	+1.5 pts#312 of 783
+$3B	+$1.3B#510 of 789	+$667.6M#589 of 789	+$869.7M#566 of 789	-$859.3M#761 of 789
+1,474	-713#585 of 789	-515#561 of 789	+133#495 of 789	-5,645#711 of 789
0	-103#641 of 789	-43#562 of 789	-35#538 of 789	-147#658 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

424520

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 360.8; 69 detailed rows
Median CR4: 29.9%; Published values
Selected here: 1; 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

325314 331492 313310

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 439.3; 346 detailed rows
Median CR4: 38.5%; Published values
Selected here: 3; 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	Livestock merchant wholesalers424520	Fertilizer (mixing only) manufacturing325314	Secondary smelting, refining, and alloying of nonferrous metal (except copper and aluminum)331492	Textile and fabric finishing mills313310
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	382.959th percentile / rank #278 of 679	421.562nd percentile / rank #258 of 679	357.457th percentile / rank #293 of 679	386.460th percentile / rank #275 of 679
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	29.9%49th percentile / rank #459 of 897	30.6%50th percentile / rank #448 of 897	29.6%48th percentile / rank #464 of 897	29.8%48th percentile / rank #463 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	43%51st percentile / rank #440 of 899	41.6%49th percentile / rank #463 of 899	45%53rd percentile / rank #422 of 899	42.3%49th percentile / rank #455 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$8.6B34th percentile / rank #598 of 899	$5.5B22nd percentile / rank #699 of 899	$8.6B34th percentile / rank #597 of 899	$3.9B16th percentile / rank #759 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	4K4th percentile / rank #865 of 899	8.3K11th percentile / rank #803 of 899	9.1K13th percentile / rank #787 of 899	14.1K22nd percentile / rank #703 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	46334th percentile / rank #590 of 899	32128th percentile / rank #651 of 899	14314th percentile / rank #778 of 899	50137th percentile / rank #571 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.