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 / 424610

Plastics materials and basic forms and shapes merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

HHI154.7Revenue$56.3B

Evidence profile

02 / 423440

Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

HHI151.3Revenue$33B

Evidence profile

03 / 325998

All other miscellaneous chemical product and preparation manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHI121.2Revenue$28.4B

Evidence profile

04 / 423850

Service establishment equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

HHI154.6Revenue$28.6B

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 industryPlastics materials and basic forms and shapes merchant wholesalersNAICS 424610 / 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 HHI154.7Plastics materials and basic forms and shapes merchant wholesalers

Largest selected revenue$56.3BPlastics materials and basic forms and shapes 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 424610; Plastics materials and basic forms and shapes 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 423440

Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

Mean gap4.9 pts

Concentration0.9 pts

Scale8.8 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHI0.7 gap154.7151.3

CR40.2 gap19.4%19.3%

CR81.8 gap27.5%29.1%

Revenue10.0 gap$56.3B$33B

Jobs9.7 gap33.7K46.8K

Firms6.8 gap1.9K2.7K

Closest dimension: CR4 (0.2 pts). Widest: Revenue (10.0 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

424610Strict match

Plastics materials and basic forms and shapes merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

2017216.92022154.7Change-62.2 pts-28.7%

National rank #458 of 54315.7th percentile

423440Strict match

Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

2017106.12022151.3Change+45.2 pts+42.6%

National rank #140 of 54374.4th percentile

325998Strict match

All other miscellaneous chemical product and preparation manufacturing

Manufacturing

2017131.92022121.2Change-10.7 pts-8.1%

National rank #363 of 54333.2th percentile

423850Strict match

Service establishment equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

2017146.72022154.6Change+7.9 pts+5.4%

National rank #250 of 54354.1th percentile

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 4 / 4
Largest selected move: -62.2 pts

Plastics materials and basic forms and shapes 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	424610	423440	325998	423850
+3.6 pts	-62.2 pts#458 of 543	+45.2 pts#140 of 543	-10.7 pts#363 of 543	+7.9 pts#250 of 543
+0.2 pts	-2.6 pts#581 of 781	+3.3 pts#203 of 781	-2 pts#550 of 781	0 pts#413 of 781
+0.5 pts	-1.9 pts#563 of 783	+5.1 pts#128 of 783	-0.6 pts#475 of 783	-0.6 pts#478 of 783
+$3B	+$12.3B#161 of 789	+$5B#304 of 789	+$6.3B#262 of 789	+$6.3B#261 of 789
+1,474	+917#426 of 789	-6,929#721 of 789	+6,067#254 of 789	+3,488#307 of 789
0	-296#701 of 789	-811#756 of 789	+31#289 of 789	+122#220 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

424610 423440 423850

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

325998

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	Plastics materials and basic forms and shapes merchant wholesalers424610	Other commercial equipment merchant wholesalers423440	All other miscellaneous chemical product and preparation manufacturing325998	Service establishment equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers423850
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	154.733rd percentile / rank #456 of 679	151.332nd percentile / rank #461 of 679	121.230th percentile / rank #479 of 679	154.633rd percentile / rank #457 of 679
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	19.4%29th percentile / rank #641 of 897	19.3%29th percentile / rank #642 of 897	15.8%23rd percentile / rank #689 of 897	19.5%29th percentile / rank #639 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	27.5%28th percentile / rank #647 of 899	29.1%30th percentile / rank #631 of 899	24.5%25th percentile / rank #677 of 899	28.6%29th percentile / rank #639 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$56.3B81st percentile / rank #170 of 899	$33B71st percentile / rank #260 of 899	$28.4B68th percentile / rank #287 of 899	$28.6B68th percentile / rank #286 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	33.7K45th percentile / rank #495 of 899	46.8K55th percentile / rank #407 of 899	42.5K52nd percentile / rank #432 of 899	58.5K60th percentile / rank #365 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	1.9K56th percentile / rank #394 of 899	2.7K63rd percentile / rank #333 of 899	1.1K49th percentile / rank #457 of 899	3.3K67th percentile / rank #300 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.