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 / 424920

Book, periodical, and newspaper merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

HHI831Revenue$10.3B

Evidence profile

02 / 423140

Motor vehicle parts (used) merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

HHI861.4Revenue$10.1B

Evidence profile

03 / 311520

Ice cream and frozen dessert manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHI691.9Revenue$10.4B

Evidence profile

04 / 424950

Paint, varnish, and supplies merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

HHI769.9Revenue$22.4B

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 industryBook, periodical, and newspaper merchant wholesalersNAICS 424920 / 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 HHI861.4Motor vehicle parts (used) merchant wholesalers

Largest selected revenue$22.4BPaint, varnish, and supplies 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 424920; Book, periodical, and newspaper 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 423140

Motor vehicle parts (used) merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

Mean gap3.7 pts

Concentration1.7 pts

Scale5.8 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHI1.3 gap831861.4

CR40.8 gap49.5%50%

CR83.0 gap60.1%57.3%

Revenue0.6 gap$10.3B$10.1B

Jobs11.9 gap16.5K26.8K

Firms4.8 gap9271.3K

Closest dimension: Revenue (0.6 pts). Widest: Jobs (11.9 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

424920Measure unavailable

Book, periodical, and newspaper merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

2017Not published2022831ChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

423140Measure unavailable

Motor vehicle parts (used) merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

2017Not published2022861.4ChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

311520Strict match

Ice cream and frozen dessert manufacturing

Manufacturing

2017732.22022691.9Change-40.3 pts-5.5%

National rank #420 of 54322.7th percentile

424950Strict match

Paint, varnish, and supplies merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

2017734.82022769.9Change+35.1 pts+4.8%

National rank #164 of 54369.9th percentile

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 2 / 4
Largest selected move: -40.3 pts

Ice cream and frozen dessert manufacturing 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	424920	423140	311520	424950
+3.6 pts	Not comparedMeasure unavailable	Not comparedMeasure unavailable	-40.3 pts#420 of 543	+35.1 pts#164 of 543
+0.2 pts	-2.3 pts#566 of 781	+7.1 pts#93 of 781	-1 pts#499 of 781	-0.2 pts#437 of 781
+0.5 pts	-0.7 pts#489 of 783	+10.1 pts#39 of 783	-4.2 pts#655 of 783	-1.1 pts#511 of 783
+$3B	-$2.6B#778 of 789	+$4.7B#315 of 789	+$2.7B#414 of 789	+$4.1B#342 of 789
+1,474	-8,121#726 of 789	+6,845#232 of 789	+2,630#336 of 789	-761#588 of 789
0	-346#711 of 789	-214#683 of 789	+51#269 of 789	-68#607 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

424920 423140 424950

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

311520

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	Book, periodical, and newspaper merchant wholesalers424920	Motor vehicle parts (used) merchant wholesalers423140	Ice cream and frozen dessert manufacturing311520	Paint, varnish, and supplies merchant wholesalers424950
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	83184th percentile / rank #113 of 679	861.485th percentile / rank #104 of 679	691.979th percentile / rank #144 of 679	769.982nd percentile / rank #123 of 679
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	49.5%76th percentile / rank #212 of 897	50%77th percentile / rank #205 of 897	47.5%74th percentile / rank #234 of 897	48.5%75th percentile / rank #221 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	60.1%73rd percentile / rank #244 of 899	57.3%70th percentile / rank #271 of 899	62.6%75th percentile / rank #222 of 899	63.8%76th percentile / rank #216 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$10.3B40th percentile / rank #542 of 899	$10.1B39th percentile / rank #548 of 899	$10.4B40th percentile / rank #537 of 899	$22.4B62nd percentile / rank #339 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	16.5K26th percentile / rank #664 of 899	26.8K38th percentile / rank #557 of 899	23K34th percentile / rank #595 of 899	20.5K31st percentile / rank #617 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	92747th percentile / rank #481 of 899	1.3K51st percentile / rank #438 of 899	42133rd percentile / rank #600 of 899	93947th percentile / rank #477 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.