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 / 425120

Wholesale trade agents and brokers

Wholesale trade

HHIWithheldRevenue$785.9B

Evidence profile

02 / 236117

New housing for-sale builders

Construction

HHI248.9Revenue$276.6B

Evidence profile

03 / 441120

Used car dealers

Retail trade

HHIWithheldRevenue$159.5B

Evidence profile

04 / 541810

Advertising agencies

Professional, scientific, and technical services

HHIWithheldRevenue$62.4B

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 industryWholesale trade agents and brokersNAICS 425120 / 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 HHI248.9New housing for-sale builders

Largest selected revenue$785.9BWholesale trade agents and brokers

Sector scope4Cross-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 425120; Wholesale trade agents and brokers
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 513210

Software publishers

Information

Mean gap4.0 pts

Concentration2.4 pts

Scale5.1 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHIWithheldNot comparedWithheldWithheld

CR42.9 gap25.4%24.3%

CR81.8 gap31%32.1%

Revenue1.1 gap$785.9B$492.9B

Jobs9.0 gap246.1K1M

Firms5.1 gap32.2K16.8K

Closest dimension: Revenue (1.1 pts). Widest: Jobs (9.0 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

425120Measure unavailable

Wholesale trade agents and brokers

Wholesale trade

2017230.82022Not publishedChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

236117Strict match

New housing for-sale builders

Construction

2017205.52022248.9Change+43.4 pts+21.1%

National rank #145 of 54373.4th percentile

441120Measure unavailable

Used car dealers

Retail trade

2017Not published2022Not publishedChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

541810Measure unavailable

Advertising agencies

Professional, scientific, and technical services

2017249.52022Not 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: +43.4 pts

New housing for-sale builders 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	425120	236117	441120	541810
+3.6 pts	Not comparedMeasure unavailable	+43.4 pts#145 of 543	Not comparedMeasure unavailable	Not comparedMeasure unavailable
+0.2 pts	-3.5 pts#617 of 781	0 pts#407 of 781	+8 pts#76 of 781	-3.9 pts#633 of 781
+0.5 pts	-2 pts#567 of 783	+0.9 pts#350 of 783	+8.8 pts#56 of 783	-4.2 pts#659 of 783
+$3B	+$86.4B#27 of 789	+$127.7B#14 of 789	+$59B#46 of 789	+$16.1B#132 of 789
+1,474	-50,354#781 of 789	+39,251#63 of 789	+28,609#88 of 789	+26,428#94 of 789
0	-2,820#782 of 789	+1,632#71 of 789	-578#735 of 789	+1,118#90 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: 4; 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

425120

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 23

Construction

236117

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 19.4; 31 detailed rows
Median CR4: 6.4%; Published values
Selected here: 1; Not a sector aggregate

2017-2022 strict history

Median HHI change: +1.6; HHI points
Higher HHI: 62.5%; of published pairs
Coverage: 77.4%; 24 strict pairs

2023 BDS rates

Entry: 13.016%; establishments
Exit: 11.082%; establishments
Net jobs: 3.24%; net rate
Reallocation: 26.939%; excess rate

Parent sector / NAICS 44-45

Retail trade

441120

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 133.9; 57 detailed rows
Median CR4: 32.8%; Published values
Selected here: 1; Not a sector aggregate

2017-2022 strict history

Median HHI change: +11.4; HHI points
Higher HHI: 100.0%; of published pairs
Coverage: 20.0%; 1 strict pairs

2023 BDS rates

Entry: 7.924%; establishments
Exit: 7.132%; establishments
Net jobs: 0.326%; net rate
Reallocation: 17.863%; excess rate

Parent sector / NAICS 54

Professional, scientific, and technical services

541810

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 94.9; 48 detailed rows
Median CR4: 17.8%; Published values
Selected here: 1; Not a sector aggregate

2017-2022 strict history

Median HHI change: +0.1; HHI points
Higher HHI: 50.0%; of published pairs
Coverage: 69.6%; 32 strict pairs

2023 BDS rates

Entry: 12.473%; establishments
Exit: 11.031%; establishments
Net jobs: 2.438%; net rate
Reallocation: 25.267%; excess rate

Compare parent sectorsSeparate structure and flow plane Joined sector JSON4 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	Wholesale trade agents and brokers425120	New housing for-sale builders236117	Used car dealers441120	Advertising agencies541810
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	Withheld	248.946th percentile / rank #371 of 679	Withheld	Withheld
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	25.4%41st percentile / rank #531 of 897	24.6%39th percentile / rank #552 of 897	29.9%49th percentile / rank #459 of 897	26%42nd percentile / rank #519 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	31%33rd percentile / rank #602 of 899	34.1%39th percentile / rank #553 of 899	33.4%37th percentile / rank #567 of 899	30.6%32nd percentile / rank #610 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$785.9B99th percentile / rank #10 of 899	$276.6B95th percentile / rank #46 of 899	$159.5B92nd percentile / rank #76 of 899	$62.4B83rd percentile / rank #157 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	246.1K88th percentile / rank #105 of 899	171.4K83rd percentile / rank #152 of 899	182.2K84th percentile / rank #141 of 899	223.9K87th percentile / rank #120 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	32.2K95th percentile / rank #46 of 899	18.1K91st percentile / rank #80 of 899	23K93rd percentile / rank #64 of 899	13.4K88th percentile / rank #108 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.