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 / 444140

Hardware retailers

Retail trade

HHIWithheldRevenue$41.3B

Evidence profile

02 / 441340

Tire dealers

Retail trade

HHI480.4Revenue$43.3B

Evidence profile

03 / 444240

Nursery, garden center, and farm supply retailers

Retail trade

HHIWithheldRevenue$53.5B

Evidence profile

04 / 531312

Nonresidential property managers

Real estate and rental and leasing

HHIWithheldRevenue$39.5B

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 industryHardware retailersNAICS 444140 / Retail 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 HHI480.4Tire dealers

Largest selected revenue$53.5BNursery, garden center, and farm supply retailers

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 444140; Hardware retailers
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 441340

Tire dealers

Retail trade

Mean gap2.5 pts

Concentration4.1 pts

Scale1.5 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHIWithheldNot comparedWithheld480.4

CR41.1 gap35.9%37%

CR87.1 gap39.7%44.8%

Revenue1.3 gap$41.3B$43.3B

Jobs1.3 gap161.7K176.9K

Firms1.9 gap10.1K11.1K

Closest dimension: CR4 (1.1 pts). Widest: CR8 (7.1 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 / 20221 strict / 4 selected

Herfindahl-Hirschman Index / HHI points

Shared signed-change scale across this selection

National median +3.6 pts

Lower changeZeroHigher change

444140New in 2022

Hardware retailers

Retail trade

2017Not published2022Not publishedChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

441340New in 2022

Tire dealers

Retail trade

2017Not published2022480.4ChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

444240New in 2022

Nursery, garden center, and farm supply retailers

Retail trade

2017Not published2022Not publishedChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

531312Measure unavailable

Nonresidential property managers

Real estate and rental and leasing

2017282.12022Not publishedChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 0 / 4
Largest selected move: Not compared

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	444140	441340	444240	531312
+3.6 pts	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedMeasure unavailable
+0.2 pts	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedNew in 2022	+2 pts#267 of 781
+0.5 pts	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedNew in 2022	+3.2 pts#210 of 783
+$3B	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedNew in 2022	+$12.1B#163 of 789
+1,474	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedNew in 2022	+6,485#239 of 789
0	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedNew in 2022	+487#138 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 44-45

Retail trade

444140 441340 444240

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 133.9; 57 detailed rows
Median CR4: 32.8%; Published values
Selected here: 3; 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 53

Real estate and rental and leasing

531312

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 116.9; 24 detailed rows
Median CR4: 29.4%; Published values
Selected here: 1; Not a sector aggregate

2017-2022 strict history

Median HHI change: +2.3; HHI points
Higher HHI: 56.3%; of published pairs
Coverage: 66.7%; 16 strict pairs

2023 BDS rates

Entry: 12.647%; establishments
Exit: 11.301%; establishments
Net jobs: 3.771%; net rate
Reallocation: 27.729%; 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	Hardware retailers444140	Tire dealers441340	Nursery, garden center, and farm supply retailers444240	Nonresidential property managers531312
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	Withheld	480.467th percentile / rank #225 of 679	Withheld	Withheld
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	35.9%59th percentile / rank #373 of 897	37%60th percentile / rank #363 of 897	32.8%53rd percentile / rank #422 of 897	31.8%52nd percentile / rank #429 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	39.7%46th percentile / rank #488 of 899	44.8%53rd percentile / rank #424 of 899	36.5%43rd percentile / rank #517 of 899	36.9%43rd percentile / rank #511 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$41.3B76th percentile / rank #218 of 899	$43.3B77th percentile / rank #206 of 899	$53.5B80th percentile / rank #178 of 899	$39.5B75th percentile / rank #230 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	161.7K82nd percentile / rank #161 of 899	176.9K84th percentile / rank #149 of 899	158.2K82nd percentile / rank #163 of 899	165.8K83rd percentile / rank #157 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	10.1K85th percentile / rank #134 of 899	11.1K87th percentile / rank #117 of 899	10.3K85th percentile / rank #133 of 899	16K89th percentile / rank #97 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.