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 / 456120

Cosmetics, beauty supplies, and perfume retailers

Retail trade

HHI774.8Revenue$50.3B

Evidence profile

02 / 449129

All other home furnishings retailers

Retail trade

HHI802.6Revenue$64.9B

Evidence profile

03 / 512110

Motion picture and video production

Information

HHI773.7Revenue$87.5B

Evidence profile

04 / 562111

Solid waste collection

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

HHI679.1Revenue$65.8B

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 industryCosmetics, beauty supplies, and perfume retailersNAICS 456120 / 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 HHI802.6All other home furnishings retailers

Largest selected revenue$87.5BMotion picture and video production

Sector scope3Cross-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 456120; Cosmetics, beauty supplies, and perfume retailers
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 449129

All other home furnishings retailers

Retail trade

Mean gap2.6 pts

Concentration3.2 pts

Scale2.0 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHI0.9 gap774.8802.6

CR41.5 gap49.8%51.3%

CR87.3 gap57.5%65.4%

Revenue3.7 gap$50.3B$64.9B

Jobs0.3 gap199.2K204.4K

Firms1.9 gap10.9K9.8K

Closest dimension: Jobs (0.3 pts). Widest: CR8 (7.3 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 / 20222 strict / 4 selected

Herfindahl-Hirschman Index / HHI points

Shared signed-change scale across this selection

National median +3.6 pts

Lower changeZeroHigher change

456120New in 2022

Cosmetics, beauty supplies, and perfume retailers

Retail trade

2017Not published2022774.8ChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

449129New in 2022

All other home furnishings retailers

Retail trade

2017Not published2022802.6ChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

512110Strict match

Motion picture and video production

Information

2017595.12022773.7Change+178.6 pts+30%

National rank #44 of 54392.1th percentile

562111Strict match

Solid waste collection

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

2017644.82022679.1Change+34.3 pts+5.3%

National rank #166 of 54369.6th percentile

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 2 / 4
Largest selected move: +178.6 pts

Motion picture and video production 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	456120	449129	512110	562111
+3.6 pts	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedNew in 2022	+178.6 pts#44 of 543	+34.3 pts#166 of 543
+0.2 pts	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedNew in 2022	+6 pts#114 of 781	+2.1 pts#261 of 781
+0.5 pts	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedNew in 2022	+4.3 pts#157 of 783	+2 pts#274 of 783
+$3B	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedNew in 2022	+$21.7B#111 of 789	+$16.5B#129 of 789
+1,474	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedNew in 2022	+18,051#114 of 789	+40,259#61 of 789
0	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedNew in 2022	+3,735#34 of 789	+437#151 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: 3; 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

456120 449129

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 133.9; 57 detailed rows
Median CR4: 32.8%; Published values
Selected here: 2; 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 51

Information

512110

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 638.2; 29 detailed rows
Median CR4: 45.6%; Published values
Selected here: 1; Not a sector aggregate

2017-2022 strict history

Median HHI change: +56.4; HHI points
Higher HHI: 50.0%; of published pairs
Coverage: 54.5%; 6 strict pairs

2023 BDS rates

Entry: 10.578%; establishments
Exit: 11.499%; establishments
Net jobs: -0.248%; net rate
Reallocation: 24.859%; excess rate

Parent sector / NAICS 56

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

562111

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 182; 44 detailed rows
Median CR4: 23.5%; Published values
Selected here: 1; Not a sector aggregate

2017-2022 strict history

Median HHI change: +10.7; HHI points
Higher HHI: 61.5%; of published pairs
Coverage: 60.5%; 26 strict pairs

2023 BDS rates

Entry: 12.905%; establishments
Exit: 11.833%; establishments
Net jobs: -1.087%; net rate
Reallocation: 27.485%; excess rate

Compare parent sectorsSeparate structure and flow plane Joined sector JSON3 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	Cosmetics, beauty supplies, and perfume retailers456120	All other home furnishings retailers449129	Motion picture and video production512110	Solid waste collection562111
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	774.882nd percentile / rank #121 of 679	802.683rd percentile / rank #115 of 679	773.782nd percentile / rank #122 of 679	679.178th percentile / rank #147 of 679
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	49.8%77th percentile / rank #207 of 897	51.3%78th percentile / rank #194 of 897	49.7%77th percentile / rank #209 of 897	45.8%73rd percentile / rank #247 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	57.5%70th percentile / rank #269 of 899	65.4%78th percentile / rank #203 of 899	66.4%79th percentile / rank #192 of 899	52.1%64th percentile / rank #329 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$50.3B80th percentile / rank #185 of 899	$64.9B83rd percentile / rank #152 of 899	$87.5B87th percentile / rank #121 of 899	$65.8B83rd percentile / rank #150 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	199.2K85th percentile / rank #135 of 899	204.4K85th percentile / rank #132 of 899	148.7K81st percentile / rank #170 of 899	242.7K88th percentile / rank #106 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	10.9K87th percentile / rank #120 of 899	9.8K85th percentile / rank #137 of 899	17.5K91st percentile / rank #83 of 899	7.2K81st percentile / rank #173 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.