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.

2 / 4

01 / 458110

Clothing and clothing accessories retailers

Retail trade

HHI251.4Revenue$284.8B

Evidence profile

02 / 236117

New housing for-sale builders

Construction

HHI248.9Revenue$276.6B

Evidence profile

Research workflow

Carry the selected industries into analysis and publication2 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 industryClothing and clothing accessories retailersNAICS 458110 / 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 HHI251.4Clothing and clothing accessories retailers

Largest selected revenue$284.8BClothing and clothing accessories retailers

Sector scope2Cross-sector screen

HHI disclosure gaps02 published in selection

Reusable selection

Combined JSON2 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 458110; Clothing and clothing accessories 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 457110

Gasoline stations with convenience stores

Retail trade

Mean gap3.9 pts

Concentration6.0 pts

Scale1.7 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHI6.6 gap251.4196.1

CR47.6 gap27.1%23.4%

CR83.9 gap35.6%33.2%

Revenue2.3 gap$284.8B$533.8B

Jobs1.5 gap1.2M858.4K

Firms1.3 gap42K56.5K

Closest dimension: Firms (1.3 pts). Widest: CR4 (7.6 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 / 2 selected

Herfindahl-Hirschman Index / HHI points

Shared signed-change scale across this selection

National median +3.6 pts

Lower changeZeroHigher change

458110New in 2022

Clothing and clothing accessories retailers

Retail trade

2017Not published2022251.4ChangeNot 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

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 1 / 2
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	458110	236117
+3.6 pts	Not comparedNew in 2022	+43.4 pts#145 of 543
+0.2 pts	Not comparedNew in 2022	0 pts#407 of 781
+0.5 pts	Not comparedNew in 2022	+0.9 pts#350 of 783
+$3B	Not comparedNew in 2022	+$127.7B#14 of 789
+1,474	Not comparedNew in 2022	+39,251#63 of 789
0	Not comparedNew in 2022	+1,632#71 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: 2; six-digit rows
Sectors: 2; parent contexts
Bridged: 0/2; 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

458110

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 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

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	Clothing and clothing accessories retailers458110	New housing for-sale builders236117
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	251.446th percentile / rank #368 of 679	248.946th percentile / rank #371 of 679
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	27.1%44th percentile / rank #504 of 897	24.6%39th percentile / rank #552 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	35.6%40th percentile / rank #536 of 899	34.1%39th percentile / rank #553 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$284.8B96th percentile / rank #40 of 899	$276.6B95th percentile / rank #46 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	1.2M98th percentile / rank #16 of 899	171.4K83rd percentile / rank #152 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	42K97th percentile / rank #31 of 899	18.1K91st percentile / rank #80 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.