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 / 459110

Sporting goods retailers

Retail trade

HHI395.8Revenue$81.7B

Evidence profile

02 / 441340

Tire dealers

Retail trade

HHI480.4Revenue$43.3B

Evidence profile

03 / 523150

Investment banking and securities intermediation

Finance and insurance

HHI354.8Revenue$306.7B

Evidence profile

04 / 423710

Hardware merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

HHI363.3Revenue$94.2B

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 industrySporting goods retailersNAICS 459110 / 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$306.7BInvestment banking and securities intermediation

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 459110; Sporting goods 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 441340

Tire dealers

Retail trade

Mean gap4.8 pts

Concentration3.2 pts

Scale6.4 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHI5.7 gap395.8480.4

CR43.4 gap34.8%37%

CR80.6 gap44.4%44.8%

Revenue8.8 gap$81.7B$43.3B

Jobs6.4 gap285.2K176.9K

Firms3.9 gap17.8K11.1K

Closest dimension: CR8 (0.6 pts). Widest: Revenue (8.8 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

459110New in 2022

Sporting goods retailers

Retail trade

2017Not published2022395.8ChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

441340New in 2022

Tire dealers

Retail trade

2017Not published2022480.4ChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

523150New in 2022

Investment banking and securities intermediation

Finance and insurance

2017Not published2022354.8ChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

423710Strict match

Hardware merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

2017264.12022363.3Change+99.2 pts+37.6%

National rank #95 of 54382.7th percentile

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 1 / 4
Largest selected move: +99.2 pts

Hardware merchant wholesalers 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	459110	441340	523150	423710
+3.6 pts	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedNew in 2022	+99.2 pts#95 of 543
+0.2 pts	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedNew in 2022	+7.3 pts#91 of 781
+0.5 pts	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedNew in 2022	+6.3 pts#96 of 783
+$3B	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedNew in 2022	+$28.5B#86 of 789
+1,474	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedNew in 2022	+6,649#236 of 789
0	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedNew in 2022	-754#749 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

459110 441340

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 52

Finance and insurance

523150

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 405.8; 29 detailed rows
Median CR4: 31.0%; Published values
Selected here: 1; Not a sector aggregate

2017-2022 strict history

Median HHI change: -4.1; HHI points
Higher HHI: 47.6%; of published pairs
Coverage: 91.3%; 21 strict pairs

2023 BDS rates

Entry: 8.115%; establishments
Exit: 9.608%; establishments
Net jobs: 1.847%; net rate
Reallocation: 28.689%; excess rate

Parent sector / NAICS 42

Wholesale trade

423710

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

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	Sporting goods retailers459110	Tire dealers441340	Investment banking and securities intermediation523150	Hardware merchant wholesalers423710
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	395.861st percentile / rank #264 of 679	480.467th percentile / rank #225 of 679	354.857th percentile / rank #294 of 679	363.357th percentile / rank #290 of 679
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	34.8%56th percentile / rank #394 of 897	37%60th percentile / rank #363 of 897	28.3%46th percentile / rank #488 of 897	34.8%56th percentile / rank #394 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	44.4%52nd percentile / rank #430 of 899	44.8%53rd percentile / rank #424 of 899	46.5%56th percentile / rank #400 of 899	45.3%53rd percentile / rank #420 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$81.7B86th percentile / rank #127 of 899	$43.3B77th percentile / rank #206 of 899	$306.7B96th percentile / rank #35 of 899	$94.2B87th percentile / rank #115 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	285.2K90th percentile / rank #92 of 899	176.9K84th percentile / rank #149 of 899	435.7K93rd percentile / rank #62 of 899	98.3K73rd percentile / rank #243 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	17.8K91st percentile / rank #82 of 899	11.1K87th percentile / rank #117 of 899	7.8K82nd percentile / rank #160 of 899	4.4K72nd percentile / rank #250 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.