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 / 513110

Newspaper publishers

Information

HHI522.4Revenue$23.2B

Evidence profile

02 / 423420

Office equipment merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

HHI581.9Revenue$33.3B

Evidence profile

03 / 513130

Book publishers

Information

HHI461.5Revenue$29.1B

Evidence profile

04 / 522291

Consumer lending

Finance and insurance

HHI450.4Revenue$47.6B

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 industryNewspaper publishersNAICS 513110 / Information

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 HHI581.9Office equipment merchant wholesalers

Largest selected revenue$47.6BConsumer lending

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 513110; Newspaper publishers
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 423420

Office equipment merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

Mean gap5.6 pts

Concentration1.9 pts

Scale9.3 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHI2.8 gap522.4581.9

CR40.8 gap41%40.5%

CR82.0 gap53.8%52%

Revenue8.2 gap$23.2B$33.3B

Jobs6.2 gap122.8K89.6K

Firms13.5 gap3.9K1.9K

Closest dimension: CR4 (0.8 pts). Widest: Firms (13.5 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

513110New in 2022

Newspaper publishers

Information

2017Not published2022522.4ChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

423420Strict match

Office equipment merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

20176722022581.9Change-90.1 pts-13.4%

National rank #476 of 54312.4th percentile

513130New in 2022

Book publishers

Information

2017Not published2022461.5ChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

522291Strict match

Consumer lending

Finance and insurance

2017704.72022450.4Change-254.3 pts-36.1%

National rank #531 of 5432.2th percentile

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 2 / 4
Largest selected move: -254.3 pts

Consumer lending 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	513110	423420	513130	522291
+3.6 pts	Not comparedNew in 2022	-90.1 pts#476 of 543	Not comparedNew in 2022	-254.3 pts#531 of 543
+0.2 pts	Not comparedNew in 2022	-6.6 pts#702 of 781	Not comparedNew in 2022	-15.9 pts#770 of 781
+0.5 pts	Not comparedNew in 2022	-9.3 pts#753 of 783	Not comparedNew in 2022	-11.9 pts#768 of 783
+$3B	Not comparedNew in 2022	-$4.8B#785 of 789	Not comparedNew in 2022	+$11B#170 of 789
+1,474	Not comparedNew in 2022	-24,649#766 of 789	Not comparedNew in 2022	+31,716#83 of 789
0	Not comparedNew in 2022	-368#716 of 789	Not comparedNew in 2022	-99#636 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 51

Information

513110 513130

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 638.2; 29 detailed rows
Median CR4: 45.6%; Published values
Selected here: 2; 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 42

Wholesale trade

423420

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 52

Finance and insurance

522291

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

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	Newspaper publishers513110	Office equipment merchant wholesalers423420	Book publishers513130	Consumer lending522291
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	522.470th percentile / rank #204 of 679	581.973rd percentile / rank #185 of 679	461.565th percentile / rank #236 of 679	450.465th percentile / rank #241 of 679
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	41%66th percentile / rank #307 of 897	40.5%65th percentile / rank #314 of 897	35.2%57th percentile / rank #387 of 897	34.8%56th percentile / rank #394 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	53.8%65th percentile / rank #312 of 899	52%63rd percentile / rank #330 of 899	52.6%64th percentile / rank #323 of 899	48.8%59th percentile / rank #374 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$23.2B63rd percentile / rank #330 of 899	$33.3B72nd percentile / rank #256 of 899	$29.1B69th percentile / rank #280 of 899	$47.6B79th percentile / rank #190 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	122.8K78th percentile / rank #203 of 899	89.6K71st percentile / rank #259 of 899	76.2K67th percentile / rank #295 of 899	125.7K78th percentile / rank #199 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	3.9K70th percentile / rank #274 of 899	1.9K56th percentile / rank #396 of 899	2.2K59th percentile / rank #367 of 899	2.9K64th percentile / rank #323 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.