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 / 513120

Periodical publishers

Information

HHI201.3Revenue$24.4B

Evidence profile

02 / 483112

Deep sea passenger transportation

Transportation and warehousing

HHI3,436.1Revenue$23.2B

Evidence profile

03 / 336414

Guided missile and space vehicle manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHI3,377.1Revenue$14.9B

Evidence profile

04 / 517112

Wireless telecommunications carriers (except satellite)

Information

HHI3,074.2Revenue$283B

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 industryPeriodical publishersNAICS 513120 / 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 HHI3,436.1Deep sea passenger transportation

Largest selected revenue$283BWireless telecommunications carriers (except satellite)

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 513120; Periodical 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 541910

Marketing research and public opinion polling

Professional, scientific, and technical services

Mean gap2.0 pts

Concentration2.1 pts

Scale1.9 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHI2.1 gap201.3189.2

CR42.9 gap22.8%21.5%

CR81.3 gap33.5%32.7%

Revenue0.9 gap$24.4B$25.2B

Jobs4.3 gap74.9K88.1K

Firms0.5 gap3.8K3.6K

Closest dimension: Firms (0.5 pts). Widest: Jobs (4.3 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

513120New in 2022

Periodical publishers

Information

2017Not published2022201.3ChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

483112Strict match

Deep sea passenger transportation

Transportation and warehousing

20173,159.720223,436.1Change+276.4 pts+8.7%

National rank #19 of 54396.7th percentile

336414Measure unavailable

Guided missile and space vehicle manufacturing

Manufacturing

2017Not published20223,377.1ChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

517112New in 2022

Wireless telecommunications carriers (except satellite)

Information

2017Not published20223,074.2ChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 1 / 4
Largest selected move: +276.4 pts

Deep sea passenger transportation 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	513120	483112	336414	517112
+3.6 pts	Not comparedNew in 2022	+276.4 pts#19 of 543	Not comparedMeasure unavailable	Not comparedNew in 2022
+0.2 pts	Not comparedNew in 2022	+0.8 pts#352 of 781	+6 pts#112 of 781	Not comparedNew in 2022
+0.5 pts	Not comparedNew in 2022	+0.1 pts#425 of 783	+1.8 pts#284 of 783	Not comparedNew in 2022
+$3B	Not comparedNew in 2022	+$1.2B#526 of 789	-$3.1B#782 of 789	Not comparedNew in 2022
+1,474	Not comparedNew in 2022	+284#481 of 789	-14,269#752 of 789	Not comparedNew in 2022
0	Not comparedNew in 2022	+15#328 of 789	-4#416 of 789	Not comparedNew in 2022

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: 1/4; 1 markets
Evidence: 4; 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

513120 517112

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 48-49

Transportation and warehousing

483112

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 277.4; 54 detailed rows
Median CR4: 40.0%; Published values
Selected here: 1; Not a sector aggregate

2017-2022 strict history

Median HHI change: -0.8; HHI points
Higher HHI: 42.9%; of published pairs
Coverage: 66.0%; 35 strict pairs

2023 BDS rates

Entry: 14.851%; establishments
Exit: 14.67%; establishments
Net jobs: 2.02%; net rate
Reallocation: 23.193%; excess rate

Parent sector / NAICS 31-33

Manufacturing

336414

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 439.3; 346 detailed rows
Median CR4: 38.5%; Published values
Selected here: 1; Not a sector aggregate

2017-2022 strict history

Median HHI change: +12.4; HHI points
Higher HHI: 59.2%; of published pairs
Coverage: 72.8%; 238 strict pairs

2023 BDS rates

Entry: 6.87%; establishments
Exit: 6.997%; establishments
Net jobs: 1.265%; net rate
Reallocation: 16.565%; 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	Periodical publishers513120	Deep sea passenger transportation483112	Guided missile and space vehicle manufacturing336414	Wireless telecommunications carriers (except satellite)517112
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	201.340th percentile / rank #409 of 679	3,436.1100th percentile / rank #1 of 679	3,377.1100th percentile / rank #2 of 679	3,074.2100th percentile / rank #3 of 679
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	22.8%35th percentile / rank #585 of 897	97.7%100th percentile / rank #4 of 897	96.7%100th percentile / rank #5 of 897	96.6%99th percentile / rank #6 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	33.5%37th percentile / rank #565 of 899	99.6%100th percentile / rank #5 of 899	99.6%100th percentile / rank #5 of 899	98.1%99th percentile / rank #12 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$24.4B65th percentile / rank #317 of 899	$23.2B63rd percentile / rank #331 of 899	$14.9B51st percentile / rank #440 of 899	$283B95th percentile / rank #42 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	74.9K67th percentile / rank #300 of 899	16.3K26th percentile / rank #669 of 899	25.5K37th percentile / rank #569 of 899	265.5K89th percentile / rank #98 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	3.8K69th percentile / rank #281 of 899	726th percentile / rank #842 of 899	181st percentile / rank #890 of 899	1.2K50th percentile / rank #451 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.