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 / 517121

Telecommunications resellers

Information

HHIWithheldRevenue$14.7B

Evidence profile

02 / 523999

Miscellaneous financial investment activities

Finance and insurance

HHI1,209.3Revenue$13.9B

Evidence profile

03 / 562212

Solid waste landfill

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

HHIWithheldRevenue$12.3B

Evidence profile

04 / 444120

Paint and wallpaper retailers

Retail trade

HHIWithheldRevenue$16B

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 industryTelecommunications resellersNAICS 517121 / 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 HHI1,209.3Miscellaneous financial investment activities

Largest selected revenue$16BPaint and wallpaper retailers

Sector scope4Cross-sector screen

HHI disclosure gaps31 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 517121; Telecommunications resellers
Fixed benchmark: 899; National six-digit rows
Matched dimensions: 5 / 6; HHI, CR4, CR8, Revenue, Jobs, Firms
Eligible candidates: 896; 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 523999

Miscellaneous financial investment activities

Finance and insurance

Mean gap3.8 pts

Concentration5.7 pts

Scale2.6 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHIWithheldNot comparedWithheld1,209.3

CR47.2 gap71.4%60.1%

CR84.2 gap75.3%81%

Revenue3.3 gap$14.7B$13.9B

Jobs3.4 gap22.5K25.7K

Firms1.1 gap955893

Closest dimension: Firms (1.1 pts). Widest: CR4 (7.2 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

517121New in 2022

Telecommunications resellers

Information

2017Not published2022Not publishedChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

523999Strict match

Miscellaneous financial investment activities

Finance and insurance

20171,206.520221,209.3Change+2.8 pts+0.2%

National rank #282 of 54348.2th percentile

562212Measure unavailable

Solid waste landfill

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

20171,219.92022Not publishedChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

444120Label changed

Paint and wallpaper retailers

2017 label: Paint and wallpaper stores

2017Not published2022Not publishedChangeNot 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: +2.8 pts

Miscellaneous financial investment activities 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	517121	523999	562212	444120
+3.6 pts	Not comparedNew in 2022	+2.8 pts#282 of 543	Not comparedMeasure unavailable	Not comparedLabel changed
+0.2 pts	Not comparedNew in 2022	-2.6 pts#583 of 781	+0.7 pts#357 of 781	Not comparedLabel changed
+0.5 pts	Not comparedNew in 2022	+3.3 pts#206 of 783	+4.2 pts#162 of 783	Not comparedLabel changed
+$3B	Not comparedNew in 2022	+$5.7B#276 of 789	+$4.7B#312 of 789	Not comparedLabel changed
+1,474	Not comparedNew in 2022	+7,306#226 of 789	+6,026#256 of 789	Not comparedLabel changed
0	Not comparedNew in 2022	-32#534 of 789	+150#210 of 789	Not comparedLabel changed

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: 4; 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

517121

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 52

Finance and insurance

523999

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 56

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

562212

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

Parent sector / NAICS 44-45

Retail trade

444120

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

Compare parent sectorsSeparate structure and flow plane Joined sector JSON4 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	Telecommunications resellers517121	Miscellaneous financial investment activities523999	Solid waste landfill562212	Paint and wallpaper retailers444120
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	Withheld	1,209.392nd percentile / rank #53 of 679	Withheld	Withheld
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	71.4%92nd percentile / rank #70 of 897	60.1%85th percentile / rank #135 of 897	62.2%87th percentile / rank #121 of 897	75.4%94th percentile / rank #59 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	75.3%86th percentile / rank #129 of 899	81%90th percentile / rank #91 of 899	72.1%84th percentile / rank #146 of 899	78.6%88th percentile / rank #109 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$14.7B51st percentile / rank #442 of 899	$13.9B48th percentile / rank #472 of 899	$12.3B45th percentile / rank #498 of 899	$16B53rd percentile / rank #426 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	22.5K34th percentile / rank #598 of 899	25.7K37th percentile / rank #567 of 899	26.6K38th percentile / rank #558 of 899	35.6K47th percentile / rank #481 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	95547th percentile / rank #475 of 899	89346th percentile / rank #485 of 899	81244th percentile / rank #501 of 899	1.5K53rd percentile / rank #428 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.