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 / 522210

Credit card issuing

Finance and insurance

HHI1,245.6Revenue$161.6B

Evidence profile

02 / 331110

Iron and steel mills and ferroalloy manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHI1,071.9Revenue$129.8B

Evidence profile

03 / 334511

Search, detection, navigation, guidance, aeronautical, and nautical system and instrument manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHI1,200.2Revenue$53.5B

Evidence profile

04 / 481111

Scheduled passenger air transportation

Transportation and warehousing

HHI1,465.5Revenue$228.9B

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 industryCredit card issuingNAICS 522210 / Finance and insurance

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 HHI1,465.5Scheduled passenger air transportation

Largest selected revenue$228.9BScheduled passenger air transportation

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 522210; Credit card issuing
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 331110

Iron and steel mills and ferroalloy manufacturing

Manufacturing

Mean gap4.9 pts

Concentration4.7 pts

Scale5.0 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHI3.1 gap1,245.61,071.9

CR43.4 gap63.1%59.5%

CR87.7 gap86.5%75.1%

Revenue2.0 gap$161.6B$129.8B

Jobs1.3 gap72.9K75.2K

Firms11.8 gap19573

Closest dimension: Jobs (1.3 pts). Widest: Firms (11.8 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 / 20224 strict / 4 selected

Herfindahl-Hirschman Index / HHI points

Shared signed-change scale across this selection

National median +3.6 pts

Lower changeZeroHigher change

522210Strict match

Credit card issuing

Finance and insurance

20171,133.820221,245.6Change+111.8 pts+9.9%

National rank #85 of 54384.5th percentile

331110Strict match

Iron and steel mills and ferroalloy manufacturing

Manufacturing

201783020221,071.9Change+241.9 pts+29.1%

National rank #28 of 54395th percentile

334511Strict match

Search, detection, navigation, guidance, aeronautical, and nautical system and instrument manufacturing

Manufacturing

2017852.520221,200.2Change+347.7 pts+40.8%

National rank #10 of 54398.3th percentile

481111Strict match

Scheduled passenger air transportation

Transportation and warehousing

20171,350.920221,465.5Change+114.6 pts+8.5%

National rank #83 of 54384.9th percentile

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 4 / 4
Largest selected move: +347.7 pts

Search, detection, navigation, guidance, aeronautical, and nautical system and instrument manufacturing 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	522210	331110	334511	481111
+3.6 pts	+111.8 pts#85 of 543	+241.9 pts#28 of 543	+347.7 pts#10 of 543	+114.6 pts#83 of 543
+0.2 pts	+6.9 pts#95 of 781	+9.4 pts#53 of 781	+7.5 pts#87 of 781	+1.8 pts#285 of 781
+0.5 pts	-2.5 pts#592 of 783	+4.1 pts#164 of 783	+5.5 pts#118 of 783	+1 pts#347 of 783
+$3B	+$33.1B#74 of 789	+$42.3B#60 of 789	+$1.9B#469 of 789	+$47.5B#55 of 789
+1,474	+5,190#276 of 789	-9,641#738 of 789	-877#594 of 789	+2,249#355 of 789
0	+128#218 of 789	-96#632 of 789	-17#474 of 789	+60#260 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: 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 52

Finance and insurance

522210

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 31-33

Manufacturing

331110 334511

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 439.3; 346 detailed rows
Median CR4: 38.5%; Published values
Selected here: 2; 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

Parent sector / NAICS 48-49

Transportation and warehousing

481111

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

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	Credit card issuing522210	Iron and steel mills and ferroalloy manufacturing331110	Search, detection, navigation, guidance, aeronautical, and nautical system and instrument manufacturing334511	Scheduled passenger air transportation481111
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	1,245.693rd percentile / rank #50 of 679	1,071.990th percentile / rank #71 of 679	1,200.292nd percentile / rank #55 of 679	1,465.595th percentile / rank #34 of 679
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	63.1%88th percentile / rank #109 of 897	59.5%85th percentile / rank #139 of 897	57.9%83rd percentile / rank #151 of 897	72.9%92nd percentile / rank #69 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	86.5%93rd percentile / rank #60 of 899	75.1%86th percentile / rank #130 of 899	78.2%87th percentile / rank #114 of 899	84.8%92nd percentile / rank #71 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$161.6B92nd percentile / rank #73 of 899	$129.8B90th percentile / rank #91 of 899	$53.5B80th percentile / rank #179 of 899	$228.9B94th percentile / rank #53 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	72.9K66th percentile / rank #310 of 899	75.2K67th percentile / rank #299 of 899	123.9K78th percentile / rank #200 of 899	461.5K94th percentile / rank #54 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	19518th percentile / rank #735 of 899	737th percentile / rank #841 of 899	40432nd percentile / rank #609 of 899	37231st percentile / rank #625 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.