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 / 522291

Consumer lending

Finance and insurance

HHI450.4Revenue$47.6B

Evidence profile

02 / 311812

Commercial bakeries

Manufacturing

HHI439.9Revenue$38.2B

Evidence profile

03 / 424130

Industrial and personal service paper merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

HHI422.7Revenue$122.1B

Evidence profile

04 / 339113

Surgical appliance and supplies manufacturing

Manufacturing

HHI417.7Revenue$37.9B

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 industryConsumer lendingNAICS 522291 / 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 HHI450.4Consumer lending

Largest selected revenue$122.1BIndustrial and personal service paper merchant wholesalers

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 522291; Consumer lending
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 311812

Commercial bakeries

Manufacturing

Mean gap2.8 pts

Concentration2.8 pts

Scale2.7 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHI0.8 gap450.4439.9

CR40.7 gap34.8%34.5%

CR86.9 gap48.8%43.7%

Revenue5.3 gap$47.6B$38.2B

Jobs1.1 gap125.7K116.6K

Firms1.7 gap2.9K2.6K

Closest dimension: CR4 (0.7 pts). Widest: CR8 (6.9 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

522291Strict match

Consumer lending

Finance and insurance

2017704.72022450.4Change-254.3 pts-36.1%

National rank #531 of 5432.2th percentile

311812Strict match

Commercial bakeries

Manufacturing

2017424.12022439.9Change+15.8 pts+3.7%

National rank #209 of 54361.6th percentile

424130Strict match

Industrial and personal service paper merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

2017494.62022422.7Change-71.9 pts-14.5%

National rank #465 of 54314.4th percentile

339113Strict match

Surgical appliance and supplies manufacturing

Manufacturing

2017372.92022417.7Change+44.8 pts+12%

National rank #141 of 54374.2th percentile

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 4 / 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	522291	311812	424130	339113
+3.6 pts	-254.3 pts#531 of 543	+15.8 pts#209 of 543	-71.9 pts#465 of 543	+44.8 pts#141 of 543
+0.2 pts	-15.9 pts#770 of 781	+0.3 pts#379 of 781	-3.3 pts#603 of 781	+3 pts#210 of 781
+0.5 pts	-11.9 pts#768 of 783	+0.6 pts#376 of 783	-2.9 pts#605 of 783	+2.3 pts#255 of 783
+$3B	+$11B#170 of 789	+$5.9B#271 of 789	+$19.4B#118 of 789	+$4.5B#325 of 789
+1,474	+31,716#83 of 789	-155#528 of 789	-3,992#692 of 789	+9,063#190 of 789
0	-99#636 of 789	-163#668 of 789	-430#724 of 789	-103#640 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 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

Parent sector / NAICS 31-33

Manufacturing

311812 339113

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 42

Wholesale trade

424130

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	Consumer lending522291	Commercial bakeries311812	Industrial and personal service paper merchant wholesalers424130	Surgical appliance and supplies manufacturing339113
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	450.465th percentile / rank #241 of 679	439.964th percentile / rank #246 of 679	422.762nd percentile / rank #256 of 679	417.762nd percentile / rank #260 of 679
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	34.8%56th percentile / rank #394 of 897	34.5%56th percentile / rank #400 of 897	35.1%57th percentile / rank #388 of 897	35.1%57th percentile / rank #388 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	48.8%59th percentile / rank #374 of 899	43.7%52nd percentile / rank #436 of 899	47.1%57th percentile / rank #392 of 899	52.3%64th percentile / rank #327 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$47.6B79th percentile / rank #190 of 899	$38.2B74th percentile / rank #237 of 899	$122.1B89th percentile / rank #98 of 899	$37.9B74th percentile / rank #238 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	125.7K78th percentile / rank #199 of 899	116.6K77th percentile / rank #209 of 899	65.4K63rd percentile / rank #334 of 899	86K71st percentile / rank #265 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	2.9K64th percentile / rank #323 of 899	2.6K63rd percentile / rank #338 of 899	3.3K67th percentile / rank #301 of 899	1.5K53rd percentile / rank #424 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.