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 / 522299

International, secondary market, and all other nondepository credit intermediation

Finance and insurance

HHIWithheldRevenue$265B

Evidence profile

02 / 524292

Pharmacy benefit management and other third party administration of insurance and pension funds

Finance and insurance

HHI1,633.5Revenue$283.6B

Evidence profile

03 / 459410

Office supplies and stationery retailers

Retail trade

HHI2,004.5Revenue$32.7B

Evidence profile

04 / 492110

Couriers and express delivery services

Transportation and warehousing

HHIWithheldRevenue$132.3B

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 industryInternational, secondary market, and all other nondepository credit intermediationNAICS 522299 / 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 HHI2,004.5Office supplies and stationery retailers

Largest selected revenue$283.6BPharmacy benefit management and other third party administration of insurance and pension funds

Sector scope3Cross-sector screen

HHI disclosure gaps22 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 522299; International, secondary market, and all other nondepository credit intermediation
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 524292

Pharmacy benefit management and other third party administration of insurance and pension funds

Finance and insurance

Mean gap7.3 pts

Concentration0.7 pts

Scale11.7 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHIWithheldNot comparedWithheld1,633.5

CR41.2 gap80.2%77.3%

CR80.1 gap84.2%84.3%

Revenue0.8 gap$265B$283.6B

Jobs22.7 gap89.3K442.9K

Firms11.7 gap4.6K2.5K

Closest dimension: CR8 (0.1 pts). Widest: Jobs (22.7 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 / 20221 strict / 4 selected

Herfindahl-Hirschman Index / HHI points

Shared signed-change scale across this selection

National median +3.6 pts

Lower changeZeroHigher change

522299New in 2022

International, secondary market, and all other nondepository credit intermediation

Finance and insurance

2017Not published2022Not publishedChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

524292Label changed

Pharmacy benefit management and other third party administration of insurance and pension funds

2017 label: Third party administration of insurance and pension funds

20171,836.620221,633.5ChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

459410New in 2022

Office supplies and stationery retailers

Retail trade

2017Not published20222,004.5ChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

492110Measure unavailable

Couriers and express delivery services

Transportation and warehousing

2017Not published2022Not publishedChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 0 / 4
Largest selected move: Not compared

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	522299	524292	459410	492110
+3.6 pts	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedLabel changed	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedMeasure unavailable
+0.2 pts	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedLabel changed	Not comparedNew in 2022	-3.5 pts#618 of 781
+0.5 pts	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedLabel changed	Not comparedNew in 2022	-3.6 pts#636 of 783
+$3B	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedLabel changed	Not comparedNew in 2022	+$47.6B#54 of 789
+1,474	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedLabel changed	Not comparedNew in 2022	+293.3K#7 of 789
0	Not comparedNew in 2022	Not comparedLabel changed	Not comparedNew in 2022	+2,338#54 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: 6; 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

522299 524292

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 405.8; 29 detailed rows
Median CR4: 31.0%; Published values
Selected here: 2; 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 44-45

Retail trade

459410

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

Parent sector / NAICS 48-49

Transportation and warehousing

492110

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	International, secondary market, and all other nondepository credit intermediation522299	Pharmacy benefit management and other third party administration of insurance and pension funds524292	Office supplies and stationery retailers459410	Couriers and express delivery services492110
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	Withheld	1,633.596th percentile / rank #30 of 679	2,004.597th percentile / rank #18 of 679	Withheld
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	80.2%95th percentile / rank #42 of 897	77.3%94th percentile / rank #53 of 897	78.2%95th percentile / rank #48 of 897	87.7%98th percentile / rank #20 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	84.2%92nd percentile / rank #73 of 899	84.3%92nd percentile / rank #72 of 899	83.3%91st percentile / rank #79 of 899	88.8%95th percentile / rank #50 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$265B95th percentile / rank #48 of 899	$283.6B96th percentile / rank #41 of 899	$32.7B71st percentile / rank #261 of 899	$132.3B90th percentile / rank #89 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	89.3K71st percentile / rank #260 of 899	442.9K94th percentile / rank #56 of 899	66.5K64th percentile / rank #329 of 899	879.7K97th percentile / rank #29 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	4.6K73rd percentile / rank #241 of 899	2.5K62nd percentile / rank #346 of 899	3.2K66th percentile / rank #307 of 899	6.6K79th percentile / rank #193 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.