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 / 541214

Payroll services

Professional, scientific, and technical services

HHI311Revenue$26.6B

Evidence profile

02 / 541612

Human resources consulting services

Professional, scientific, and technical services

HHI281.3Revenue$24.6B

Evidence profile

03 / 561710

Exterminating and pest control services

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

HHI327.2Revenue$19.9B

Evidence profile

04 / 522390

Other activities related to credit intermediation

Finance and insurance

HHI263Revenue$26.1B

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 industryPayroll servicesNAICS 541214 / Professional, scientific, and technical services

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 HHI327.2Exterminating and pest control services

Largest selected revenue$26.6BPayroll services

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 541214; Payroll services
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 541612

Human resources consulting services

Professional, scientific, and technical services

Mean gap4.5 pts

Concentration2.4 pts

Scale6.7 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHI3.5 gap311281.3

CR41.5 gap30.5%31.2%

CR82.1 gap39.6%37.4%

Revenue1.5 gap$26.6B$24.6B

Jobs10.9 gap296.9K137.8K

Firms7.7 gap4.9K7.7K

Closest dimension: CR4 (1.5 pts). Widest: Jobs (10.9 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

541214Measure unavailable

Payroll services

Professional, scientific, and technical services

2017Not published2022311ChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

541612Strict match

Human resources consulting services

Professional, scientific, and technical services

2017326.72022281.3Change-45.4 pts-13.9%

National rank #427 of 54321.4th percentile

561710Measure unavailable

Exterminating and pest control services

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

2017Not published2022327.2ChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

522390Strict match

Other activities related to credit intermediation

Finance and insurance

2017240.12022263Change+22.9 pts+9.5%

National rank #191 of 54364.9th percentile

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 2 / 4
Largest selected move: -45.4 pts

Human resources consulting services 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	541214	541612	561710	522390
+3.6 pts	Not comparedMeasure unavailable	-45.4 pts#427 of 543	Not comparedMeasure unavailable	+22.9 pts#191 of 543
+0.2 pts	-19.3 pts#776 of 781	-1.6 pts#538 of 781	+4.4 pts#163 of 781	+2.9 pts#215 of 781
+0.5 pts	-14.9 pts#778 of 783	-3.2 pts#613 of 783	+6.7 pts#90 of 783	+0.6 pts#386 of 783
+$3B	+$4.6B#320 of 789	+$6.4B#259 of 789	+$6.8B#243 of 789	+$6.8B#240 of 789
+1,474	+80,690#35 of 789	+15,463#132 of 789	+30,464#85 of 789	+14,957#136 of 789
0	+598#123 of 789	+732#113 of 789	+1,552#75 of 789	-614#739 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 54

Professional, scientific, and technical services

541214 541612

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 94.9; 48 detailed rows
Median CR4: 17.8%; Published values
Selected here: 2; Not a sector aggregate

2017-2022 strict history

Median HHI change: +0.1; HHI points
Higher HHI: 50.0%; of published pairs
Coverage: 69.6%; 32 strict pairs

2023 BDS rates

Entry: 12.473%; establishments
Exit: 11.031%; establishments
Net jobs: 2.438%; net rate
Reallocation: 25.267%; excess rate

Parent sector / NAICS 56

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

561710

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 52

Finance and insurance

522390

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

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	Payroll services541214	Human resources consulting services541612	Exterminating and pest control services561710	Other activities related to credit intermediation522390
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	31153rd percentile / rank #318 of 679	281.350th percentile / rank #342 of 679	327.254th percentile / rank #310 of 679	26348th percentile / rank #353 of 679
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	30.5%50th percentile / rank #450 of 897	31.2%51st percentile / rank #437 of 897	31.1%51st percentile / rank #439 of 897	25.4%41st percentile / rank #531 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	39.6%46th percentile / rank #490 of 899	37.4%43rd percentile / rank #509 of 899	37.9%44th percentile / rank #500 of 899	37.7%44th percentile / rank #505 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$26.6B67th percentile / rank #300 of 899	$24.6B65th percentile / rank #314 of 899	$19.9B60th percentile / rank #363 of 899	$26.1B67th percentile / rank #301 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	296.9K90th percentile / rank #87 of 899	137.8K80th percentile / rank #185 of 899	147.6K81st percentile / rank #172 of 899	117.3K77th percentile / rank #207 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	4.9K74th percentile / rank #231 of 899	7.7K82nd percentile / rank #162 of 899	13.9K88th percentile / rank #107 of 899	3.2K66th percentile / rank #308 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.