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 / 541512

Computer systems design services

Professional, scientific, and technical services

HHI189.6Revenue$243.3B

Evidence profile

02 / 457110

Gasoline stations with convenience stores

Retail trade

HHI196.1Revenue$533.8B

Evidence profile

03 / 541611

Administrative management and general management consulting services

Professional, scientific, and technical services

HHI118.4Revenue$219.1B

Evidence profile

04 / 424490

Other grocery and related products merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

HHI164.5Revenue$418.8B

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 industryComputer systems design servicesNAICS 541512 / 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 HHI196.1Gasoline stations with convenience stores

Largest selected revenue$533.8BGasoline stations with convenience stores

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 541512; Computer systems design 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 457110

Gasoline stations with convenience stores

Retail trade

Mean gap3.1 pts

Concentration4.6 pts

Scale1.7 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHI1.3 gap189.6196.1

CR45.3 gap21.1%23.4%

CR87.1 gap28.7%33.2%

Revenue3.7 gap$243.3B$533.8B

Jobs0.5 gap783.3K858.4K

Firms1.0 gap46.1K56.5K

Closest dimension: Jobs (0.5 pts). Widest: CR8 (7.1 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 / 20223 strict / 4 selected

Herfindahl-Hirschman Index / HHI points

Shared signed-change scale across this selection

National median +3.6 pts

Lower changeZeroHigher change

541512Strict match

Computer systems design services

Professional, scientific, and technical services

20171762022189.6Change+13.6 pts+7.7%

National rank #213 of 54360.9th percentile

457110New in 2022

Gasoline stations with convenience stores

Retail trade

2017Not published2022196.1ChangeNot comparedNo rate

Outside strict-pair rankNot ranked

541611Strict match

Administrative management and general management consulting services

Professional, scientific, and technical services

2017157.92022118.4Change-39.5 pts-25%

National rank #416 of 54323.4th percentile

424490Strict match

Other grocery and related products merchant wholesalers

Wholesale trade

2017195.42022164.5Change-30.9 pts-15.8%

National rank #404 of 54325.6th percentile

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 3 / 4
Largest selected move: -39.5 pts

Administrative management and general management 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	541512	457110	541611	424490
+3.6 pts	+13.6 pts#213 of 543	Not comparedNew in 2022	-39.5 pts#416 of 543	-30.9 pts#404 of 543
+0.2 pts	-0.3 pts#449 of 781	Not comparedNew in 2022	-4.4 pts#655 of 781	-3 pts#591 of 781
+0.5 pts	-4.2 pts#658 of 783	Not comparedNew in 2022	-2.5 pts#593 of 783	-3.3 pts#618 of 783
+$3B	+$39.1B#63 of 789	Not comparedNew in 2022	+$87.3B#26 of 789	+$112.1B#17 of 789
+1,474	-8,801#728 of 789	Not comparedNew in 2022	+290.8K#8 of 789	+2,729#332 of 789
0	+2,161#56 of 789	Not comparedNew in 2022	+28,179#2 of 789	-300#703 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

541512 541611

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 44-45

Retail trade

457110

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 42

Wholesale trade

424490

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	Computer systems design services541512	Gasoline stations with convenience stores457110	Administrative management and general management consulting services541611	Other grocery and related products merchant wholesalers424490
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	189.638th percentile / rank #422 of 679	196.139th percentile / rank #413 of 679	118.429th percentile / rank #481 of 679	164.534th percentile / rank #447 of 679
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	21.1%31st percentile / rank #620 of 897	23.4%36th percentile / rank #572 of 897	17.8%26th percentile / rank #663 of 897	17.9%26th percentile / rank #661 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	28.7%29th percentile / rank #635 of 899	33.2%37th percentile / rank #571 of 899	24.6%25th percentile / rank #673 of 899	29.2%30th percentile / rank #628 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$243.3B94th percentile / rank #52 of 899	$533.8B98th percentile / rank #19 of 899	$219.1B94th percentile / rank #55 of 899	$418.8B98th percentile / rank #21 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	783.3K96th percentile / rank #34 of 899	858.4K97th percentile / rank #30 of 899	885.7K97th percentile / rank #28 of 899	318K91st percentile / rank #79 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	46.1K97th percentile / rank #28 of 899	56.5K98th percentile / rank #19 of 899	101.8K99th percentile / rank #11 of 899	10.7K87th percentile / rank #122 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.