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 / 541715

Research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences (except nanotechnology and biotechnology)

Professional, scientific, and technical services

HHI117.2Revenue$195.7B

Evidence profile

02 / 561320

Temporary help services

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

HHI137.7Revenue$326B

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 industryResearch and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences (except nanotechnology and biotechnology)NAICS 541715 / 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 HHI164.5Other grocery and related products merchant wholesalers

Largest selected revenue$418.8BOther grocery and related products 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 541715; Research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences (except nanotechnology and biotechnology)
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 561320

Temporary help services

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

Mean gap2.3 pts

Concentration1.0 pts

Scale3.5 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHI2.3 gap117.2137.7

CR40.7 gap17.7%18.1%

CR80.1 gap25.3%25.2%

Revenue3.2 gap$195.7B$326B

Jobs3.8 gap669.8K4.4M

Firms3.5 gap10.5K16.3K

Closest dimension: CR8 (0.1 pts). Widest: Jobs (3.8 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

541715Strict match

Research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences (except nanotechnology and biotechnology)

Professional, scientific, and technical services

2017108.92022117.2Change+8.3 pts+7.6%

National rank #249 of 54354.2th percentile

561320Strict match

Temporary help services

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

201799.62022137.7Change+38.1 pts+38.3%

National rank #156 of 54371.4th percentile

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: 4 / 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	541715	561320	541611	424490
+3.6 pts	+8.3 pts#249 of 543	+38.1 pts#156 of 543	-39.5 pts#416 of 543	-30.9 pts#404 of 543
+0.2 pts	+1.8 pts#286 of 781	+2.4 pts#243 of 781	-4.4 pts#655 of 781	-3 pts#591 of 781
+0.5 pts	+0.8 pts#364 of 783	+0.7 pts#371 of 783	-2.5 pts#593 of 783	-3.3 pts#618 of 783
+$3B	+$101.6B#20 of 789	+$145.9B#13 of 789	+$87.3B#26 of 789	+$112.1B#17 of 789
+1,474	+181.9K#12 of 789	+1M#1 of 789	+290.8K#8 of 789	+2,729#332 of 789
0	+3,259#41 of 789	+1,900#62 of 789	+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

541715 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 56

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

561320

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 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	Research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences (except nanotechnology and biotechnology)541715	Temporary help services561320	Administrative management and general management consulting services541611	Other grocery and related products merchant wholesalers424490
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	117.229th percentile / rank #484 of 679	137.731st percentile / rank #468 of 679	118.429th percentile / rank #481 of 679	164.534th percentile / rank #447 of 679
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	17.7%26th percentile / rank #666 of 897	18.1%27th percentile / rank #659 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	25.3%26th percentile / rank #667 of 899	25.2%26th percentile / rank #668 of 899	24.6%25th percentile / rank #673 of 899	29.2%30th percentile / rank #628 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$195.7B93rd percentile / rank #60 of 899	$326B97th percentile / rank #32 of 899	$219.1B94th percentile / rank #55 of 899	$418.8B98th percentile / rank #21 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	669.8K96th percentile / rank #38 of 899	4.4M100th percentile / rank #4 of 899	885.7K97th percentile / rank #28 of 899	318K91st percentile / rank #79 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	10.5K86th percentile / rank #127 of 899	16.3K90th percentile / rank #95 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.