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 / 722310

Food service contractors

Accommodation and food services

HHI1,318.8Revenue$50.9B

Evidence profile

02 / 311611

Animal (except poultry) slaughtering

Manufacturing

HHI1,250.7Revenue$124.7B

Evidence profile

03 / 532120

Truck, utility trailer, and RV (recreational vehicle) rental and leasing

Real estate and rental and leasing

HHI1,081.4Revenue$37.3B

Evidence profile

04 / 492210

Local messengers and local delivery

Transportation and warehousing

HHI1,074.7Revenue$23.6B

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 industryFood service contractorsNAICS 722310 / Accommodation and food 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 HHI1,318.8Food service contractors

Largest selected revenue$124.7BAnimal (except poultry) slaughtering

Sector scope4Cross-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 722310; Food service contractors
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 517111

Wired telecommunications carriers

Information

Mean gap4.9 pts

Concentration2.7 pts

Scale7.0 pts

National percentile positionsReferenceNeighbor

HHI0.6 gap1,318.81,285.9

CR42.3 gap62.3%65.4%

CR85.3 gap72%80.1%

Revenue16.6 gap$50.9B$322.7B

Jobs0.5 gap563.6K633.6K

Firms4.0 gap4.1K3.4K

Closest dimension: Jobs (0.5 pts). Widest: Revenue (16.6 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

722310Strict match

Food service contractors

Accommodation and food services

20171,388.720221,318.8Change-69.9 pts-5%

National rank #464 of 54314.6th percentile

311611Strict match

Animal (except poultry) slaughtering

Manufacturing

20171,174.820221,250.7Change+75.9 pts+6.5%

National rank #110 of 54379.9th percentile

532120Strict match

Truck, utility trailer, and RV (recreational vehicle) rental and leasing

Real estate and rental and leasing

2017898.620221,081.4Change+182.8 pts+20.3%

National rank #42 of 54392.4th percentile

492210Strict match

Local messengers and local delivery

Transportation and warehousing

2017130.120221,074.7Change+944.6 pts+726.1%

National rank #1 of 543100th percentile

Change benchmark

Paired coverage: 543 / 789
National median: +3.6 pts
Selected pairs: 4 / 4
Largest selected move: +944.6 pts

Local messengers and local delivery 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	722310	311611	532120	492210
+3.6 pts	-69.9 pts#464 of 543	+75.9 pts#110 of 543	+182.8 pts#42 of 543	+944.6 pts#1 of 543
+0.2 pts	-3.1 pts#596 of 781	+2.6 pts#225 of 781	+4.2 pts#172 of 781	+35.4 pts#1 of 781
+0.5 pts	-2.6 pts#596 of 783	+2.5 pts#240 of 783	+4.9 pts#137 of 783	+31.7 pts#1 of 783
+$3B	+$5.5B#282 of 789	+$34.9B#68 of 789	+$14.8B#143 of 789	+$17.9B#125 of 789
+1,474	-65,208#784 of 789	+6,172#248 of 789	+27,088#92 of 789	+100.5K#25 of 789
0	+530#131 of 789	+132#216 of 789	+27#298 of 789	+1,083#91 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: 4; parent contexts
Bridged: 1/4; 1 markets
Evidence: 2; 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 72

Accommodation and food services

722310

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 15; 15 detailed rows
Median CR4: 8.0%; Published values
Selected here: 1; Not a sector aggregate

2017-2022 strict history

Median HHI change: -1.3; HHI points
Higher HHI: 40.0%; of published pairs
Coverage: 66.7%; 10 strict pairs

2023 BDS rates

Entry: 11.04%; establishments
Exit: 9.081%; establishments
Net jobs: 5.586%; net rate
Reallocation: 23.899%; excess rate

Parent sector / NAICS 31-33

Manufacturing

311611

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 439.3; 346 detailed rows
Median CR4: 38.5%; Published values
Selected here: 1; 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 53

Real estate and rental and leasing

532120

2022 sector distribution

Median HHI: 116.9; 24 detailed rows
Median CR4: 29.4%; Published values
Selected here: 1; Not a sector aggregate

2017-2022 strict history

Median HHI change: +2.3; HHI points
Higher HHI: 56.3%; of published pairs
Coverage: 66.7%; 16 strict pairs

2023 BDS rates

Entry: 12.647%; establishments
Exit: 11.301%; establishments
Net jobs: 3.771%; net rate
Reallocation: 27.729%; excess rate

Parent sector / NAICS 48-49

Transportation and warehousing

492210

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 JSON4 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	Food service contractors722310	Animal (except poultry) slaughtering311611	Truck, utility trailer, and RV (recreational vehicle) rental and leasing532120	Local messengers and local delivery492210
HHIRevenue-based HHI	28450th percentile	1,318.894th percentile / rank #41 of 679	1,250.793rd percentile / rank #49 of 679	1,081.490th percentile / rank #68 of 679	1,074.790th percentile / rank #70 of 679
CR4Largest four firms	30.6%50th percentile	62.3%87th percentile / rank #120 of 897	66%90th percentile / rank #95 of 897	58.9%84th percentile / rank #144 of 897	55.5%82nd percentile / rank #166 of 897
CR8Largest eight firms	42.8%50th percentile	72%84th percentile / rank #147 of 899	79.3%89th percentile / rank #102 of 899	70.6%82nd percentile / rank #159 of 899	59%72nd percentile / rank #256 of 899
RevenueRevenue	$14.5B50th percentile	$50.9B80th percentile / rank #183 of 899	$124.7B89th percentile / rank #96 of 899	$37.3B73rd percentile / rank #241 of 899	$23.6B64th percentile / rank #326 of 899
EmploymentEmployment	40.1K50th percentile	563.6K95th percentile / rank #47 of 899	152.8K82nd percentile / rank #167 of 899	85.9K70th percentile / rank #267 of 899	147.3K81st percentile / rank #174 of 899
FirmsEmployer firms	1.2K50th percentile	4.1K71st percentile / rank #262 of 899	1.4K52nd percentile / rank #432 of 899	1.7K55th percentile / rank #409 of 899	5K75th percentile / rank #229 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.