Skip to main content

Economy-wide observatory

U.S. industry concentration atlas

How concentrated each U.S. industry is, from broad sectors down to detailed lines of business, with each industry's sales, value of shipments, or revenue, and employment from the Census Bureau. Census categories are statistical groupings and are not necessarily antitrust markets.

899Detailed industriessix-digit NAICS679Published HHI220 withheld68Top decileHHI >= 1,081$50.3TRevenue represented2022 Census

Sector signal plane

Where sector medians sit in the Census universe

17 sectorscircle = detailed rowsOpen priority list
Sector median HHI and CR4 signal planeSeventeen Census sectors plotted by median detailed-industry HHI and median CR4, with screen, watch, and priority review HHI regions. Circle size represents the number of detailed industries. Each point links to the filtered industry atlas.Median detailed-industry HHIMedian CR4 (%)Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction: median HHI 559.2; median CR4 43.7% across 21 detailed industries.21Utilities: median HHI 615.9; median CR4 41.6% across 14 detailed industries.22Construction: median HHI 19.4; median CR4 6.4% across 31 detailed industries.Manufacturing: median HHI 439.3; median CR4 38.5% across 346 detailed industries.Wholesale trade: median HHI 360.8; median CR4 29.9% across 69 detailed industries.Retail trade: median HHI 133.9; median CR4 32.8% across 57 detailed industries.Transportation and warehousing: median HHI 277.4; median CR4 40% across 54 detailed industries.Information: median HHI 638.2; median CR4 45.6% across 29 detailed industries.51Finance and insurance: median HHI 405.8; median CR4 31% across 29 detailed industries.Real estate and rental and leasing: median HHI 116.9; median CR4 29.4% across 24 detailed industries.Professional, scientific, and technical services: median HHI 94.9; median CR4 17.8% across 48 detailed industries.Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services: median HHI 182; median CR4 23.5% across 44 detailed industries.Educational services: median HHI 75.6; median CR4 15% across 14 detailed industries.Health care and social assistance: median HHI 35.8; median CR4 8.4% across 39 detailed industries.Arts, entertainment, and recreation: median HHI 192.2; median CR4 21.2% across 25 detailed industries.Accommodation and food services: median HHI 15; median CR4 8% across 15 detailed industries.Other services (except public administration): median HHI 54.3; median CR4 12.8% across 40 detailed industries.
Below 100100-299300-499500+
Priority review / NAICS 51Information
Median HHI638.2Median CR445.6%Sector rank1 / 17Top-decile industries4 / 29

NAICS hierarchy navigator

Move through the official industry classification

Select any branch to carry its detailed-industry scope into the concentration plane, economy map, and evidence directory below.

Current branchMining, quarrying, and oil and gas extractionSector / level 2 of 6
Detailed descendants21Six-digit records in scope
Published HHI81%17 published / 4 withheld
Revenue$725.1BExact Census hierarchy row

Direct subsector records

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction / bars normalized to the largest visible revenue value

Selected classification

NAICS 21

Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction

Sector with 21 detailed descendants.

Median HHI
559.2
Revenue
$725.1B
Employment
545.5K
Employer firms
16.5K

Curated antitrust layer

Research coverage gap

NAICS hierarchy is an economic classification, not a legal product or geographic market definition.

Economy concentration plane

See scale and concentration together

Revenue uses a logarithmic axis, circle area follows employer-firm count, and color identifies the two-digit NAICS sector.

Current scopeMining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction21 detailed rows
Published HHI1781% of scope
Median HHI559.2Median CR4 43.7%
Revenue represented$725.1B4 HHI disclosure-withheld

Detailed-industry cross-section

17 published industries plotted by revenue, HHI, employer-firm count, and NAICS sector.

4 withheld
NAICS 213112: Support activities for oil and gas operations; HHI 241.4; $72.3B revenue; 7,495 employer firmsNAICS 211120: Crude petroleum extraction; HHI 572.1; $354.1B revenue; 3,220 employer firmsNAICS 213111: Drilling oil and gas wells; HHI 559.2; $18.5B revenue; 1,448 employer firmsNAICS 212321: Construction sand and gravel mining; HHI 90; $8.3B revenue; 1,280 employer firmsNAICS 211130: Natural gas extraction; HHI 390.8; $178.7B revenue; 779 employer firmsNAICS 212312: Crushed and broken limestone mining and quarrying; HHI 287.1; $10.6B revenue; 483 employer firmsNAICS 212319: Other crushed and broken stone mining and quarrying; HHI 285; $3.2B revenue; 275 employer firmsNAICS 212311: Dimension stone mining and quarrying; HHI 167.1; $770.3M revenue; 223 employer firmsNAICS 213115: Support activities for nonmetallic minerals (except fuels) mining; HHI 295; $1.1B revenue; 193 employer firmsNAICS 212114: Surface coal mining; HHI 612.2; $10.4B revenue; 163 employer firmsNAICS 212390: Other nonmetallic mineral mining and quarrying; HHI 674.4; $5.8B revenue; 156 employer firmsNAICS 213114: Support activities for metal mining; HHI 757.4; $1.5B revenue; 132 employer firmsNAICS 213113: Support activities for coal mining; HHI 395.3; $889.3M revenue; 118 employer firmsNAICS 212323: Kaolin, clay, and ceramic and refractory minerals mining; HHI 852.7; $1.6B revenue; 74 employer firmsNAICS 212115: Underground coal mining; HHI 702; $17.1B revenue; 72 employer firmsNAICS 212313: Crushed and broken granite mining and quarrying; HHI 1,665.6; $3.1B revenue; 62 employer firmsNAICS 212290: Other metal ore mining; HHI 1,888.9; $2B revenue; 21 employer firms

Selected record

Other metal ore mining

NAICS 212290
HHI
1,888.9
Revenue
$2B
CR4
78.7%
Employer firms
21
Open industry profile

Economy composition map

See where economic scale and concentration meet

Each tile is one six-digit NAICS industry. Area follows the selected economic measure; color carries either published HHI or sector identity.

Size tiles by
Color tiles by
Current scopeMining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction21 detailed rows
Area / Revenue$725.1BSales, shipments, or revenue
Color / HHI bands17 published4 HHI disclosure-withheld
Scope median HHI559.2Unweighted across published rows

Area = revenue / Color = hhi bands

1 sector groups / 21 positive-value industries

2022 Economic Census
0-499500-9991,000-1,4991,500-2,4992,500+Withheld

Active industry

Crude petroleum extractionNAICS 211120

Revenue

$354.1B

48.84% of current scope / 48.8% of sector

HHI
572.1
CR4
40.7%
Employment
73,852
Employer firms
3,220
Open evidence profile

Tile area represents revenue within this detailed-industry scope. HHI is a national NAICS screen, not a legal antitrust market. Disclosure-withheld values remain mapped and use the gray band.

Census industry directory

Compare the full NAICS hierarchy

HHI and concentration ratios are based on national sales, value of shipments, or revenue for employer firms.

21 of 1,866
NAICS 212290Other metal ore miningDetailed industry
HHI1,888.9CR478.7%Revenue$2B
NAICS 212313Crushed and broken granite mining and quarryingDetailed industry
HHI1,665.6CR471%Revenue$3.1B
NAICS 212323Kaolin, clay, and ceramic and refractory minerals miningDetailed industry
HHI852.7CR449.4%Revenue$1.6B
NAICS 213114Support activities for metal miningDetailed industry
HHI757.4CR450%Revenue$1.5B
NAICS 212115Underground coal miningDetailed industry
HHI702CR445.1%Revenue$17.1B
NAICS 212390Other nonmetallic mineral mining and quarryingDetailed industry
HHI674.4CR444.9%Revenue$5.8B
NAICS 212114Surface coal miningDetailed industry
HHI612.2CR443.7%Revenue$10.4B
NAICS 211120Crude petroleum extractionDetailed industry
HHI572.1CR440.7%Revenue$354.1B
NAICS 213111Drilling oil and gas wellsDetailed industry
HHI559.2CR440.9%Revenue$18.5B
NAICS 213113Support activities for coal miningDetailed industry
HHI395.3CR431.3%Revenue$889.3M
NAICS 211130Natural gas extractionDetailed industry
HHI390.8CR428.7%Revenue$178.7B
NAICS 213115Support activities for nonmetallic minerals (except fuels) miningDetailed industry
HHI295CR428.1%Revenue$1.1B
NAICS 212312Crushed and broken limestone mining and quarryingDetailed industry
HHI287.1CR428.6%Revenue$10.6B
NAICS 212319Other crushed and broken stone mining and quarryingDetailed industry
HHI285CR425.3%Revenue$3.2B
NAICS 213112Support activities for oil and gas operationsDetailed industry
HHI241.4CR426.4%Revenue$72.3B
NAICS 212311Dimension stone mining and quarryingDetailed industry
HHI167.1CR419.8%Revenue$770.3M
NAICS 212321Construction sand and gravel miningDetailed industry
HHI90CR413.5%Revenue$8.3B
NAICS 212210Iron ore miningDetailed industry
HHIWithheldCR499.4%Revenue$4.4B
NAICS 212230Copper, nickel, lead, and zinc miningDetailed industry
HHIWithheldCR478.9%Revenue$17B
NAICS 212220Gold ore and silver ore miningDetailed industry
HHIWithheldCR474.4%Revenue$10.9B
NAICS 212322Industrial sand miningDetailed industry
HHIWithheldCR447.2%Revenue$3B

A NAICS industry is a statistical classification, not a legally defined antitrust market. Use these national revenue concentration measures to screen where deeper product and geographic market analysis may be warranted, not to infer market power or liability.

U.S. Industry Concentration Atlas | Antitrust Radar