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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

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Current branchAdministrative and support and waste management and remediation servicesSector / level 2 of 6
Detailed descendants44Six-digit records in scope
Published HHI68.2%30 published / 14 withheld
Revenue$1.3TExact Census hierarchy row

Direct subsector records

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services / bars normalized to the largest visible revenue value

Selected classification

NAICS 56

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

Sector with 44 detailed descendants.

Median HHI
182
Revenue
$1.3T
Employment
13.7M
Employer firms
383.1K

Curated antitrust layer

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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 scopeAdministrative and support and waste management and remediation services44 detailed rows
Published HHI3068.2% of scope
Median HHI182Median CR4 23.5%
Revenue represented$1.3T14 HHI disclosure-withheld

Detailed-industry cross-section

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

14 withheld
NAICS 561730: Landscaping services; HHI 18.1; $115.4B revenue; 114,570 employer firmsNAICS 561110: Office administrative services; HHI 7.4; $90.8B revenue; 34,536 employer firmsNAICS 561320: Temporary help services; HHI 137.7; $326B revenue; 16,340 employer firmsNAICS 561710: Exterminating and pest control services; HHI 327.2; $19.9B revenue; 13,928 employer firmsNAICS 561990: All other support services; HHI 75.2; $29.7B revenue; 10,554 employer firmsNAICS 562111: Solid waste collection; HHI 679.1; $65.8B revenue; 7,218 employer firmsNAICS 561920: Convention and trade show organizers; HHI 78.8; $17.4B revenue; 6,345 employer firmsNAICS 561311: Employment placement agencies; HHI 55.6; $21.4B revenue; 6,270 employer firmsNAICS 561312: Executive search services; HHI 163.8; $12.6B revenue; 6,198 employer firmsNAICS 562910: Remediation services; HHI 43.2; $22.7B revenue; 5,115 employer firmsNAICS 561622: Locksmiths; HHI 17.5; $2.6B revenue; 3,895 employer firmsNAICS 562991: Septic tank and related services; HHI 92.1; $6.3B revenue; 3,821 employer firmsNAICS 561611: Investigation and personal background check services; HHI 199.8; $6.2B revenue; 3,799 employer firmsNAICS 561499: All other business support services; HHI 187.2; $9.7B revenue; 3,022 employer firmsNAICS 561210: Facilities support services; HHI 211.6; $41.2B revenue; 2,941 employer firmsNAICS 561330: Professional employer organizations; HHI 470.3; $197.9B revenue; 2,735 employer firmsNAICS 561520: Tour operators; HHI 193.1; $9B revenue; 2,513 employer firmsNAICS 561422: Telemarketing bureaus and other contact centers; HHI 165.2; $25.6B revenue; 2,380 employer firmsNAICS 561910: Packaging and labeling services; HHI 147.6; $12.4B revenue; 1,964 employer firmsNAICS 561599: All other travel arrangement and reservation services; HHI 442.5; $25B revenue; 1,661 employer firmsNAICS 562119: Other waste collection; HHI 340.3; $3.6B revenue; 1,486 employer firmsNAICS 562998: All other miscellaneous waste management services; HHI 176.8; $3.6B revenue; 1,279 employer firmsNAICS 561421: Telephone answering services; HHI 172.4; $2.6B revenue; 934 employer firmsNAICS 561591: Convention and visitors bureaus; HHI 118.1; $2.7B revenue; 863 employer firmsNAICS 561491: Repossession services; HHI 207.7; $1.1B revenue; 566 employer firmsNAICS 562219: Other nonhazardous waste treatment and disposal; HHI 303.9; $2B revenue; 486 employer firmsNAICS 562211: Hazardous waste treatment and disposal; HHI 925.1; $9B revenue; 321 employer firmsNAICS 562112: Hazardous waste collection; HHI 401.8; $3.2B revenue; 302 employer firmsNAICS 561450: Credit bureaus; HHI 1,559.8; $14.7B revenue; 222 employer firmsNAICS 561613: Armored car services; HHI 2,721; $3.6B revenue; 108 employer firms

Selected record

Armored car services

NAICS 561613
HHI
2,721
Revenue
$3.6B
CR4
89.9%
Employer firms
108
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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.

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Current scopeAdministrative and support and waste management and remediation services44 detailed rows
Area / Revenue$1.3TSales, shipments, or revenue
Color / HHI bands30 published14 HHI disclosure-withheld
Scope median HHI182Unweighted across published rows

Area = revenue / Color = hhi bands

1 sector groups / 44 positive-value industries

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

Active industry

Temporary help servicesNAICS 561320

Revenue

$326B

24.19% of current scope / 24.2% of sector

HHI
137.7
CR4
18.1%
Employment
4,448,710
Employer firms
16,340
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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.

44 of 1,866
NAICS 561613Armored car servicesDetailed industry
HHI2,721CR489.9%Revenue$3.6B
NAICS 561450Credit bureausDetailed industry
HHI1,559.8CR475.1%Revenue$14.7B
NAICS 562211Hazardous waste treatment and disposalDetailed industry
HHI925.1CR451.3%Revenue$9B
NAICS 562111Solid waste collectionDetailed industry
HHI679.1CR445.8%Revenue$65.8B
NAICS 561330Professional employer organizationsDetailed industry
HHI470.3CR435.4%Revenue$197.9B
NAICS 561599All other travel arrangement and reservation servicesDetailed industry
HHI442.5CR432.8%Revenue$25B
NAICS 562112Hazardous waste collectionDetailed industry
HHI401.8CR435.3%Revenue$3.2B
NAICS 562119Other waste collectionDetailed industry
HHI340.3CR434.8%Revenue$3.6B
NAICS 561710Exterminating and pest control servicesDetailed industry
HHI327.2CR431.1%Revenue$19.9B
NAICS 562219Other nonhazardous waste treatment and disposalDetailed industry
HHI303.9CR428.4%Revenue$2B
NAICS 561210Facilities support servicesDetailed industry
HHI211.6CR422.3%Revenue$41.2B
NAICS 561491Repossession servicesDetailed industry
HHI207.7CR424.3%Revenue$1.1B
NAICS 561611Investigation and personal background check servicesDetailed industry
HHI199.8CR423.4%Revenue$6.2B
NAICS 561520Tour operatorsDetailed industry
HHI193.1CR423.3%Revenue$9B
NAICS 561499All other business support servicesDetailed industry
HHI187.2CR422.7%Revenue$9.7B
NAICS 562998All other miscellaneous waste management servicesDetailed industry
HHI176.8CR420.9%Revenue$3.6B
NAICS 561421Telephone answering servicesDetailed industry
HHI172.4CR419.6%Revenue$2.6B
NAICS 561422Telemarketing bureaus and other contact centersDetailed industry
HHI165.2CR421.8%Revenue$25.6B
NAICS 561312Executive search servicesDetailed industry
HHI163.8CR423.6%Revenue$12.6B
NAICS 561910Packaging and labeling servicesDetailed industry
HHI147.6CR420.1%Revenue$12.4B
NAICS 561320Temporary help servicesDetailed industry
HHI137.7CR418.1%Revenue$326B
NAICS 561591Convention and visitors bureausDetailed industry
HHI118.1CR415.7%Revenue$2.7B
NAICS 562991Septic tank and related servicesDetailed industry
HHI92.1CR415.5%Revenue$6.3B
NAICS 561920Convention and trade show organizersDetailed industry
HHI78.8CR413.3%Revenue$17.4B
NAICS 561990All other support servicesDetailed industry
HHI75.2CR414%Revenue$29.7B

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.

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