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Census industries / dispatch 03

Broad-sector concentration medians did not move as one economy.

Seventeen strict 2017-2022 Census sector medians point back to the exact six-digit matched rows that make each screen possible.
Current readout10 up / 6 down / 1 flat
Exact signals
17
sector medians
Entities
17
within declared frames
Public sources
2
linked custody rows
Latest anchor
2022
intervals vary
10 increased 6 decreased 1 unchanged

Interpretation boundaryA sector median is an orientation statistic over a strict matched Census screen. It is not a sector HHI, a legal market, a weighted economy-wide change, or evidence that concentration caused an outcome.

Evidence standard

Evidence reading

What the current rows establish.

4 bounded findings / 17 exact signals
  1. 01

    Sector medians split across all three directions.

    Across 17 exact latest-to-prior rows, 10 increased, 6 decreased, and 1 was unchanged. Every median uses its own strict six-digit matched universe.

    17 supporting signals
  2. 02

    Information recorded the largest positive median shift in this sector register.

    Information moved from a paired-universe median HHI of 568.5 in 2017 to 741.4 in 2022 (+172.9 HHI points).

    1 supporting signal
  3. 03

    Utilities recorded the largest negative median shift in this sector register.

    Utilities moved from a paired-universe median HHI of 692.4 in 2017 to 602 in 2022 (-90.4 HHI points).

    1 supporting signal
  4. 04

    Health care and social assistance was unchanged at the displayed precision.

    Health care and social assistance moved from a paired-universe median HHI of 35.8 in 2017 to 35.8 in 2022 (0.0 HHI points).

    1 supporting signal

Exact comparisons

Inspect every prior and latest anchor.

Observed change fieldEach row retains its own unit and scale
  1. Accommodation and food servicesMedian HHI201714.9202214.3-0.6 HHIDecrease
  2. Administrative and support and waste management and remediation servicesMedian HHI2017140.42022168.8+28.4 HHIIncrease
  3. Arts, entertainment, and recreationMedian HHI2017132.22022113.7-18.5 HHIDecrease
  4. ConstructionMedian HHI201713.3202219.4+6.1 HHIIncrease
  5. Educational servicesMedian HHI201776.7202294.5+17.8 HHIIncrease
  6. Finance and insuranceMedian HHI2017471.52022492.9+21.4 HHIIncrease
  7. Health care and social assistanceMedian HHI201735.8202235.80 HHINo change
  8. InformationMedian HHI2017568.52022741.4+172.9 HHIIncrease
  9. ManufacturingMedian HHI20174152022435.6+20.6 HHIIncrease
  10. Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extractionMedian HHI2017349.52022390.8+41.3 HHIIncrease
  11. Other services (except public administration)Median HHI201766.1202277.7+11.6 HHIIncrease
  12. Professional, scientific, and technical servicesMedian HHI201798.4202285.6-12.8 HHIDecrease
  13. Real estate and rental and leasingMedian HHI201793.22022103.8+10.6 HHIIncrease
  14. Retail tradeMedian HHI201714202225.4+11.4 HHIIncrease
  15. Transportation and warehousingMedian HHI20172592022251-8 HHIDecrease
  16. UtilitiesMedian HHI2017692.42022602-90.4 HHIDecrease
  17. Wholesale tradeMedian HHI2017324.82022322-2.8 HHIDecrease

Analysis lab

Open the bounded instruments behind this dispatch.

2 declared routes / 17 signals
  1. 01

    Source workspace

    Seventeen-sector median atlas

    The exact 2017-2022 strict-match sector medians, direction mix, and publication coverage.These computed sector medians are not registered as direct VizBuilder indicator rows and are not sector HHI values.
  2. 02

    Source workspace

    Underlying six-digit pair ledger

    Strict same-code, same-label 2017 and 2022 HHI pairs beneath every sector median.The detailed rows explain the screen; no six-digit statistical industry is treated as a legal antitrust market.

Evidence ledger

Values, custody, and continuation routes.

Scroll horizontally to inspect all columns.
Industry shifts signal membership table. Values retain their source unit and period basis.
Entity / metricPriorLatestChangeSourceContinue
Accommodation and food servicesMedian detailed-industry HHI14.9201714.32022-0.6 HHIDecreaseU.S. Census Bureau + U.S. Census Bureaucensus-ecnsize-concentration-2017 / census-ecnsize-concentration-2022
Sector atlas
Administrative and support and waste management and remediation servicesMedian detailed-industry HHI140.42017168.82022+28.4 HHIIncreaseU.S. Census Bureau + U.S. Census Bureaucensus-ecnsize-concentration-2017 / census-ecnsize-concentration-2022
Sector atlas
Arts, entertainment, and recreationMedian detailed-industry HHI132.22017113.72022-18.5 HHIDecreaseU.S. Census Bureau + U.S. Census Bureaucensus-ecnsize-concentration-2017 / census-ecnsize-concentration-2022
Sector atlas
ConstructionMedian detailed-industry HHI13.3201719.42022+6.1 HHIIncreaseU.S. Census Bureau + U.S. Census Bureaucensus-ecnsize-concentration-2017 / census-ecnsize-concentration-2022
Sector atlas
Educational servicesMedian detailed-industry HHI76.7201794.52022+17.8 HHIIncreaseU.S. Census Bureau + U.S. Census Bureaucensus-ecnsize-concentration-2017 / census-ecnsize-concentration-2022
Sector atlas
Finance and insuranceMedian detailed-industry HHI471.52017492.92022+21.4 HHIIncreaseU.S. Census Bureau + U.S. Census Bureaucensus-ecnsize-concentration-2017 / census-ecnsize-concentration-2022
Sector atlas
Health care and social assistanceMedian detailed-industry HHI35.8201735.820220 HHINo changeU.S. Census Bureau + U.S. Census Bureaucensus-ecnsize-concentration-2017 / census-ecnsize-concentration-2022
Sector atlas
InformationMedian detailed-industry HHI568.52017741.42022+172.9 HHIIncreaseU.S. Census Bureau + U.S. Census Bureaucensus-ecnsize-concentration-2017 / census-ecnsize-concentration-2022
Sector atlas
ManufacturingMedian detailed-industry HHI4152017435.62022+20.6 HHIIncreaseU.S. Census Bureau + U.S. Census Bureaucensus-ecnsize-concentration-2017 / census-ecnsize-concentration-2022
Sector atlas
Mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extractionMedian detailed-industry HHI349.52017390.82022+41.3 HHIIncreaseU.S. Census Bureau + U.S. Census Bureaucensus-ecnsize-concentration-2017 / census-ecnsize-concentration-2022
Sector atlas
Other services (except public administration)Median detailed-industry HHI66.1201777.72022+11.6 HHIIncreaseU.S. Census Bureau + U.S. Census Bureaucensus-ecnsize-concentration-2017 / census-ecnsize-concentration-2022
Sector atlas
Professional, scientific, and technical servicesMedian detailed-industry HHI98.4201785.62022-12.8 HHIDecreaseU.S. Census Bureau + U.S. Census Bureaucensus-ecnsize-concentration-2017 / census-ecnsize-concentration-2022
Sector atlas
Real estate and rental and leasingMedian detailed-industry HHI93.22017103.82022+10.6 HHIIncreaseU.S. Census Bureau + U.S. Census Bureaucensus-ecnsize-concentration-2017 / census-ecnsize-concentration-2022
Sector atlas
Retail tradeMedian detailed-industry HHI14201725.42022+11.4 HHIIncreaseU.S. Census Bureau + U.S. Census Bureaucensus-ecnsize-concentration-2017 / census-ecnsize-concentration-2022
Sector atlas
Transportation and warehousingMedian detailed-industry HHI25920172512022-8 HHIDecreaseU.S. Census Bureau + U.S. Census Bureaucensus-ecnsize-concentration-2017 / census-ecnsize-concentration-2022
Sector atlas
UtilitiesMedian detailed-industry HHI692.420176022022-90.4 HHIDecreaseU.S. Census Bureau + U.S. Census Bureaucensus-ecnsize-concentration-2017 / census-ecnsize-concentration-2022
Sector atlas
Wholesale tradeMedian detailed-industry HHI324.820173222022-2.8 HHIDecreaseU.S. Census Bureau + U.S. Census Bureaucensus-ecnsize-concentration-2017 / census-ecnsize-concentration-2022
Sector atlas

Research handoff

The dispatch ends where investigation should begin.

Which six-digit industries account for each sector median movement, and where does deeper product- and geography-specific market research become warranted?
  1. Accommodation and food servicesWhich six-digit industries drive the sector shift, and where do product, geography, entry, conduct, price, quality, or enforcement records justify deeper market-level research?
  2. Administrative and support and waste management and remediation servicesWhich six-digit industries drive the sector shift, and where do product, geography, entry, conduct, price, quality, or enforcement records justify deeper market-level research?
  3. Arts, entertainment, and recreationWhich six-digit industries drive the sector shift, and where do product, geography, entry, conduct, price, quality, or enforcement records justify deeper market-level research?
  4. ConstructionWhich six-digit industries drive the sector shift, and where do product, geography, entry, conduct, price, quality, or enforcement records justify deeper market-level research?

Source custody

Public records behind this dispatch.

2 sources
  1. 01
    2017 Economic Census Concentration of Largest FirmsU.S. Census Bureau / accessed July 18, 2026
    Source dossier
  2. 02
    2022 Economic Census Concentration of Largest FirmsU.S. Census Bureau / accessed July 17, 2026
    Source dossier

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Antitrust Radar Research Team. (2026, August 12). Broad-sector concentration medians did not move as one economy.. Competition Insights, AR-CI-2026-03 (Version 1.0). Antitrust Radar. https://antitrustradar.org/insights/industry-concentration-shifts-2017-2022
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