Industry screen / published
Merchant wholesalers, nondurable goods
2022 Economic Census employer-firm concentration screen for NAICS 424.
- Revenue HHI
- 73.6
- Evidence context
- 90.6K firms / 6.2T revenue
Research observatory / publication desk
Research Set Briefing
Prepare a brief from a saved collection of profiles and sources. Documented relationships and original definitions remain attached to the evidence.
- Profiles
- 21 families
- Pair routes
- 11 connected
- Supporting edges
- 1exact declarations
- Sources
- 61 route-bound / 5 profile-only
2Profiles
1Pair routes
1Exact edges
6Custody sources
424 Merchant wholesale...42 Wholesale trade
Declared routesDirect edges and multi-hop paths remain distinct.
Bounded interpretationNavigation never becomes liability, causation, or market definition.
Reusable publicationShare URL, Markdown, JSON, BibTeX, RIS, and print output.
Research memo / deterministic evidence synthesis
Competition research memo: 424 Merchant wholesale... and 42 Wholesale trade
A methods-forward memo across 2 canonical profiles, preserving exact declarations, multi-hop research paths, source custody, and open empirical questions.- Profiles
- 2
- 1 evidence families
- Pair routes
- 1
- 1 connected
- Direct pairs
- 1
- Exact endpoint edges
- Supporting edges
- 1
- 0 connectors
- Sources
- 6
- 1 route-bound / 5 profile-only
Executive synthesis
What the selected evidence establishes
1 of 1 profile pair has at least one direct declared edge; 0 are connected only through a reproducible multi-hop route. The packet carries 1 exact supporting edge and 6 source-custody records: 1 route-bound and 5 profile-linked only without aggregating the profiles into a score.
1 direct0 bridged0 disconnected
Canonical scope
Profile evidence register
Priority routes
Declared links and open questions
Direct declaration / 1 source record
424 Merchant wholesale...42 Wholesale trade
1 exact declared edge: NAICS parent classification.
Research questionHow should the timing, scope, and competitive significance of the declared NAICS parent classification between 424 Merchant wholesale... and 42 Wholesale trade be tested with additional observations?
Interpretation boundary
The workspace assembles canonical profiles and declared Atlas edges for research navigation. A direct edge preserves only its encoded evidence statement. A multi-hop route does not establish a direct endpoint relationship, make unlike measures comparable, define a legal market, assign ownership, control, liability, or causation, or prove a policy effect.
Profile-linked custody records document the selected profiles. They do not substantiate a selected pair route unless the same source also appears on a route-bearing edge.
Publication standard
A dossier records the evidence route before it frames the research question.
Every audience mode uses the same profiles, paths, edges, and sources. Only the framing of the next question changes.
- 01Declare the scope
Name each canonical profile and retain its metric, period, status, and profile route.
- 02Separate route status
Direct, bridged, and disconnected pairs remain explicit throughout the packet.
- 03Publish the boundary
Carry source custody, edge guardrails, and missing evidence into every export.
Research handoffs
Continue in the underlying analytical surface.
The dossier frames an evidence route. Profiles, the Atlas, source dossiers, and public data remain authoritative.