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Industry change observatory

Track sector composition and matched concentration changes across Economic Census releases. Withheld observations and classification differences remain explicit.

Published-economy composition

How broad sectors moved between Census vintages

x = published revenue share
2017 -> 2022
Broad-sector share shifts from 2017 to 2022Seventeen broad Census sectors sorted by their 2022 share of the published revenue universe. Hollow circles show 2017, filled circles show 2022, connecting lines show direction without implying annual observations, and every lane opens the exact sector in the composition explorer.42 Wholesale tradeWholesale trade; Revenue; 2017 23.7%; 2022 23.6%; -0.13 pp.31 Manufacturing-1.1 ppManufacturing; Revenue; 2017 15.1%; 2022 14.0%; -1.1 pp.44 Retail trade+0.42 ppRetail trade; Revenue; 2017 13.4%; 2022 13.9%; +0.42 pp.52 Finance + insuranceFinance and insurance; Revenue; 2017 11.8%; 2022 11.6%; -0.15 pp.62 Health care-0.25 ppHealth care and social assistance; Revenue; 2017 6.9%; 2022 6.6%; -0.25 pp.23 Construction+0.39 ppConstruction; Revenue; 2017 5.4%; 2022 5.8%; +0.39 pp.54 Professional servicesProfessional, scientific, and technical services; Revenue; 2017 5.0%; 2022 5.3%; +0.29 pp.51 InformationInformation; Revenue; 2017 4.3%; 2022 4.4%; +0.10 pp.56 Admin + waste servicesAdministrative and support and waste management and remediation services; Revenue; 2017 2.6%; 2022 2.7%; +0.10 pp.48 Transport + warehousingTransportation and warehousing; Revenue; 2017 2.4%; 2022 2.6%; +0.18 pp.72 Accommodation + foodAccommodation and food services; Revenue; 2017 2.5%; 2022 2.4%; -0.17 pp.53 Real estateReal estate and rental and leasing; Revenue; 2017 1.8%; 2022 1.9%; +0.05 pp.22 UtilitiesUtilities; Revenue; 2017 1.6%; 2022 1.5%; -0.04 pp.21 Mining + oil & gasMining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction; Revenue; 2017 1.1%; 2022 1.4%; +0.35 pp.81 Other servicesOther services (except public administration); Revenue; 2017 1.5%; 2022 1.4%; -0.04 pp.71 Arts + recreationArts, entertainment, and recreation; Revenue; 2017 0.72%; 2022 0.67%; -0.05 pp.61 Educational servicesEducational services; Revenue; 2017 0.18%; 2022 0.18%; 0.00 pp.Share of published revenue universe (%)
20172022Share gainShare decline
Published sectors
17Both Census vintages
Strict matches
789Six-digit industries
Published HHI pairs
543Measured both years
No HHI delta
246Disclosure boundary
Strict fixed crosswalk789 detailed rows retain the same code, label, hierarchy level, and sector across both official tables.
No synthetic economy score40 changed, 186 new, and 255 historical-only rows stay outside deltas. Withheld values remain visible; revenue is nominal and published-sector share is not GDP.

Economy composition shift

Which sectors gained or lost economic weight?

Compare each broad sector's share of the same 17-sector published universe, then separate share movement from absolute growth and rank movement.

Published sectors
17
Matched broad rows
2017 total
$36.8T
Published universe
2022 total
$50.3T
Published universe
Total change
+36.6%
Nominal
Largest 2022
42
Wholesale trade

Published-universe composition

2017 and 2022 sector shares

NAICS 42

Wholesale trade moved -0.13 pp in published-universe share while its own revenue changed +35.9%.

Largest share gains

Largest share declines

NAICS 42

Wholesale trade

2017 share
23.7%
2022 share
23.6%
Share movement
-0.13 pp
Sector growth
+35.9%
Rank
#1 to #1
Growth contribution
+23.2%

$8.7T in 2017 to $11.9T in 2022. Contribution divides this sector's absolute change by the total change across all 17 rows.

Sector profileSix-digit changesComposition JSONComposition CSV

Exact sector evidence

All broad sectors ranked by largest share gain

17 rows / 7 fields
Published-universe sector shares, growth, growth contribution, and rank movement for all broad NAICS sectors.
NAICS sector2017 share2022 shareShare movementSector growthGrowth contributionRank movement
13.4%13.9%
+0.42 pp
+40.9%+15.0%No change
5.4%5.8%
+0.39 pp
+46.5%+6.9%No change
1.1%1.4%
+0.35 pp
+81.1%+2.4%Up 1
5.0%5.3%
+0.29 pp
+44.6%+6.1%No change
2.4%2.6%
+0.18 pp
+47.0%+3.1%Up 1
4.3%4.4%
+0.10 pp
+40.0%+4.7%No change
2.6%2.7%
+0.10 pp
+41.7%+2.9%No change
1.8%1.9%
+0.05 pp
+40.4%+2.0%No change
0.2%0.2%
0.0 pp
+36.3%+0.18%No change
1.6%1.5%
-0.04 pp
+32.7%+1.4%No change
1.5%1.4%
-0.04 pp
+32.5%+1.3%Down 1
0.7%0.7%
-0.05 pp
+27.7%+0.55%No change
23.7%23.6%
-0.13 pp
+35.9%+23.2%No change
11.8%11.6%
-0.15 pp
+34.9%+11.2%No change
2.5%2.4%
-0.17 pp
+27.5%+1.9%Down 1
6.9%6.6%
-0.25 pp
+31.7%+5.9%No change
15.1%14.0%
-1.1 pp
+27.0%+11.1%No change
Shares compare the 17 broad sectors published in both Economic Census concentration tables. They describe the national employer-firm universe in this published set, not GDP, output, all employment, nonemployers, or legally defined antitrust markets. Revenue is nominal, and two-vintage changes are descriptive rather than causal.

Concentration distribution shift

See how detailed industries moved between HHI bands

A fixed set of strict, published six-digit pairs separates within-band HHI movement from industries that crossed into a different concentration range.

Published pairs
543
68.8% of 789
2017 median HHI
265.5
Unweighted paired rows
2022 median HHI
271.3
Same published pairs
Median row change
+3.6
HHI points
Higher band
35
6.446% of equal weight
Lower band
27
4.972% of equal weight

Published-pair distribution

Industries / national

One fixed 2022 weight in both rows

2017
2022
0-4990 pts
500-999-1.105 pts
1,000-1,499+0.737 pts
1,500-2,499+0.184 pts
2,500++0.184 pts

HHI band migration matrix

2017 band by 2022 band

HigherLowerSame
2017 / 20220-499500-9991,000-1,4991,500-2,4992,500+
0-499
500-999
1,000-1,499
1,500-2,499
2,500+

Moved to a lower band

500-999 0-499

19 detailed industries / 3.499% of industries

Rows
19
Weight
19
Median move
-144

Largest HHI moves in this cell

01Professional employer organizations561330 / 950.3 to 470.3-48002Support activities for nonmetallic minerals (except fuels) mining213115 / 728.2 to 295-433.203Geophysical surveying and mapping services541360 / 575.6 to 213.9-361.704Mining machinery and equipment manufacturing333131 / 602.8 to 296.2-306.605Truck trailer manufacturing336212 / 647.1 to 380.9-266.2
Exact transition JSONExact transition CSVLeading industry profile
The benchmark contains strict six-digit NAICS matches with HHI published in both 2017 and 2022. Revenue and employment views hold each row's 2022 scale fixed, so band-share changes isolate HHI-band migration within this published pair universe. These distributions are not whole-economy concentration indexes, legal antitrust markets, liability findings, or causal estimates.

Sector change atlas

See where industry change sits across the economy

Each row summarizes the same strict six-digit benchmark, exposing typical change, direction mix, and published-pair coverage before you drill into an industry.

Sectors
17
Economy-wide rows
Published pairs
789
100% of 789
Typical increase
15
Sector medians above zero
Typical decline
2
Sector medians below zero
Median sector
+11.1%
Median six-digit percent change
Outside strict match
110
16 changed / 94 new
NAICS sectorMedian six-digit percent changeSix-digit direction mixPublished pairsCoverage
+26.6%
38 up8 down46of 46100% published
+15.1%
9 up5 down14of 14100% published
+14.9%
4 up1 down5of 5100% published
+14.8%
21 up2 down23of 23100% published
+13.8%
26 up5 down31of 31100% published
+13.6%
11 up3 down14of 14100% published
+13.4%
29 up9 down38of 38100% published
+11.4%
15 up9 down24of 24100% published
+11.1%
30 up13 down43of 43100% published
+9.4%
35 up18 down53of 53100% published
+4.7%
23 up15 down38of 38100% published
+3.9%
16 up9 down25of 25100% published
+3.4%
199 up128 down327of 327100% published
+2.6%
8 up7 down15of 15100% published
+0.8%
36 up31 down67of 67100% published
-2.3%
5 up6 down11of 11100% published
-10.4%
6 up9 down15of 15100% published

NAICS 56

Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

Median six-digit percent change across 43 published pairs

2017 typical
43,714
2022 typical
42,875
Typical change
+11.1%
Direction
30 up / 13 down
Coverage
100% / 0 unavailable
Classification
1 changed / 0 new

Published-pair totals moved from 12M to 14M (+15.3%). The headline remains the median industry change.

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Sector rows summarize strict six-digit NAICS matches. Their medians are not sector HHI values, legal antitrust markets, liability findings, or causal estimates. Vintage medians and the median of row-level changes are distinct distribution statistics and need not reconcile. Publication coverage varies by metric, and revenue changes are nominal.

Industry change workbench

Compare concentration and economic scale across Census vintages

Strict matches require the same NAICS code, hierarchy depth, sector, and label in both tables. Search and publication filters do not redefine the benchmark.

43 rows
Comparison benchmark43Strict matches
Published pair43Employment in both years
Not compared0Suppressed or changed
Increased302017 to 2022
Decreased132017 to 2022
Median change+6Kemployees

2017 to 2022 change plane

Above the diagonal increased; below it decreased.

43 strict published pairs
Selected industryTemporary help servicesNAICS 561320 / Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services
2017
3.4M
2022
4.4M
Change
+1M
NAICS 561330: Professional employer organizations; 2017 2,689,671; 2022 2,989,137; change +299,466NAICS 561730: Landscaping services; 2017 720,702; 2022 808,067; change +87,365NAICS 561110: Office administrative services; 2017 481,884; 2022 559,313; change +77,429NAICS 561720: Janitorial services; 2017 1,084,801; 2022 1,148,248; change +63,447NAICS 562111: Solid waste collection; 2017 202,395; 2022 242,654; change +40,259NAICS 561210: Facilities support services; 2017 270,760; 2022 304,020; change +33,260NAICS 561612: Security guards and patrol services; 2017 751,348; 2022 819,620; change +68,272NAICS 561510: Travel agencies; 2017 109,519; 2022 77,533; change -31,986NAICS 561621: Security systems services (except locksmiths); 2017 131,394; 2022 140,876; change +9,482NAICS 561990: All other support services; 2017 161,115; 2022 178,413; change +17,298NAICS 561422: Telemarketing bureaus and other contact centers; 2017 399,978; 2022 402,457; change +2,479NAICS 561599: All other travel arrangement and reservation services; 2017 88,749; 2022 76,907; change -11,842NAICS 562910: Remediation services; 2017 85,402; 2022 97,300; change +11,898NAICS 561311: Employment placement agencies; 2017 185,806; 2022 290,172; change +104,366NAICS 561710: Exterminating and pest control services; 2017 117,097; 2022 147,561; change +30,464NAICS 561920: Convention and trade show organizers; 2017 93,091; 2022 74,735; change -18,356NAICS 561440: Collection agencies; 2017 138,521; 2022 103,609; change -34,912NAICS 561450: Credit bureaus; 2017 24,509; 2022 24,998; change +489NAICS 561790: Other services to buildings and dwellings; 2017 73,473; 2022 94,604; change +21,131NAICS 561312: Executive search services; 2017 34,777; 2022 42,875; change +8,098NAICS 561910: Packaging and labeling services; 2017 43,714; 2022 64,961; change +21,247NAICS 562212: Solid waste landfill; 2017 20,525; 2022 26,551; change +6,026NAICS 561499: All other business support services; 2017 57,152; 2022 53,985; change -3,167NAICS 561520: Tour operators; 2017 36,373; 2022 28,158; change -8,215NAICS 562211: Hazardous waste treatment and disposal; 2017 34,035; 2022 32,084; change -1,951NAICS 562920: Materials recovery facilities; 2017 21,840; 2022 30,216; change +8,376NAICS 562991: Septic tank and related services; 2017 25,960; 2022 37,308; change +11,348NAICS 561431: Private mail centers; 2017 26,272; 2022 40,061; change +13,789NAICS 561740: Carpet and upholstery cleaning services; 2017 38,067; 2022 42,426; change +4,359NAICS 562119: Other waste collection; 2017 8,800; 2022 17,432; change +8,632NAICS 561613: Armored car services; 2017 34,436; 2022 28,119; change -6,317NAICS 562998: All other miscellaneous waste management services; 2017 14,701; 2022 22,709; change +8,008NAICS 561410: Document preparation services; 2017 43,349; 2022 39,631; change -3,718NAICS 561439: Other business service centers (including copy shops); 2017 56,154; 2022 29,253; change -26,901NAICS 562112: Hazardous waste collection; 2017 9,156; 2022 10,654; change +1,498NAICS 561492: Court reporting and stenotype services; 2017 12,395; 2022 12,874; change +479NAICS 561591: Convention and visitors bureaus; 2017 10,880; 2022 7,889; change -2,991NAICS 561622: Locksmiths; 2017 16,201; 2022 17,378; change +1,177NAICS 561421: Telephone answering services; 2017 35,400; 2022 31,260; change -4,140NAICS 562219: Other nonhazardous waste treatment and disposal; 2017 2,778; 2022 5,718; change +2,940NAICS 562213: Solid waste combustors and incinerators; 2017 2,246; 2022 2,651; change +405NAICS 561491: Repossession services; 2017 8,280; 2022 6,546; change -1,734NAICS 561320: Temporary help services; 2017 3,441,456; 2022 4,448,710; change +1,007,254

Active industry

NAICS 561320 / Administrative and support and waste management and remediation services

Temporary help services

Strict code + label match
20173.4M
20224.4M
Change+1M
Measure20172022
HHI
99.6
137.7
CR4
15.7%
18.1%
Revenue
$180.1B
$326B
Firms
14.4K
16.3K
Open industry profile Exact two-vintage JSON2022 industry record

Five-year deltas are published only for rows whose NAICS code and industry label are identical in the 2017 and 2022 Census tables. This strict match is a conservative screening rule, not an official NAICS concordance or evidence of causation. Revenue changes are nominal and are not adjusted for inflation.

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