Economic observatory / Census structure

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

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

2017Published share

2022Published share

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 profile Six-digit changes Composition JSON Composition 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.
2017 share	2022 share	Share movement	Sector growth	Growth contribution	Rank 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

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 / 2022	0-499	500-999	1,000-1,499	1,500-2,499	2,500+
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 470.3-480 02Support activities for nonmetallic minerals (except fuels) mining213115 / 728.2 to 295-433.2 03Geophysical surveying and mapping services541360 / 575.6 to 213.9-361.7 04Mining machinery and equipment manufacturing333131 / 602.8 to 296.2-306.6 05Truck trailer manufacturing336212 / 647.1 to 380.9-266.2

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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: 17; Sector medians above zero
Typical decline: 0; Sector medians below zero
Median sector: +31.9%; Median six-digit percent change
Outside strict match: 110; 16 changed / 94 new

Median six-digit percent change	Six-digit direction mix	Published pairs	Coverage
+55.2%	5 up0 down	5of 5	100% published
+44.3%	30 up1 down	31of 31	100% published
+40.6%	41 up2 down	43of 43	100% published
+39.4%	23 up0 down	23of 23	100% published
+38.7%	42 up4 down	46of 46	100% published
+38%	20 up4 down	24of 24	100% published
+34.6%	38 up0 down	38of 38	100% published
+33.5%	34 up4 down	38of 38	100% published
+31.9%	12 up2 down	14of 14	100% published
+31.6%	48 up5 down	53of 53	100% published
+31.5%	13 up2 down	15of 15	100% published
+28.9%	62 up5 down	67of 67	100% published
+28.4%	13 up1 down	14of 14	100% published
+26.4%	7 up4 down	11of 11	100% published
+22.2%	24 up1 down	25of 25	100% published
+21.6%	277 up50 down	327of 327	100% published
+18.6%	14 up1 down	15of 15	100% published

NAICS 42

Wholesale trade

Median six-digit percent change across 67 published pairs

2017 typical: $53.2B
2022 typical: $83.1B
Typical change: +28.9%
Direction: 62 up / 5 down
Coverage: 100% / 0 unavailable
Classification: 1 changed / 1 new

Published-pair totals moved from $8.5T to $11.6T (+36.7%). The headline remains the median industry change.

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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.

67 rows

Comparison benchmark67Strict matches

Published pair67Revenue in both years

Not compared0Suppressed or changed

Increased622017 to 2022

Decreased52017 to 2022

Median change+$22.2Bnominal dollars

2017 to 2022 change plane

Above the diagonal increased; below it decreased.

67 strict published pairs

Selected industryPetroleum bulk stations and terminalsNAICS 424710 / Wholesale trade

2017: $542.4B
2022: $1.1T
Change: +$558.6B

Active industry

NAICS 424710 / Wholesale trade

Petroleum bulk stations and terminals

Strict code + label match

2017$542.4B

2022$1.1T

Change+$558.6B

Measure20172022

HHI: 451.8; 579.5
CR4: 32.8%; 40.5%
Revenue: $542.4B; $1.1T
Firms: 2.3K; 1.9K

Open industry profile Exact two-vintage JSON 2022 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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