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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
543
68.8% of 789
Typical increase
11
Sector medians above zero
Typical decline
6
Sector medians below zero
Median sector
+1.6 pts
Median six-digit HHI points
Outside strict match
110
16 changed / 94 new
NAICS sectorMedian six-digit HHI pointsSix-digit direction mixPublished pairsCoverage
+56.4 pts
3 up3 down6of 1154.5% published
+17.5 pts
30 up14 down44of 6765.7% published
+12.4 pts
141 up97 down238of 32772.8% published
+11.4 pts
1 up0 down1of 520% published
+10.7 pts
16 up10 down26of 4360.5% published
+10 pts
6 up5 down11of 1573.3% published
+3.6 pts
16 up6 down22of 3857.9% published
+2.3 pts
9 up7 down16of 2466.7% published
+1.6 pts
15 up9 down24of 3177.4% published
+1.4 pts
14 up12 down26of 3868.4% published
+0.1 pts
16 up16 down32of 4669.6% published
-0.8 pts
15 up20 down35of 5366% published
-1.3 pts
4 up6 down10of 1566.7% published
-1.8 pts
4 up6 down10of 1471.4% published
-3.3 pts
5 up9 down14of 2556% published
-4.1 pts
10 up11 down21of 2391.3% published
-23.9 pts
1 up6 down7of 1450% published

NAICS 62

Health care and social assistance

Median six-digit HHI points across 26 published pairs

2017 typical
35.8
2022 typical
35.8
Typical change
+1.4 pts
Direction
14 up / 12 down
Coverage
68.4% / 12 unavailable
Classification
1 changed / 0 new

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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.

38 rows
Comparison benchmark38Strict matches
Published pair26HHI in both years
Not compared12Suppressed or changed
Increased142017 to 2022
Decreased122017 to 2022
Median change+1.4HHI points

2017 to 2022 change plane

Above the diagonal increased; below it decreased.

26 strict published pairs
Selected industryBlood and organ banksNAICS 621991 / Health care and social assistance
2017
443.3
2022
573.6
Change
+130.3
NAICS 622110: General medical and surgical hospitals; 2017 39.1; 2022 37.6; change -1.5NAICS 621111: Offices of physicians (except mental health specialists); 2017 8.7; 2022 18.5; change +9.8NAICS 621210: Offices of dentists; 2017 2.7; 2022 5.5; change +2.8NAICS 623110: Nursing care facilities (skilled nursing facilities); 2017 33.7; 2022 21; change -12.7NAICS 621610: Home health care services; 2017 49.1; 2022 42.2; change -6.9NAICS 624120: Services for the elderly and persons with disabilities; 2017 10.7; 2022 7.3; change -3.4NAICS 621498: All other outpatient care centers; 2017 30.8; 2022 27.7; change -3.1NAICS 622310: Specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals; 2017 322.9; 2022 334.8; change +11.9NAICS 621493: Freestanding ambulatory surgical and emergency centers; 2017 151.3; 2022 116.4; change -34.9NAICS 621491: HMO medical centers; 2017 2,376.6; 2022 2,449.2; change +72.6NAICS 623311: Continuing care retirement communities; 2017 38.9; 2022 35.5; change -3.4NAICS 623312: Assisted living facilities for the elderly; 2017 152.8; 2022 86.7; change -66.1NAICS 621420: Outpatient mental health and substance abuse centers; 2017 10.1; 2022 9.2; change -0.9NAICS 621999: All other miscellaneous ambulatory health care services; 2017 83.4; 2022 167.8; change +84.4NAICS 621512: Diagnostic imaging centers; 2017 55.3; 2022 76.1; change +20.8NAICS 624110: Child and youth services; 2017 14.8; 2022 11.7; change -3.1NAICS 621330: Offices of mental health practitioners (except physicians); 2017 4; 2022 6.6; change +2.6NAICS 623220: Residential mental health and substance abuse facilities; 2017 24.4; 2022 36.1; change +11.7NAICS 624210: Community food services; 2017 37.8; 2022 37.9; change +0.1NAICS 624310: Vocational rehabilitation services; 2017 27; 2022 35.5; change +8.5NAICS 624229: Other community housing services; 2017 49.9; 2022 58.4; change +8.5NAICS 621112: Offices of physicians, mental health specialists; 2017 10.7; 2022 16.2; change +5.5NAICS 624221: Temporary shelters; 2017 26.5; 2022 21.9; change -4.6NAICS 621391: Offices of podiatrists; 2017 5.5; 2022 11.1; change +5.6NAICS 621410: Family planning centers; 2017 138.6; 2022 90.7; change -47.9NAICS 621991: Blood and organ banks; 2017 443.3; 2022 573.6; change +130.3

Active industry

NAICS 621991 / Health care and social assistance

Blood and organ banks

Strict code + label match
2017443.3
2022573.6
Change+130.3
Measure20172022
HHI
443.3
573.6
CR4
33.4%
41.5%
Revenue
$11.7B
$19.9B
Firms
326
371
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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