EC1231SR2
Manufacturing: Subject Series: Concentration Ratios: Share of Value of Shipments Accounted for by the 4, 8, 20, and 50 Largest Companies for Industries: 2012

Release Date : 08/18/2015

Data based on the 2012 Economic Census. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see Methodology. Data in this file represent those available when this file was created; data may not be available for all NAICS industries or geographies. Data in this table may be subject to employment- and/or sales-size minimums that vary by industry.

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  Table Name 
  Manufacturing: Subject Series: Concentration Ratios: Share of Value of Shipments Accounted for by the 4, 8, 20, and 50 Largest Companies for Industries: 2012 
  
  
  ReleaseSchedule 
  Data are scheduled to be released in August 2015. 
  
  
  Universe 
  The universe includes all manufacturing establishments classified in sectors 31-33 with one or more paid employee at any time during the year. 
  
  
  GeographyCoverage 
  Data are shown at the U.S. level. 
  
  
  IndustryCoverage 
  Data are shown at the three- through six-digit North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) levels. 
  
  
  Data ItemsandOtherIdentifyingRecords 
  This file contains data on: 
    
    Number of companies 
    Total value of shipments and receipts for services ($1,000) 
    Percent of total value of shipments and receipts for services (%) 
    Percent of value of shipments and receipts for services by the Herfindahl-Hirschman index for the 50 largest companies (%)
    Data are also identified by company size.  
  
  
  Sort Order 
  Data are presented in ascending NAICS code sequence. 
  
  
  Related Data Files 
  Data supersede those released in the Industry Series and Geographic Area Series files. 
  
 
  FTP Download 
  Download the entire table at http://www2.census.gov/econ2012/EC/sector31/EC1231SR2.zip 
  
  
  ContactInformation 
  U.S. Census Bureau, Economy Wide Statistics Division Data User Outreach and Education Staff Washington, DC 20233-6900 Tel: (800) 242-2184 Tel: (301) 763-5154 ewd.outreach@census.gov 
  


X	Not applicable

D	Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies; data are included in higher level totals

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2012 Economic Census
Note: The data in this file are based on the 2012 Economic Census. To maintain confidentiality, the U.S. Census Bureau suppresses data to protect the identity of any business or individual. The census results in this file contain nonsampling error. Data users who create their own estimates using data from this file should cite the U.S. Census Bureau as the source of the original data only. For the full technical documentation, see Methodology link in above headnote.

Symbols:D - Withheld to avoid disclosing data for individual companies; data are included in higher level totalsN - Not available or not comparableFor a complete list of all economic programs symbols, see the Symbols Glossary

