Concentration Ratios in Manufacturing--Selected Industries: 1982 Percent of shipments Total ____by company size____ Number value of 4 8 20 50 Industry of com- shipments larg- larg- larg- larg- panies (mil.dol.) est est est est
Petroleum refining 282 199,357 28 48 76 93
Motor vehicles &
car bodies 284 70,740 92 97 99 99+
Meatpacking plants 1,658 44,854 20 43 61 75
Blast furnances &
steel mills 211 36,824 42 64 82 95
Electronic computing
equipment 1,520 36,767 43 55 71 82
Motor vehicle parts
& accessories 2,000 36,293 61 69 77 84
Radio & TV communi-
cations equipment 2,083 33,032 22 35 57 73
Aircraft 139 28,024 64 81 98 99+
Newspapers 7,520 21,276 22 34 49 66
Papermills, except
building paper 135 20,995 22 40 71 93
Commercial printing,
lithographic 17,332 19,441 6 10 17 24
Pharmaceutical
preparations 584 18,998 26 42 69 90
Fluid milk 853 18,736 16 27 48 66
Photographic equipment
& supplies 723 17,038 74 86 91 94
Bottled & canned
soft drinks 1,236 16,808 14 23 39 56
Plastics materials
& resins 263 15,769 22 38 64 89
Telephone, telegraph
apparatus 259 13,394 76 83 92 97
Bread, cake, &
related products 1,869 13,143 34 47 60 73
Refrigeration &
heating equipment 730 12,390 34 46 65 80
Cigarettes 8 12,127 (D) (D) (X) (X)
Construction machinery 817 11,658 42 52 69 81
Periodicals 3,143 11,478 20 31 49 64
Farm machinery &
equipment 1,787 10,743 53 62 69 77
Toilet preparations 596 10,183 34 49 71 88
Sawmills & planing
mills, general 5,810 10,065 17 23 34 46
Tires & inner tubes 108 9,340 66 86 98 99+
Soap & other detergent 642 9,167 60 73 83 90
Automotive stampings 566 8,777 61 66 74 82
Organic fibers,
non-cellulosic 44 8,263 77 91 99 100
Gray iron foundries(1) 801 6,202 29 37 53 69
Commercial printing,
letterpress 10,211 5,504 7 10 16 24
D= Withheld to avoid disclosure.
X= Not applicable.
1. Includes foundries producing gray-iron castings for other
plants of the same company. Accordingly, percentages do not