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Machine Shops / Precision

Leader: Various (no national leader) — 0.5% S1 · 1.2% CR3

S1
0.5%
leader
CR3
1.2%
top 3 combined
HHI
5
Unconcentrated
MARKET SIZE
$55B
US

How this is calculated

FORMULA
S1 = Various (no national leader) revenue / total revenue = 0.5%
CR3 = Various (no national leader) + Various + Various = 1.2%
HHI = Σ(share²) = 5 (Unconcentrated (HHI < 1,500))
DENOMINATOR
Revenue — $55B (US)
US machine shop manufacturing shipment value (NAICS 3327).
Size from: US Economic Census 2022 NAICS 3327
TOP 3 PLAYERS
#1Various (no national leader)0.5%
#2Variousn/d
#3Variousn/d
— Individual #2/#3 shares not separately tracked at this granularity (only CR3 disclosed). See submit a correction if you have a source for them.
METHODOLOGY NOTE
Top machine shop shipment value per 2022 Economic Census NAICS 3327 concentration tables. No single firm above 0.5%. MOST fragmented market in the entire dataset. Validated against IBISWorld and BLS QCEW firm counts.
SOURCES
Year: 2022
Geo: US
Firms: 21,600+
NAICS: 3327

Labor economics

REV / EMPLOYEE (leader)
$0.2M
industry avg $0.1M
SG&A % (leader)
15%
of revenue

Fragmented market, no national leader — 15% is directional category estimate; quoting/scheduling/CAD AI-automatable

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Source Quality Hierarchy

Every market has a primary source plus 1–3 validation sources. Revenue numerators come from SEC 10-K filings; denominators validated against the Economic Census where available.

TIER 1Authoritative anchorsGovernment data + SEC filings
US Economic Census (data.census.gov) · SEC EDGAR / Company 10-Ks · BEA Industry Value-Added (FRED) · BLS QCEW · USGS Mineral Commodity Summaries · EIA Refinery Capacity Report · FDA device listings
TIER 2Leading commercial trackersIndustry-standard paid trackers
IDC Semiannual Software Tracker · Gartner Market Share & Magic Quadrant · IBISWorld NAICS reports · StatCounter Global Stats · eMarketer / Insider Intelligence · Synergy Research Group
TIER 3Category specialistsBest-in-class niche authorities
SIPRI (aerospace & defense) · IQVIA (pharma) · TrendForce (semiconductors) · CIMdata (CAD/PLM) · Nilson Report (payments) · Am Law 100 (legal) · ENR Top 500 (A&E) · AM Best (insurance) · SIA (staffing) · Ad Age (agencies) · Barron's / Cerulli (wealth) · Evaluate MedTech · Nielsen Gauge (streaming) · Gridwise (ride-hail) · Bloomberg Second Measure (delivery) · RC Top 100 (roofing) · SDM Top 100 (fire/safety) · Big 4 annual reports · ALM Intelligence (consulting)

Data vintage: Q2 2025 research compilation. Labels updated 2026-Q2. Tier 1 sources refreshed from FY2025 SEC filings where available. For full methodology see the Methodology page.