This article provides users with an estimate of the importance of relatively large businesses in each industry. The focus of this article is on concentration ratios, changes that have taken place, and the extent of the concentration.
This article is not about the competitive nature of the market structure. Concentration ratios can also provide information regarding industry's competitiveness and the scope for economies of scale.
The estimates are consistent with those published in the 2005 Blue Book, 2005 Pink Book and the 2005 Input-Output Analyses publications.
Published in web format: 11 November 2005 at 9:30 am
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