Customising the result distribution bar chart

In the Analyse Markets view of Sloc Local, the bar chart on the right provides a summary of market concentration outcomes across all local markets in your scenario. It helps visualise how many local markets fall into each post-merger fascia-count or share-of-sites category, and gives quick insight into the overall competitive impact of the analysed merger.

What the bar chart shows

• Each bar represents a group of local markets by their post-merger concentration

• The height of each bar = number of local markets in that category

• Colour shading indicates the parties present in those markets

• The “No overlap” group captures unaffected local markets where the merging parties do not overlap

Default settings explained

Sloc Local uses smart defaults to help you focus on the most relevant results:

🔍 Filtered markets shown prominently

By default, the chart shows all local markets, but those not currently shown on the map are faded out.

This helps you keep focus on what you’re viewing geographically.

🎯 “No overlap” markets shown in a separate bucket

Markets where there is no competitive overlap are automatically placed in their own category on the far left of the chart.

Customise the bar chart with toggle controls

You can adjust the chart view by clicking on the "Settings" icon above the chart:

Show only filtered markets

• Limits the chart to include only the markets currently filtered on the map

• Useful when focusing on a region, subset, or concentration band

Include or remove the “No overlap” bucket

• You can choose to merge all markets into a single scale - regardless of whether the market contains a Party overlap or not

• Or keep “No overlap” separated for quicker comparison between affected and unaffected areas