Industry Benchmarking Guide

Anonymized comparison. Executive context.

Industry Benchmarking is available where sufficient anonymized cohort data exists. Horizon compares your scores against a cohort of peers in the same industry — never exposing any individual organization's data — so leaders can distinguish company-specific issues from industry-wide dynamics.

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Industry Benchmarking

Anonymized comparison of an organization's scores against a cohort of peers in the same industry.

What it measures

Cohort size, industry averages, and p25 / p50 / p75 percentile positioning across overall risk, confidence, and pillar scores.

Why it matters

Grounds internal results in external context so leaders can distinguish company-specific issues from industry-wide dynamics.

Interpretation

n < 5

Not available

Cohort is too small to publish. No comparison is shown.

Below p25

Better than most peers

Exposure or gap is lower than 75% of the cohort.

p25 – p75

In line with peers

Positioned within the typical range for the industry.

Above p75

Higher than most peers

Exposure or gap exceeds 75% of the cohort — investigate drivers.

Example

An organization with an overall risk score of 62 in an industry where the p50 is 48 and p75 is 58 is positioned above most peers and should investigate the pillars driving the delta.

Recommended actions

Focus first on pillars where your score is materially above the industry p75.
Use pillar-level deltas to prioritize which domains to strengthen next.
Re-run benchmarking after mitigation to confirm movement toward the median.

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Percentile Ranking

The position of a value within a distribution, expressed as the percentage of the cohort at or below that value.

What it measures

Where an organization sits inside the industry distribution for a given score.

Why it matters

Percentiles show relative standing more meaningfully than a raw average, especially when distributions are skewed.

Interpretation

p25

25th percentile

25% of the cohort scores at or below this value.

p50

Median

The middle of the cohort — half score above, half score below.

p75

75th percentile

75% of the cohort scores at or below this value.

Delta vs. average

Delta vs. industry average

Your score minus the cohort mean. Positive means higher exposure than typical peers; negative means lower.

Example

If the industry p75 for supply-chain risk is 60 and your score is 68, you sit above the top quartile of exposure for peers.

Recommended actions

Read p50 as the peer baseline and p25 / p75 as the typical range.
Treat a positive delta on a risk score as an area to investigate.
Treat a negative delta on a confidence score as an area to strengthen.

Cohort gate & privacy

Benchmarks are only published when at least five anonymized organizations are in the industry cohort (n ≥ 5). Below this threshold Horizon reports "Insufficient benchmark data available for this industry."
Only aggregate statistics (averages, percentiles, cohort size) are shown. No individual organization data is exposed, and no organization can be identified from a benchmark view.
Cohorts grow as more assessments are completed. Availability and depth improve over time.