MARKETS / SECTORS
Sectors and industries
Grouping follows the activity code each company declares to the SEC — not a licensed classification.
Sectors
12 groups
Industries
The finer cut
Pharmaceuticals (405)Medical devices and instruments (294)Electronic components (291)Software (252)Business services (232)Machinery and equipment (188)Banks (171)Credit (167)Transportation equipment (142)Oil and gas (136)Chemicals (125)Real estate investment trusts (121)Biotechnology (119)Metal mining (115)Insurance (110)Food products (109)Brokerage and capital markets (101)Miscellaneous retail (93)Engineering and consulting (91)Health services (91)Data processing (89)Computer services (87)Durable goods wholesale (71)Water transportation (66)Entertainment (62)Restaurants (60)Electric utilities (54)Fabricated metal products (52)Nondurable goods wholesale (48)Education (46)Custom programming (46)Systems integration (46)Steel and metals (44)Medicinal chemicals (37)Real estate (37)Transportation services (35)Insurance brokerage (34)Miscellaneous manufacturing (33)Air transportation (32)Hotels and lodging (32)Building construction (32)Apparel (31)Motor vehicles and parts (30)Special trade contractors (29)Telephone communications (28)Communications (25)Apparel retail (25)Nonmetallic mining (22)Rubber and plastics (22)Holding and investment offices (21)Agriculture (21)Trucking and road transport (21)Cable television (20)Electric and gas utilities (20)Diagnostics (20)Heavy construction (20)Paper and pulp (19)Petroleum refining (19)Real estate services (18)Natural gas (18)
Industry is the slice inside the sector: banks and insurers are both financials, and they do not compete with each other.