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 (406)Medical devices and instruments (299)Electronic components (290)Software (252)Business services (231)Machinery and equipment (188)Banks (170)Credit (164)Transportation equipment (142)Oil and gas (133)Chemicals (124)Real estate investment trusts (121)Biotechnology (119)Metal mining (114)Insurance (109)Food products (109)Brokerage and capital markets (99)Miscellaneous retail (93)Health services (91)Engineering and consulting (89)Data processing (88)Computer services (87)Durable goods wholesale (71)Water transportation (65)Entertainment (61)Restaurants (60)Electric utilities (54)Fabricated metal products (53)Nondurable goods wholesale (48)Education (47)Steel and metals (44)Custom programming (44)Systems integration (44)Medicinal chemicals (38)Real estate (37)Transportation services (35)Insurance brokerage (34)Miscellaneous manufacturing (33)Air transportation (32)Hotels and lodging (32)Building construction (32)Motor vehicles and parts (30)Apparel (30)Special trade contractors (29)Telephone communications (28)Apparel retail (25)Communications (23)Nonmetallic mining (22)Agriculture (22)Rubber and plastics (22)Trucking and road transport (21)Holding and investment offices (20)Cable television (20)Electric and gas utilities (20)Diagnostics (20)Paper and pulp (19)Petroleum refining (19)Heavy construction (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.