business sectors
Commerce's categorical branches
Business sectors are broad categories that divide economic activity by industry type.
The term groups companies and organizations doing similar work—technology, healthcare, finance, manufacturing, agriculture.
Analysts use sectors to compare performance and identify trends: The energy sector outperformed other business sectors this quarter.
Also called economic sectors or simply sectors.
- manufacturingIndustrial product creation
- heavy industryCapital-intensive manufacturing sector
- agricultureCultivation of land, livestock
- retailSales to end users
- fast fashionTrend-driven cheap apparel
mining · development · construction · biotechnology · engineering · quarrying · research · healthcare · fishing · electronics · real estate · hospitality · shipbuilding · consulting · gig economy · green energy · tourism · financial services
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State-controlled economic portion
civil society · domestic sphere · personal life · private life · leisure activities
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