industrial sector
Production-based commerce segment
The industrial sector is the portion of an economy devoted to manufacturing, processing, and production of goods.
It typically includes factories, plants, and heavy industry—distinguished from the agricultural, service, and financial sectors.
The industrial sector accounts for roughly twenty percent of the nation's GDP.
In investing, industrial sector often refers to a category of stocks.
- automotiveRelating to motor vehicles
- factory floorManufacturing workspace area
- power plantsFacilities producing electricity
- miningExtracting earth's resources
- automationSelf-operating system design
civil engineering · construction · renewable energy · quarrying · raw materials · textiles · pharmaceuticals · blue collar · aerospace · chemicals · steel production · supply chain management · quality control · labor unions · safety regulations · trade tariffs · oil drilling · robotics
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- sectorsfinancials, industrials, technology, materials, tech
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Industries providing intangible goods
services · agriculture · farming · knowledge economy · retail sector
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Internet-driven commercial activity
feudal economy · subsistence economy · knowledge economy · agrarian society · information economy
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