industry leaders
Top sector players
Industry leaders are the dominant companies or influential individuals within a particular business sector.
The phrase typically refers to corporations with the largest market share, greatest revenue, or most recognized brands: Industry leaders like Apple and Samsung set trends that competitors follow.
When applied to people, it means executives or innovators whose decisions shape their field.
- trade associationsGroups promoting shared commercial interests
- CEOTop corporate officer
- disruptorOne who overturns norms
- exhibitorsThose who display publicly
- visionaryImaginative planner of futures
trendsetter · founder · executives · thought leader · thought leadership · sponsors · pioneer · entrepreneur · captains · trailblazers · mogul · tycoon · old guard · tech giants · market dominance · barons · corporation · board member
- automotive worldrace car drivers, Henry Ford, Enzo Ferrari
- business rankingsFortune 500, top 100, Forbes list, global rankings, national rankings
- trailblazerstrailblazers, pioneers, innovators, groundbreakers, forerunners
- perfumersperfumers, perfumer, nose, compounder, formulator
- trade showstrade shows, SXSW, trade fairs, expos, Comic-Con
- insurance peopleinsurance agents, insurance brokers, underwriters, actuaries, claims adjusters
industry leadersbottom feeders
Creatures eating from below
small fry · bit players · also-rans · underdogs · has-beens
industry leadersstartups
Newly launched businesses
newcomers · upstarts · neophytes · greenhorns · rookies