Manufacturing goods from raw materials, such as cloth from cotton or machine parts from iron.

The category describing a company's primary business activity. This category is usually determined by the largest portion of revenue.

The company's primary area of business.

The agencies and institutions involved with the production of media texts. The term is also used in a more restrictive sense to describe the commercial production of media texts for the purpose of making a profit.

late 15c., "cleverness, skill," from Old French industrie "activity; aptitude, experience" (14c.) or directly from Latin industria "diligence, activity, zeal," noun use o [..]

A set of companies that vie for market share of a given product.

activity that produces goods and services.

A recognized sector of the economy employing a significant number of people. Also, hard work. [D02846]

The type of business industry associated with your account (e.g., retail, education).

A group of establishments that produce similar products or provide similar services. For example, all establishments that manufacture automobiles are in the same industry. A given industry, or even a [..]

A group of firms producing goods or services that are close substitutes-in-consumption. The similarity of the products makes it possible to analyze the production in a market framework. An industry ca [..]

the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise; "each industry has its own trade publications" the organized action of making of goods and serv [..]

1. The portion of an economy that produces a particular related group of products; e.g., the motor vehicle industry, the tourism industry, and the mining industry. A list of industries might well incl [..]

hard work, the same word also means making things in factories

A grouping of companies in the same line of business. Industry groupings are more specific to the business than sector groupings. For example, the transportation sector includes airfreight, airline, t [..]

another name for the film or entertainment industry; also referred to as the biz, show business, show-biz, Hollywood, or the town.  

Definition A basic category of business activity. The term industry is sometimes used to describe a very precise business activity (e.g. semiconductors) or a more generic business activity (e.g. consu [..]

industrye

A section of the economy, in which things are made through manufacturing.

To dream that you are industrious, denotes that you will be unusually active in planning and working out ideas to further your interests, and that you will be successful in your undertakings. For a lover to dream of being industriously at work, shows he will succeed in business, and that his companion will advance his position. To see others busy, [..]

employment or type of business

Corresponds to the 5-digit level designation in the 2007 North American Industry Classification System (NAICS)

An economic sector that includes unions, businesses, and the individuals who own or work for an indentifiable economic sector, closely modeled on designations used by the federal government for classi [..]

a large system in which products, or goods, are manufactured or made in a systematic and mechanical method.

Industry means “a trade, business, industry, or other activity, or branch or group thereof, in which individuals are gainfully employed.” 29 USCS § 203

A group of firms producing similar products. Hence, the auto industry or the steel industry.

A category describing a company's primary business activity. This usually is determined by the corporation's largest source of revenue.

(n) the people or companies engaged in a particular kind of commercial enterprise(n) the organized action of making of goods and services for sale(n) persevering determination to perform a task

diligentia

A distinct group of productive or profit-making enterprises. In NAICS, industries are defined and classified by how products and services are created.

A grouping of producers or service-providers assembled on the basis of the homogeneity of their products or services.

A commercial undertaking that provides services or is involved in the trade or manufacture of goods.

The aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principle product, as "the Automobile industry", "the Steel industry&qu [..]

The aggregate enterprise of manufacturing and technically producing books. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)

The aggregate enterprise of manufacturing and technically producing chemicals. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)

The aggregate business enterprise of building.

The Industry concerned with processing, preparing, preserving, distributing, and serving of Foods and Beverages.

The productive enterprises concerned with Food processing.

The aggregate enterprise of technically producing packaged Meat.

That segment of commercial enterprise devoted to the design, development, and manufacture of chemical products for use in the Diagnosis and treatment of Disease, disability, or other dysfunction, or t [..]

The aggregate business enterprise of manufacturing textiles. (From Random House Unabridged Dictionary, 2d ed)

The aggregate business enterprise of Agriculture, manufacture, and distribution related to Tobacco and Tobacco-derived products.

The aggregate of manufacturing or technically productive enterprises in a particular field, often named after its principle product, as "the automobile industry", "the steel industry&qu [..]

A group of archaeological assemblages found over a specific region or time whose artifacts are similar.

A group of establishments that produce similar products or provide similar services. For example, all establishments that manufacture automobiles are in the same industry. A given industry, or even a [..]

Business community or segment of the commercial world, e.g., the software asset management industry.

A group of professions or businesses which perform a particular type of economic or commercial activity.

The main category of the type of business of a company. Examples include: Apparel Retail, Oil and Gas Drilling, and Steel

See Sector of activity

Activities of households as employers; undifferentiated goods-and services-producing activities of households for own use only accounted for activities of households as employers.

An activity which, in the course of any trade or business, involves the manufacture, production, processing, repair, recycling or storage of any article, material or thing (whether solid, liquid or ga [..]

 – The common category used to describes the company’s primary business activity. Similar companies are lumped into industries for comparison.

 A business, usually privately owned, which aims to make goods or provide a service for the making of a profit.

The category describing a company's primary business activity. This category is usually determined by the largest portion of revenue.