Companies in this industry provide repair and maintenance services for passenger cars and light trucks. Major US companies include Firestone Complete Auto Care (a unit of Bridgestone), Jiffy Lube, Meineke, Midas International, Monro Auto Service and Tire Centers, and...
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2023/78 Cruise Ships
Companies in this industry operate deep sea, inland, and coastal/Great Lakes cruise ships. Major companies in the deep sea cruise segment, which accounts for about 95% of industry revenue, include Carnival, Disney, Norwegian Cruise Line, and Royal Caribbean Cruises...
2023/72 Health Care Sector
Companies in this industry provide a wide range of health care and social services through hospitals, doctors' offices, nursing homes, outpatient surgery centers, and other facilities. Major companies include Ascension Health, HCA Healthcare, Kaiser Permanente, and...
2023/70-71 Elderly Care – Assisted Living Facilities & Nursing Homes
Companies in this industry provide long-term skilled nursing care, other types of care, and social services in residential facilities. Major companies include Brickyard Healthcare, Brookdale Senior Living, and Genesis Healthcare (all based in the US); along with Bupa...
2023/69 Child Care Services
Companies in this industry provide supervision and educational programs for pre-school and school-age children. Major US companies include Bright Horizons, KinderCare Education, and Learning Care Group; major companies based outside the US include Elbkinder (Germany),...
2023/66-68 Publishing – Books, Magazines, Newspapers
Book Publishers produce, edit, market, and publish books in print, electronic, or audio format. The top global book publishers in the US are HarperCollins, McGraw-Hill Education, Scholastic, and Wiley. The other leading publishers are Hachette Livre (France), Penguin...
2023/65 Bookstores
Companies in this industry sell books from physical retail locations; they may also sell via websites. Major companies include Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million, and Follett (all based in the US), as well as Fnac Darty (France), Indigo Books & Music (Canada),...
2023/61-64 Paper Products Manufacturing Office-School-Art-Paperboard
Companies in this industry convert paperboard and corrugated boxes, paper bags, stationery, and sanitary paper products. Major companies include Kimberly-Clark, Packaging Corporation of America, and WestRock (all based in the US), as well as Mondi (UK), Rengo (Japan),...
2023/73 Toy & Game Manufacturing
Companies in this industry primarily engage in manufacturing complete dolls, doll parts, doll clothes, action figures, toys, games (including electronic), hobby kits, and children's vehicles. Major companies include Hasbro, JAKKS Pacific, and Mattel (all based in the...
2023/60 │ Personal Care Products Manufacturing
Companies in this industry manufacture toiletries and grooming products, including perfumes, shampoos, skin lotions, and shaving cream, as well as lipstick, mascara, and other cosmetics. Major companies include Estée Lauder, Johnson & Johnson, and Procter &...
2023/59 │ Pharmaceutical – Vitamin – Nutritional Supplement & Other Health-Related Product Manufacturing
Companies in the Pharmaceutical industry manufacture and process pharmaceutical products. Major companies include Bristol Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, Johnson & Johnson, Merck, and Pfizer (all based in the US), as well as AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline (both based in...
2023/56-58 │ Textile, Apparel & Apparel Accessories Manufacturing
Companies in the Textile Manufacturing industry operate mills that produce textiles and textile products from natural and synthetic materials. Major companies include Milliken and WL Gore & Associates (both based in the US) Chinatex and Weiqiao Textile (both based...
2023/55 │ Battery Manufacturing
Companies in this industry manufacture primary (disposable) batteries and storage (rechargeable) batteries for consumer, automotive, and industrial use. Major US companies include East Penn Manufacturing, Energizer, EnerSys, and Exide Technologies; leading companies...
2023/50 │ Scrap and waste materials Recyclable Material Wholesalers
Companies in this industry engage in wholesale distribution of automotive scrap, industrial scrap, and other recyclable materials. Major scrap wholesalers include America Chung Nam, Commercial Metals Company, and The David J Joseph Company (all based in the US), as...
2023/49 │ Waste Management Services
Companies in this industry collect, treat, and dispose of garbage and other waste materials; and recover reusable materials through recycling. Additionally, companies provide remediation services for decontaminating buildings, mine sites, soil, or groundwater. Major...
2023/48 │ Hazardous Waste Services
Companies in this industry operate hazardous waste treatment and disposal facilities, including combustors, incinerators, and landfills. Major companies include Clean Harbors, Energy Solutions, and Stericycle (all based in the US), as well as Augean (UK) and Séché...
2023/47 | Drug Wholesalers
Companies in this industry serve as wholesale distributors of prescription drugs, over-the-counter medicines, and related products. Major companies include AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health, and McKesson (all based in the US), as well as Jointown Pharmaceutical...
2023/46 | Diagnostic Substance Manufacturing
Companies in this industry develop and manufacture biological, chemical, and radioactive substances used in the process of detecting, diagnosing, and monitoring health conditions. Major companies include Beckman Coulter and Bio-Rad Laboratories (both based in the US),...
2023/45 | Power Line & Telecommunications Infrastructure Construction Contractors
Companies in this industry construct power lines and towers, power plants, and radio, TV, and telecommunications towers. Major companies include Dycom Industries, Henkels & McCoy, MasTec, and SBA Communications (all based in the US), as well as Nippon COMSYS...
2023/44 | Electronic Component Wholesalers
Companies in this industry are engaged in the merchant wholesale distribution of electronic parts and equipment such as blank audio and videotapes, communications equipment, blank compact discs and digital video discs, and radar equipment, among others. Major...
2023/42 | Wineries
Companies in this industry make wine and brandies either from grapes that they grow or that are grown elsewhere. Major companies include Bronco Wine Company, Constellation Brands, E&J Gallo Winery, Jackson Family Wines, and The Wine Group (all based in the US); as...
2023/41 | Solid Waste Services & Recycling
Companies in this industry operate materials recovery facilities (MRFs) that separate and sort recyclables from waste streams or separate commingled recyclable materials. Major companies include the MRF divisions of vertically integrated waste management companies...
2023/39 | Parking Lots & Garages
Companies in this industry provide parking space for motor vehicles. Major companies include ABM, Ace Parking, Diamond Parking, Lanier Parking, SP Plus, and TPS Parking (all based in the US), along with Impark (Canada), Indigo (France), Park24 (Japan), and Wilson...
2023/36 | Furniture Manufacturing
Companies in this industry manufacture household, office, and institutional furniture and related products, including mattresses. Major companies include Herman Miller, HNI, La-Z-Boy, Leggett & Platt, Steelcase, and Tempur Sealy (all based in the US), along with...
2023/35 | Jewelry Manufacturing
Companies in this industry manufacture jewelry, silverware, and items such as compacts and cigarette cases from precious metals, gemstones, and other materials. Major companies include James Avery Artisan Jewelry, Richline Group, and Tiffany & Co (all based in the...
2023/33 | Document and office records storage – Information & Records Management Services
Companies in this industry store an organization's physical documents and provide related services. Major companies include Exela Technologies, and Iron Mountain (all based in the US); Restore Digital and Williams Lea (both based in the UK); and Wanbishi Archives...
2023/32 | Linens Manufacturing
Companies in this industry manufacture household textile products. Companies engaged in manufacturing textiles including yarn mills, thread mills, broadwoven fabric mills, narrow fabric mills, schiffli machine embroiders, nonwoven fabric mills, weft knit fabric mills,...
2023/31 | Biotechnology Product Manufacturing
Companies in this industry manufacture vaccines, toxoids, blood fractions, and culture media of plant or animal origin. Major companies include Amgen, Biogen, Genentech, and Gilead Sciences (all based in the US), as well as Bayer and Merck (both based in Germany), CSL...
2023/30 | Human Resources Consulting Services
Companies in this industry provide advice and assistance to businesses regarding human resources and personnel policies, employee compensation and benefit planning, and wage and salary administration. Major companies include Aon Hewitt and Mercer (both based in the...
2023/28 | Relays and industrial controls Industrial Control Products Manufacturing
Companies in this industry manufacture industrial controls and control accessories such as relays, motor starters, and controllers. Major companies include Emerson Electric, Honeywell, and Rockwell Automation (all based in the US), as well as ABB (Switzerland),...