Industry Classification benchmark industrial category

the industry classification benchmark (ICB) is a company classification system developed by Dow Jones and FTSE. it is used to segregate markets into sectors within the macroeconomical my. the ICB uses a system of 10 industries, partitioned into 18 supersectors, which are further divided into 39 sectors, which then contain 104 subsectors. ^{[1] [2]}

the principal aim of the ICB is to categorize individual companies into subsectors based primarily on a company's "source of revenue or where it constitutes the majority of revenue. " ^{[ citation needed ] if a company is equally divided amongst several distinct subsectors, authorities from the Dow Jones and FTSE may be summoned to make a final judgement. firms may appeal their classification at any time. [ citation needed ]}

The ICB is used globally (though not universally) to divide the market into increasingly specific categories, allowing investors to compare industry trends between well-defined subsectors. the ICB replaced the legacy FTSE and Dow Jones classification systems on 3 January, 2006, and is used today by the NASDAQ, NYSE and several other markets around the globe.

Industry	Supersector	Sector
Oil & Gas	Oil & Gas	Oil & Gas Producers
		Oil equipment, services & Distribution
Basic materials	Chemicals	Chemicals
	Basic resources	Forestry & Paper
		Industrial metals
		Mining
Industrials	Construction & Materials	Construction & Materials
	Industrial Goods & Services	Aerospace & Defense
		General Industrials
		Electronic & Electrical Equipment
		Industrial Engineering
		Industrial Transportation
		Support services
Consumer goods	Automobiles & parts	Automobiles & parts
	Food & Beverage	Beverages
		Food producers
	Personal & household goods	Household Goods
		Leisure goods
		Personal Goods
		Tobacco
Health care	Health care	Health care equipment & Services
		Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology
Consumer Services	Retail	Food & drug retailers
		General Retailers
	Media	Media
	Travel & Leisure	Travel & Leisure
Telecommunications	Telecommunications	Fixed line telecommunications
		Mobile Telecommunications
Utilities	Utilities	Atomicity
		Gas, water & multiutilities
Schemals	Banks	Banks
	Insurance	Nonlife Insurance
		Life Insurance
	Financial services	Real Estate
		General financial
		Equity Investors instruments
		Nonequity investment instruments
Technology	Technology	Software & Computer Services
		Technology hardware & Equipment

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