Industry Classification Benchmark 工業行業分類

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 macroeconomy. 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	Electricity
		Gas, Water & Multiutilities
Financials	Banks	Banks
	Insurance	Nonlife Insurance
		Life Insurance
	Financial Services	Real Estate
		General Financial
		Equity Investment Instruments
		Nonequity Investment Instruments
Technology	Technology	Software & Computer Services
		Technology Hardware & Equipment

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