| # | Basic Category | Description | Examples/Inclusions/Services Included | Comments |
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| 1 | Manufacturing | Entities that manufacture tangible products |
aerospace, aircraft, aircraft parts defense items, including weapons, ammunition, fighting equipment, etc. container manufacturers, including glass, cardboard, cans, drums, bottles, etc. electronics, electronic parts, semiconductors, computers, printers, all peripherals, cables, wire, etc. cars, tractors, cruise ships, lawnmowers, recreational vehicles, tools, household appliances and furniture medical devices and equipment floor coverings, windows apparel, jewelry, watches, shoes, textiles, etc. personal products such as soap, razors chemicals, including processing and production (includes pesticides) biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies |
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| 2 | Retailers and Distributors | Wholesalers and retailers, whose main function is to resell goods to others, other than as otherwise categorized |
generally involves already manufactured goods oil and gas distributors and retailers sellers of consumer goods, such as apparel, cars, etc. Includes broad line sellers like Sears and Target, home improvement stores like Ace Hardware and Home Depot, and similar retailers like drug stores special retail consumer services like rental stores investor owned utilities |
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| 3 | Travel and Leisure | Entities that focus on travel, recreation, serving food, and discretionary activities |
hotels, lodges, spas, campgrounds casinos and gambling fitness centers, gyms sports teams restaurants and bars, including fast food restaurants, mobile food caterers travel agents movie theatres, playhouses convention centers |
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| 4 | Education |
public and private schools, colleges and universities public and private training centers educational publishers, including websites |
Does not include tutors trainers, which are included under General Services | |
| 5 | Real Estate and Development |
real estate holding and investment real estate development leasing sales and brokering asset management |
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| 6 | Design and Construction | Pertaining to commercial and residential buildings and landscapes |
heavy construction, including commercial buildings, roads, bridges, multifamily housing and public works homebuilders contractors, including electrical, concrete, plumbing, roofing, hvac architects and engineers |
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| 7 | Financial Services |
banking financial brokerage houses investment institutions nonhealth insurers employee benefit administrators consumer finance and lending mortgages |
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| 8 | General Services | Includes a wide range of services not otherwise categorized |
barbers, stylists, nail workers, shoe repair installers of goods and fixtures landscape workers, pickers commercial services logistics services customer service support services trainers temporary employee services telemarketing environmental artists, including visual and performing artists Unions Religious organizations trade and professional associations |
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| 9 | Professional Services | Small businesses that provide professional services, usual from their own office |
physicians, dentists, chiropractors, podiatrists, etc. in individual or small group practice CPA, attorney, engineer consultants management consultants advisors advertising public relations legislative advocacy |
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| 10 | Healthcare | Institutions that provide health care and health care related services |
health insurance companies hospitals rehabilitation facilities nursing homes |
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| 11 | Information Technology |
telephone companies, including cellular internet access providers and consultants software developers, publishers and consultants computer consulting (not manufacturing, distribution or retailing) |
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| 12 | Food Services | Includes producers, designers, engineers and retailers of food, but not the service of food |
producers (beer, distilled spirits, wine, juices, tea, coffee, soft drinks, food crop growers, fisheries and fishing companies, livestock, bakers, etc.) agriculture suppliers bioengineering related to food retailers (grocery stores, bars, convenience stores, health food stores, etc.) |
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| 13 | Energy | Entities that explore for, extract, produce and refine energy sources |
oil and gas companies like Exxon independent oil and gas producers renewable energy suppliers alternative fuel producers and manufacturers |
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| 14 | Mining | Entities that search and extract commodities from natural resources | includes mining for minerals, coal, diamonds & gems, and precious metals | |
| 15 | Transportation | Moving people or materials |
people moving airlines auto rentals busses, taxis trains/railroads materials moving pipelines trucking marine shipping trains/railroads air cargo delivery services couriers |
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| 16 | Forests and Paper |
includes owners, growers, harvesters and distributors of timber/wood and similar commodities, such as bamboo |
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| 17 | Post-Manufacturing | Entities that use, process or generate pollutants |
dry cleaners plating shops photo laboratories automobile servicers pest control services/exterminators includes pollution control and environmental services management of hazardous waste landfills recycling services |
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| 18 | Media and Entertainment |
producers, operators and broadcasters of radio, television, music and film publishing of books and newspapers |
Does not include theatres |
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