Types of industries

Types of industries

  • Agriculture industry
  • Food industry
  • Pharmaceutical industry
  • Aerospace industry
  • Transport Industry
  • Construction industry
  • Computer industry
  • Education industry
  • Energy industry

Agriculture industry

The agriculture industry is one of the oldest types of business industry. Agriculture industry consists of cultivating land, plants and breeding animals to produce foods and other survival things. This industry is an integral part of every country’s economy. The modernization in the agriculture industry took place in the late 20th century, which is known as “Green Revolution”.

Food industry

Food Industry comprises processing, preservation, conversion, and preservation of eatable items. The raw material for the food industry is obtained from the agriculture industry. Therefore, the food industry is dependent on the agriculture industry.

Pharmaceutical industry

The pharmaceutical company is a licensed firm to research, discover, develop, market and sell the drugs. It is an important industry worldwide. It is clearly research and development (R&D) based industry. Constant research is an important aspect of the pharmaceutical industry. These companies research and produce drugs to cure diseases of humans and animals. 

Aerospace industry

The aerospace industry is one of the highest technology industries. The aviation industry deals with manufacturing aircraft which take flights within and beyond the earth’s atmospheric area. The process of manufacturing consists of various parts such as designing, building, testing, selling and maintaining. An aviation company also produces aircraft’s parts to maintain the existing aircraft.

Transport Industry

he transport industry is one of the largest types of business industries. This industry deals with the movement of humans, things and animals by various modes of transportation. The main modes of transportation are air, land (Road and Rail) and water. The transportation industry makes the largest part of any country’s economy.

Construction industry

The construction sector is indulged in designing, building, constructing and maintaining the infrastructure. The construction industry can be sub-divided into three categories such as heavy construction, general construction, and specialized construction. Heavy construction includes the construction of bridges and roads etc. General construction includes the building of residential places and commercial real estate. Specialized construction includes making electric and wood things required to construct a building.

Computer industry

Computer Industry has taken over almost every other industry. Computer industry or also known as Information Technology (IT) Industry. It includes businesses of computer hardware, developing and maintaining computer software and computer networking. One major area which has been growing proliferatively is service sector.

Education industry

Education industry or education system is a group of school, colleges, universities, institutes to provide learning, knowledge, skills, and a degree in various fields. Educational institutes can broadly be divided into two categories public and private. Public institutes are funded by government whereas private institutes run by a single person or by a group of people.

Energy industry

These types of business industries are important because of their wide applications in various sectors. Energy industry can be sub-divided into two categories renewable energy industry and non- renewable business industry. One important source of the renewable energy industry is petroleum. There are different operations take places such as extraction, refining, manufacturing, and sales.


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