An overview of various industries can help
you determine your business niche. Find
the industry and determine a need you can use your idea, invention or expertise to fill.
- Adhesives
& Sealants
- Aerospace
/ Aviation
- AviTop includes a list of the
top 100 aviation web sites by internet traffic levels
- Agriculture
- FarmAssist provides links to
several crop portals including: cereal, rice, potatoes, peanuts, citrus,
corn, cotton, soybeans. by Syngenta.
- Advertising
- Amusement
Industry / Theme Parks
- Amusement
Business - site no longer in operation
- Antiques
and Collectibles
- Kovel's major pricing source
- Apparel
- Just-Style Clothing industry research
- Apparel Search
- Aquaculture
- Fish Farming
- Automobile
Industry
- Automotive
Aftermarket (Parts and Accessories)
- Beverage
Industry
- Food & Beverages Portal by Frost & Sullivan
- Biotechnology
and Pharmaceutical Industries
- Bio Biotechnology Industry
Organization
- Boat
Industry
- Bookstores
and Book Publishers
- The Book Seller VNU eMedia
- Broadcasting,
Entertainment and Music Industry
- Broadcast Technology by SPG Media
- Recording Industry Association of America covers piracy and other
recording issues
- Motion Picture Association of America
- Cable
Industry (Entertainment, Internet, Hardware, Technologies, Programming)
- Cable Group AI provides several
venues here
- Cemetery
and Funeral Industry
- Chemical
Industry
- Chemicals Technology by SPG Media
- Chemical Engineering by AI
- American Cleaning Intitute
- Club
Management - Club Management Magazine
- Communications
- Computers
& Computing
- TechWeb
- Information Today
- SearchSecurity.com security portal
- ACM Portal
- Small Business Computing
- Information Week
- CNET
- Composites
- Construction
Industry
- Building Online
- First Source ONL Building Codes &
Contacts
- McGraw Hill Construction access to Sweets and
other data
- Dodge Extensive information on
current major construction projects
- Engineering News Record covers construction
projects and companies
- Housing Zone for builders and
remodelers
- Construction Web Links
- Design Build Network
- BuilderSpace.com
- Cast Stone Biz
- Spray Foam spray foam insulation
portal
- Consumer
Electronics
- Convenience
Store Industry
- Convenience Store News Nielson
- Cosmetics
- Cosmetics Design
- Defense
Industries / Military Industries
- Defense Daily Network by AI
- Air Force Technology by SPG Media
- Army Technology by SPG Media
- Naval Technology by SPG Media
- Janes
- Body Armor for IED Information Research Center
- Digital
Imaging Industry / Digital Production Studio Industry
- Diving
Industry (Commercial Diving)
- DiveWeb
was at www.diveweb.com site went down in Apr 2007
- Electronics
Industry
- Elevators
- Elevator World
- Energy
Industry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Energy_industry
- Entertainment
Industry (lighting, stage workers, audio visual, props, seating, etc)
- Production Hub
- Stagespecs.Com
- Billboard.com
- Film Journal International Nielson
- See
Broadcasting Industry
- Environmental
Industry
- Exporting
- Export.Gov major U.S. government
info portal for exporters
- Facilities
Management
- TradeLine Facilities Planning and
Management ( replaces FMData.com)
- Farming
- Fashion
- Fashion Net
- Just-Style
- Fibre2Fashion Textiles, Garments,
Fashion
- Fires
and Firemen Industry
- Fishing
Industry (Commercial Fishing)
- National Fisherman by DBC
- Fitness
Industry
- See
Sports/ Sporting Goods / Athletics Industries section
- Florist
Industry- Wholesale Florist and Florist Supplier
Association
- Food
Industry
- Forest,
Lumber and Wood Industries
- Fuel
Cells
- Games
(electronic and computer games)
- GamesSpot
- Developer.com for game developers
- International Game Developers Association IGDA
- Gambling
/ Gaming Industry
- Gear
Industry
- Glass
Industry - Glass Online
- Grocery
Industry
- Hispanic
Industries
- Univision major Hispanic TV
- Poder360 Hispanic news
- Hispanic Business
- Latino Heat Hispanic Entertainment
- Homeland
Security Industry - Terrorism - Anti-Terrorism
- Homeland Defense Stocks
- BioDefense Stocks
- TSWG U.S. Government
Terrorist Technology site, all the techie's hang out here.
- U.S. Government Terrorist Invention Proposals
- Homeland Defense & Homeland Security Studies
- Horse /
Equine Industry / Horse Racing Industry
- American Horse Council a horse labby
organization
- Hotels
and Lodging
- Hospitality Trends
- American Hotel & Lodging Association
- Hotel News Resource by Ozean
- Hotel Management Network by SPG
- Human
Resources - HR
- SHRM Online Society for Human
Resources Management
- HVAC
(Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning)
- HVAC Talk bulletin board
- ASHRAE American Society of
Heating, Refrigerating & Air-Conditioning Engineers
- Insurance
Industry
- Insurance U.S. Dept of Labor
- Insurance Networking News insurance news from an
IT perspective
- Jewelry
- Kosher
Food Industry - Kosherfest
On-Line by DBC
- Logistics
/ Freight / Shipping / Maritime Industries / Rail Roads
- Truck.Net truckers
- Journal of Commerce
- Progressive Railroading
- Inbound Logistics trade magazine
- U.S. Military Logistics
Gateway
- Manufacturing
Industry
- North American Die Casting Association
- Manufacturing Net by Reed
- Precision Machined Products Association
- Plant Automation Technology by VerticalTalk
- Wood Machinery Manufacturers of America manufacturers of wood
cutting tools
- Society of Manufacturing Engineers SME
- SuperFactory.com Lean Manufacturing and
other Manufacturing Excellence Practices
- Industry Week
- Nanotechnology http://www.iinano.org/
- Robotics http://spectrum.ieee.org/robotics
- Market
Research Industry
- Material
Handling Industry
- Medical,
Hospital Industries
- Hospital Management American Hospital Association
- Hospital Connect
- FDA Device Advice
- American Medical Association
- WebMD
- Health Care Manufacturer's Marketing Council HMMC
- Independent Medical Co-op Inc medical suppliers /
distributors association
- see
also the pharmaceutical industry listings on this page
- Meeting
Industry
- Metrology
/ Calibration / Gaging Industry
- Military
(see defense industries)
- Mining
Industry
- Mining Journal Online
- ICMJ's Prospecting and Mining Journal
- Mining Media International
- Coal Portal
- Mining Technology Info-Mine
- Mining Technology
- Stock Research Portal for minining, oil, and
gas stocks
- Mobile
Communications / Cell Phones
- Mobile/Cellular Technology by SPG Media
- Music
Industry
- Newspaper
Industry
- Editor & Publisher http://www.editorandpublisher.com/
- World Wide Web Newspapers and Magazines
- Nutritional
Supplements
- NUTRA USA by DNM
- Online
Marketing and Advertising
- Online
Courses and Online Ed
- https://degreed.com/online-learning
- https://www.coursera.org/
- http://www.howtogeek.com/117674/the-best-websites-for-free-online-courses-certificates-degrees-and-educational-resources/
- http://www.openculture.com/freeonlinecourses
- http://study.com/article_directory/Free_Online_Courses_and_Education.html
- https://www.mooc-list.com/
- http://www.scholars4dev.com/4013/distance-learning-scholarships-for-developing-country-students/
- http://oedb.org/open/
- Outdoor
Retailer Industry (sell goods for active outdoor lifestyles)
- Packaging
Industry
- Packaging Gateway by SPG Media
- PackagingToday
- IDS Packaging includes white papers
- Parking
Industry - Parking Today
- Paper
Industry -
- Center for Paper Business and Industry Studies
- American Coatings Association
- Paint & Coatings Industry magazine PCI
- The Society for Protective Coatings SSPC
- SpecialChem Coatings & Inks by SpecialChem
- Pet
Industry
- Petfood Industry
- Pharmaceutical
Industry
- Pharmiweb
- Pharmaceutical Technology
- Drug Development Technology http://www.drugdevelopment-technology.com/
- Drug Researcher https://www.thieme-connect.com/products/ejournals/issue/eFirst/10.1055/s-00023610
- Pharmaceutical Industry Info
- http://www.who.int/trade/glossary/story073/en/
- http://www.statista.com/topics/1764/global-pharmaceutical-industry/
- http://www.fda.gov/
- Photography
Industry
- PDN Online Photo District News -
VNU eMedia
- Photo Marketing Assoc. International
- Photonics
(Optical, Laser & Fiber Optics Industries)
- Plastics
- Poly-Sort also covers Rubber
- Plastics News
- Society of the Plastics Industry
- Plastics Technology
- Injection Molding Resource.org
- Product
Design Industry
- Machine Design a design engineering
publication
- Design News a design engineering
publication
- Design Addict
- Public
Relations Industry
- PR News by AI
- Publishing
Industry -
- Editor & Publisher
- eContent eContent Magazine,
digital content industry
- Magazine Launch launching a magazine
- Min online Magazine & Media
Marketing by AI
- Produce
(crops)
- Railroad
Industry
- Real
Estate
- Commercial Investment Real Estate online magazine
- Retail Traffic
- Institute of Real Estate Management
- The Land Report magazine for private
rural land owners
- Housing Zone
- Restaurant
Industry
- restaurant.org National Restaurant
Association
- Restaurant News Resource
- Retail
Industry
- RFID
(Radio Frequency Identification)
- RFID Investing by Investor Ideas
- RFID Journal
- Roads,
Bridges, Tunnels & Traffic - Road Traffic Technology by SPG Media
- Rubber
Industry - Poly-Sort
- Rv
(Recreational Vehicle) Industry
- Satellite
Communications Industry
- Sea
Food
- Security
- Security trade magazine
- Semiconductors
- Global Semiconductor Forum by SPG Media
- Ship
and Cruise Ship Industry - Ship Technology
- Sign Industry
- Sign industry
- Small
Business & Entrepreneurs
- Software
/ Internet
- XML Portal
- Internet.com Internet & IT
- TechWeb
- Space
(Outer Space) Industry
- Space Daily
- Aviation Week & Space Technology trade magazine
- Sports/
Sporting Goods / Athletics Industries
- Athletic Business
- Sporting Goods Business VNU eMedia
- Street & Smith's SportsBusiness Journal
- Sport Place an International
Journal of Sports Geography
- See
"Fitness Industry" section
- See
Sports Venue section
- Sports
Venue / Sports Facilities / Stadiums
- Sports Venue Technology Stadium construction by
Ochre Media
- Athletic Business
- Sports Venue Construction
- Steel
Industry
- Textiles
- Textile Institute
- Textile World
- See
textiles segment in international portals near bottom of this page
- Toy
Industry
- Toy Industry Association TIA
- Playthings by Reed
- Toy Book
- Toy Jobs toy industry recruitment
firm
- Toy Industry Stocks toy portal by Investor
Ideas
- Trade
Shows and Exhibitions
- Trade Show Network launched to fill the
hole left by the closing of Trade Show Week
- Trade Shows Exhibitors Association
- Biz Trade Shows
- Center for Exhibition Industry Research
- Transportation
Industry (see also railroads, ships, aviation, travel, automobile, etc)
- Urban Transport Technology
- American Public Transportation Association
- Bureau of Transportation Statistics U.S. Government site
- AASHTO American Association of
State Highway and Transportation Officials
- National Highway Transportation Safety
- TruckNet trucker portal
- Road Traffic Technology by SPG Media
- Travel
- U.S. Travel Association
- Global Business Travel Association
- Travel Industry Wire
- Business Travel News Online BTNonline covers
airline, hotel and travel management industries
- Uniform
Industry –
- National Assoc. of Uniform Mfgs. & DistributorsVirtual Pet Home
Page
- Water
Industry
- Weather
- Wind
Energy
- Wireless
Communications Industry - Mobile phones, cell phones
- CTIA's World of Wireless Communications (WOW)
- Mobile / Cellular Technology by SPG Media
- Investing in Wireless wireless portal by
Investor Ideas
- Wire
& Cable Industry
- Wire and Cable Technology International
- WireWorld.com wire and cable industry
- Wood
Industry & Wood Products
- Work Boat
Industry
- Workboat by DBC
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