Industries

=Industries= An **industry** is defined as a category which has special or specifc financial reporting rules which apply. Another term for industry is activities. (Meta data: RDF/OWL ontology, XBRL Taxonomy)

This is a summary of industries/activities:
 * Agriculture
 * Airlines
 * Contractors
 * Development Stage Enterprises
 * Broadcasting
 * Cable Television
 * Motion Pictures
 * Records and Music Industry
 * Casinos
 * Extractive Activities
 * Franchisor Accounting
 * Banking and Thrift
 * Broker-Dealers
 * Insurance
 * Investment Companies
 * Mortgage Banking
 * Financial Services - Title Plant
 * Health Care Organizations
 * Not-for-Profit Organizations
 * Plan Accounting
 * Real Estate Operations
 * Regulated Operations
 * Retailers
 * Software

The US GAAP Taxonomy has entry points which are used by different industries. Some of the above industries are not covered by the US GAAP Taxonomy at all such as not-for-profit organizations.

Industries have sectors.