Fastest-Growing Industries

These are the industries that are projected to grow the fastest during the 2004-2014 time period. Select an industry to learn more about it in the Industry Profile.


1
Educational support services, private
2
Home health care services
3
Software publishers
4
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services
5
Community care facilities for the elderly
6
Outpatient care centers, except mental health and substance abuse
7
Residential mental health and substance abuse facilities
8
Offices of all other health practitioners
9
Residential mental retardation facilities
10
Facilities support services
11
Offices of physical, occupational and speech therapists, and audiologists
12
Cable and other subscription programming
13
Employment services
14
Independent artists, writers, and performers
15
All other ambulatory health care services
16
Internet publishing and broadcasting
17
Offices of chiropractors
18
Office administrative services
19
Other transit and ground passenger transportation
20
Computer systems design and related services
21
Marketing research, public opinion polling, and all other professional, scientific, and technical services
22
Services for the elderly and persons with disabilities
23
Offices of optometrists
24
Child day care services
25
Gambling industries
26
Offices of physicians
27
Junior colleges, private
28
Specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, private
29
Other schools and instruction, private
30
Amusement parks and arcades
31
Urban transit systems
32
Charter bus industry
33
Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping, and payroll services
34
Used merchandise stores
35
Colleges, universities, and professional schools, private
36
Child, youth, and all other individual and family services
37
Data processing, hosting, and related services
38
Ambulance services
39
Outpatient mental health and substance abuse centers
40
Activities related to real estate
41
Offices of dentists
42
Scenic and sightseeing transportation
43
Other automotive repair and maintenance
44
Wireless telecommunications carriers (except satellite)
45
Waste treatment and disposal
46
Electronic shopping and mail-order houses
47
Remediation and other waste management services
48
Vocational rehabilitation services
49
Cable and other program distribution
50
Specialized design services
51
Veterinary services
52
Medical and diagnostic laboratories
53
Other residential care facilities
54
Offices of mental health practitioners (except physicians)
55
Elementary and secondary schools, private
56
Fitness and recreational sports centers
57
Pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing
58
Technical and trade schools, private
59
Spectator sports
60
Landscaping services
61
Warehousing and storage
62
Cosmetic, beauty supply, and all other health and personal care stores
63
Motion picture and video production, distribution, and all other related industries
64
Activities related to credit intermediation
65
Investigation, guard, and armored car services
66
Special food services
67
Other miscellaneous store retailers
68
Other financial investment activities
69
Other insurance related activities
70
Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment rental and leasing
71
Advertising and related services
72
Nonscheduled air transportation
73
Community food and housing, and emergency and other relief services
74
Security systems services
75
Waste collection
76
Golf courses, country clubs, and all other amusement and recreation industries
77
Collection agencies and all other business support services
78
Water, sewage and other systems
79
Business associations and all other professional and similar organizations
80
Sporting goods stores
81
Taxi and limousine service
82
Other personal services
83
RV (recreational vehicle) parks and recreational camps
84
Automotive body, paint, interior, and glass repair
85
Museums, historical sites, and similar institutions
86
Personal care services
87
Business schools and computer and management training, private
88
Janitorial and all other services to buildings and dwellings
89
Grantmaking and giving services
90
Insurance agencies and brokerages
91
Support activities for agriculture and forestry
92
Electronics and appliance stores
93
Casino hotels
94
Social advocacy organizations
95
Testing laboratories
96
Architectural and landscape architectural services
97
Roofing contractors
98
Exterminating and pest control services
99
Performing arts companies
100
Plumbing, heating, and air-conditioning contractors
101
Other wood product manufacturing
102
Home furnishings stores
103
Hotels (except casino), motels, and all other traveler accommodation
104
Full-service restaurants
105
Automotive equipment rental and leasing
106
Other transportation equipment manufacturing
107
Electrical and electronic goods merchant wholesalers
108
Professional and commercial equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers
109
General medical and surgical hospitals, private
110
Drugs and druggists' sundries merchant wholesalers
111
Other information services
112
Limited-service eating places
113
Internet service providers and web search portals
114
School and employee bus transportation
115
Periodical publishers and all other book and directory publishers
116
Legal services
117
Other motor vehicle dealers
118
Nonresidential building construction
119
Engineering, surveying, mapping, building inspection, and drafting services
120
Lessors of real estate
121
Building material and supplies dealers
122
Poured concrete foundation and structure contractors
123
Tour operators and all other travel arrangement and reservation services
124
Other nondepository credit intermediation, including real estate credit and consumer lending
125
Credit card issuing and sales financing
126
Automotive mechanical and electrical repair and maintenance
127
Death care services
128
Specialty food stores
129
Framing contractors and all other foundation, structure, and building exterior contractors
130
Hobby, toy, sewing, and musical instrument stores
131
Pharmacies and drug stores
132
Book, periodical, and music stores
133
Lawn and garden equipment and supplies stores
134
Animal slaughtering and processing
135
Research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences
136
Masonry contractors
137
Finish carpentry contractors and all other building finishing contractors
138
Wholesale electronic markets and agents and brokers
139
Lumber and other construction materials merchant wholesalers
140
Support activities for water transportation
141
Automobile dealers
142
Furniture stores
143
Painting and wall covering contractors
144
Support activities for air transportation
145
Freight transportation arrangement
146
Support activities for road transportation
147
Religious organizations
148
Electrical contractors
149
Civic and social organizations
150
Nursing care facilities
151
Motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and supplies merchant wholesalers
152
General rental centers
153
Wood kitchen cabinet and countertop manufacturing
154
Chemical and allied products merchant wholesalers
155
Other general merchandise stores
156
Other building equipment contractors
157
Miscellaneous durable goods merchant wholesalers
158
Office supplies, stationery, and gift stores
159
Clothing stores
160
Consumer goods rental
161
Management of companies and enterprises
162
Cement and concrete product manufacturing
163
Jewelry, luggage, and leather goods stores
164
Promoters of events, and agents and managers
165
Hardware, and plumbing and heating equipment and supplies merchant wholesalers
166
Other specialty trade contractors
167
Interurban and rural bus transportation
168
General freight trucking
169
Lessors of nonfinancial intangible assets (except copyrighted works)
170
Insurance and employee benefit funds
171
Department stores
172
Other investment pools and funds
173
Florists
174
Automotive parts, accessories, and tire stores
175
Drinking places (alcoholic beverages)
176
Highway, street, and bridge construction
177
Specialized freight trucking
178
Power and communication line and related structures construction
179
Machine shops
180
Aerospace product and parts manufacturing
181
Photographic services
182
Motor vehicle body and trailer manufacturing
183
Commercial and industrial machinery and equipment (except automotive and electronic) repair and maintenance
184
Drycleaning and laundry services
185
Water and sewer system and all other utility system construction
186
Couriers
187
Scheduled air transportation
188
Beer, wine, and distilled alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers
189
Metal and mineral (except petroleum) merchant wholesalers
190
Veneer, plywood, and engineered wood product manufacturing
191
Residential building construction
192
Grocery stores
193
Other food manufacturing
194
Motor vehicle parts manufacturing
195
Furniture and home furnishing merchant wholesalers
196
Miscellaneous nondurable goods merchant wholesalers
197
Clay product and refractory manufacturing
198
Research and development in the social sciences and humanities
199
Coating, engraving, heat treating, and allied activities
200
Industrial machinery and all other machinery, equipment, and supplies merchant wholesalers
201
Motion picture and video exhibition
202
Grocery and related product wholesalers
203
Soap, cleaning compound, and toilet preparation manufacturing
204
Inland water transportation
205
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing
206
Offices of real estate agents and brokers
207
Paper and paper product merchant wholesalers
208
Bakeries and tortilla manufacturing
209
Drywall and insulation contractors
210
Direct life, health, and medical insurance carriers and reinsurance carriers
211
Direct insurance (except life, health, and medical) carriers
212
Converted paper product manufacturing
213
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing
214
Architectural and structural metals manufacturing
215
Other heavy and civil engineering construction
216
Motor vehicle manufacturing
217
Shoe stores
218
Beer, wine, and liquor stores
219
Office furniture (including fixtures) manufacturing
220
Local messengers and local delivery
221
Deep sea, coastal, and great lakes water transportation
222
Personal and household goods repair and maintenance
223
Vending machine operators


Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Office of Occupational Statistics and Employment Projections