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# GICS Sectors

<Warning>
  **Deprecation Notice (scheduled for January 2025)**

  In our January 2025 (v29.0) release the `gics_sector` field will be deprecated.

  Please see our [October 2024 Release Announcement](/changelog/october-2024-release-announcement-v280) for more information.
</Warning>

| Canonical Values for GICS Sectors |
| --------------------------------- |
| communication services            |
| consumer discretionary            |
| consumer staples                  |
| energy                            |
| financials                        |
| health care                       |
| industrials                       |
| information technology            |
| materials                         |
| real estate                       |
| utilities                         |

*Contents of this table were sourced from the following file on our public S3 bucket:[ticker\_gics\_sector.txt](https://pdl-prod-schema.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/28.0/enums/ticker_gics_sector.txt)*

## Relevant fields

* [`gics_sector`](/docs/company-schema#gics_sector)


## Related topics

- [January 2025 Release Notes](/changelog/january-2025-release-notes-v290.md)
- [November 2024 Release Notes](/changelog/november-2024-release-notes-v281.md)
- [December 2024 Release Notes](/changelog/december-2024-release-notes-v282.md)
- [July 2022 Release Notes](/changelog/july-2022-release-notes-v19.md)
- [October 2024 Release Notes](/changelog/october-2024-release-announcement-v280.md)