Industry Classification System

Modern Industry Classification That Keeps Up With Markets

QMICS is QuoteMedia’s very own code-based industry classification system uniquely designed to reflect how modern businesses operate, evolve, and generate revenue.

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Timely Market Classification

Industry classification updated to reflect emerging sectors and market changes.

Modern, Relevant Structure

Four clear classification levels are designed for clarity, without the complexity.

Cost-Effective & Flexible

A streamlined system built for scalable licensing and efficient integration.

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Classification Structure

Four-tier structure using super sector, sector, industry group, and industry to keep navigation clear and intuitive.

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Code-Based Methodology

Code-based classification ensures consistency and scalability, enabling reliable mapping across platforms and products.

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Revenue Driven Mapping

Companies are classified by primary revenue source to reflect real business activity rather than branding and marketing.

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Modern Industry Categories

Support emerging and evolving industries that legacy classification systems struggle to represent accurately today.

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Targeted Market Coverage

Focused coverage across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom for depth, quality, and reliability.

Timely Updates

Annual updates, with ad hoc revisions, ensure classifications remain aligned with fast-changing market conditions.

Seamless Data Access

Built to Integrate Across QuoteMedia Solutions

QMICS easily integrates with QuoteMedia's broader data ecosystem, supporting analytics, research, discovery, and market context across products. So, your users want a better way to organize and present market data; QMICS is just the thing you need.

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Analytics and Research

Every equity score is calibrated against true industry peers using the QMICS system. Percentiles, thresholds, and comparisons reflect sector-specific performance, so Profitability and Growth ratings carry meaningful, decision-critical context.

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Market Data Feeds

Each API response includes QMICS sector and industry classification codes, keeping company data consistently classified. From screeners company comparisons to real-time apps, structured industry data is already there when and where you need it.

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Web Content Solutions

Peer comparisons, ESG benchmarks, and sector overviews run on QMICS, ensuring each widget automatically understands company relationships. Users see accurate groupings and meaningful context without manual company mapping or cleanup.

Trusted By

Market Data Consumers

QMICS is a trusted, modern industry classification system designed to reflect how companies actually operate in today’s market.

  • FIS
  • S&P Global
  • BMO
  • NASDAQ
  • Business Wire
  • Goldman Sachs
  • J.P. Morgan
  • Hilltop Securities
  • TMX
  • HD Vest
  • Broadridge
  • Regal Securities
  • Morgan Stanley
  • The Motley Fool
  • US Bank
  • CI Financial

Market Classification

Get the Right Market Classification at the Right Time

QMICS helps ensure your platform reflects current market structure, not outdated assumptions.

Seamless Financial Data Access

Comprehensive Financial Data Solutions

Easily integrate QuoteMedia's dynamic financial content tools into any website and effortlessly access in-depth financial research.