Biggest Industries by Revenue in Global in 2025

• 1. Global Life & Health Insurance Carriers

  Revenue for 2025: $5531.9B

  The industry has grown over the five years to 2024 due to the growth of global demand for insurance products. The industry provides essential risk management services to downstream consumers and is a vital part of the financial sector, particularly concerning the industry's massive asset holdings. Industry operators protect individuals from current, immediate and long-term illness, injury and death costs. By merging various risks, life and health insurers protect a fraction of the potential l...

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• 2. Global Car & Automobile Sales

  Revenue for 2025: $4357.5B

  Strong growth in developing economies, like the BRICS and ASEAN member nations, has driven revenue for global car dealers despite slowdowns in established economies, like North America and Europe. Developed economies focus largely on value-added car purchases, while emerging markets focus primarily on volume. The transition to SUVs and crossovers with more safety and entertainment features has driven growth; in particular, these models' surging adoption rates have created numerous growth oppo...

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• 3. Global Commercial Real Estate

  Revenue for 2025: $4329.8B

  The Global Commercial Real Estate industry has declined over the past five years. Specifically, investor confidence slightly declined over the same period as COVID-19 severely constricted demand. As a result, industry revenue is expected to slightly decline an annualized 2.5% to $4.3 trillion over the five years to 2023, including an anticipated increase of 1.6% in 2023 as the economy recovers from the coronavirus pandemic.

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• 4. Global Pension Funds

  Revenue for 2025: $4297.0B

  Pension funds, composed of defined benefit (DB) and defined contribution (DC) plans, have been the primary means for meeting the retirement requirements of an aging global population. Industry revenue consists of contributions, investment income, net sales of securities and more. Positive investment returns from equities have driven the growth of revenue despite volatility in financial markets. In addition, the significant hike in interest rates in the latter part of the period increased inte...

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• 5. Global Oil & Gas Exploration & Production

  Revenue for 2025: $4233.8B

  Global oil and gas production companies have gone through significant turbulence for most of the period. The pandemic and its accompanying lockdowns severely disrupted producers as revenue fell double digits and the industry's largest market, the transportation sector, was limited. This was quickly reversed as the economy opened and supply outpaced demand, causing prices to skyrocket. High prices, accompanied by swelling production, led to surging revenue. While prices eventually came back do...

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• 6. Global Car & Automobile Manufacturing

  Revenue for 2025: $2876.1B

  Global car and automobile manufacturers have faced numerous challenges over the past decade, given major exogenous shocks, shifting consumer preferences and supply chain disruptions. In particular, significant technological improvements, particularly regarding hybrid and electric vehicles, internal combustion engine fuel efficiency, infotainment development and autonomous driving capabilities, coupled with rising per capita disposable income, have spurred global demand from the growing global...

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• 7. Global Direct General Insurance Carriers

  Revenue for 2025: $2858.6B

  The Global Direct General Insurance Carriers industry has faced challenges over the past five years, with issues such as a soft insurance market, low interest rates at the onset of the period and numerous catastrophes affecting all operators in major markets. However, the rapid growth of emerging markets has slightly offset stagnating mature markets. An expanding middle class in countries like China has increased demand for insurance, limiting declines in industry revenue. Therefore, global d...

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• 8. Global Auto Parts & Accessories Manufacturing

  Revenue for 2025: $2721.2B

  Global auto parts and accessories manufacturers produce a wide range of necessary inputs ranging from braking and electronic systems to airbags and alternators for motor vehicle manufacturers and aftermarkets. Manufacturers displayed uneven growth through the current period, marked by the pandemic, rampant inflation and higher interest rates across much of the world. Conversely, pent-up demand for driving and rising disposable incomes, especially in emerging economies, have driven strong grow...

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• 9. Global Engineering Services

  Revenue for 2025: $1984.5B

  The Global Engineering Services industry has expanded alongside a recovery of markets worldwide, prompting new investment that has fueled projects across key markets including the United States, Europe and East Asia. The economic environment has enabled downstream industries to invest in ventures involving engineering services, with higher production levels in OECD countries translating to new facilities, factories and other structures. Despite ongoing inflationary pressures, public sector in...

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• 10. Global Wireless Telecommunications Carriers

  Revenue for 2025: $1862.7B

  Demand for Global Wireless Telecommunications Carriers has expanded due to greater mobile data use, supporting industry growth. More consumers are spending time online through various platforms for communication, entertainment, business and administrative tasks like online banking, and wireless telecommunication carriers have capitalized on this. The industry has also benefited from the rapid development of mobile device capability, primarily driven by smartphones' popularity and now smarter ...

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