🧬 GTIAS Risk Leaderboard

Innovation & Disruption Risk

Industries ranked by their exposure to R&D cost burden, legacy technology drag, and disruption from faster-moving substitutes based on GTIAS Innovation & Development Potential pillar scores.

25 Industries Ranked
422 Total Industries Scored
IN GTIAS Pillar
What this tells you

High-scoring industries carry heavy R&D or biological/technological volatility burdens, leaving them structurally exposed to disruption by faster-innovating competitors.

Top 25 — Innovation & Disruption Risk

Ranked by average score across the Innovation & Development Potential pillar. Score out of 5.0 — higher indicates greater structural risk exposure.

# ISIC Industry Risk Score
1 0321 Marine aquaculture
3.8/5
2 2021 Manufacture of pesticides and other agrochemical products
3.6/5
3 2100 Manufacture of pharmaceuticals, medicinal chemical and botanical products
3.6/5
4 0130 Plant propagation
3.4/5
5 2013 Manufacture of plastics and synthetic rubber in primary forms
3.4/5
6 2030 Manufacture of man-made fibres
3.4/5
7 8423 Public order and safety activities
3.4/5
8 0115 Growing of tobacco
3.2/5
9 0116 Growing of fibre crops
3.2/5
10 0121 Growing of grapes
3.2/5
11 0125 Growing of other tree and bush fruits and nuts
3.2/5
12 0129 Growing of other perennial crops
3.2/5
13 0141 Raising of cattle and buffaloes
3.2/5
14 0144 Raising of sheep and goats
3.2/5
15 0162 Support activities for animal production
3.2/5
16 1020 Processing and preserving of fish, crustaceans and molluscs
3.2/5
17 1030 Processing and preserving of fruit and vegetables
3.2/5
18 1062 Manufacture of starches and starch products
3.2/5
19 2023 Manufacture of soap and detergents, cleaning and polishing preparations, perfumes and toilet preparations
3.2/5
20 2029 Manufacture of other chemical products n.e.c.
3.2/5
21 2610 Manufacture of electronic components and boards
3.2/5
22 3830 Materials recovery
3.2/5
23 4653 Wholesale of agricultural machinery, equipment and supplies
3.2/5
24 5110 Passenger air transport
3.2/5
25 0052 Warehousing and support activities for transportation
3.2/5
Methodology

Rankings are computed by averaging GTIAS attribute scores within the Innovation & Development Potential pillar for each of 422 profiled industries. Scores range from 0–5 — higher indicates greater structural risk exposure. No editorial weighting is applied. Learn more about the GTIAS methodology.

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Every industry on this leaderboard has a complete GTIAS scorecard — 81 attributes, 11 pillars, risk scenarios, and strategic framework analyses.