📉 GTIAS Risk Leaderboard

Market Obsolescence & Substitution Risk

Industries ranked by their vulnerability to demand evaporating or being permanently displaced by substitutes.

25 Industries Ranked

422 Total Industries Scored

MD01 GTIAS Attribute

What this tells you

High-scoring industries face a real risk of their market being abandoned entirely — through technological substitution, changing social norms, or structural decline — rather than merely cyclical softness.

Top 25 — Market Obsolescence & Substitution Risk

Top 25 of 422 profiled industries, ranked highest to lowest. Score out of 5.0 — higher means greater structural risk exposure.

#	ISIC	Industry	Risk Score
1	0510	Mining of hard coal	5/5
2	0520	Mining of lignite	5/5
3	1920	Manufacture of refined petroleum products	5/5
4	0115	Growing of tobacco	4/5
5	0141	Raising of cattle and buffaloes	4/5
6	0220	Logging	4/5
7	0610	Extraction of crude petroleum	4/5
8	0892	Extraction of peat	4/5
9	1073	Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery	4/5
10	1075	Manufacture of prepared meals and dishes	4/5
11	1102	Manufacture of wines	4/5
12	1311	Preparation and spinning of textile fibres	4/5
13	1393	Manufacture of carpets and rugs	4/5
14	1420	Manufacture of articles of fur	4/5
15	1629	Manufacture of other products of wood; manufacture of articles of cork, straw and plaiting materials	4/5
16	1701	Manufacture of pulp, paper and paperboard	4/5
17	1709	Manufacture of other articles of paper and paperboard	4/5
18	1811	Printing	4/5
19	1820	Reproduction of recorded media	4/5
20	1910	Manufacture of coke oven products	4/5
21	2021	Manufacture of pesticides and other agrochemical products	4/5
22	2030	Manufacture of man-made fibres	4/5
23	2393	Manufacture of other porcelain and ceramic products	4/5
24	2394	Manufacture of cement, lime and plaster	4/5
25	2513	Manufacture of steam generators, except central heating hot water boilers	4/5

Methodology

Rankings reflect the MD01 — Market Obsolescence & Substitution Risk score directly for each of 422 profiled industries that have an assessed score for this attribute — not a pillar average. Scores range from 0–5 — higher indicates greater structural risk exposure. No editorial weighting is applied. Learn more about the GTIAS methodology.