📉 GTIAS Risk Leaderboard

Market Obsolescence & Substitution Risk

Industries ranked by their vulnerability to demand evaporating or being permanently displaced by substitutes, based on the GTIAS Market Obsolescence & Substitution Risk attribute (MD01).

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

Ranked directly by the Market Obsolescence & Substitution Risk score (GTIAS MD01) — not a pillar average. Score out of 5.0 — higher indicates 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.