Industry Report

Report

Industry report.

A global summary of directory sectors and ordinary annual needs, with links back into the live directory.

Industries

Industry rankings.

Each row groups scored listings by Directory industry and shows the best available score, mean score, median score, and count.

41industries
2011scored listings
Highest listing
Advertising BQUALIFIED47 tentative score The Ethical Move 25.4 12 5
Aid AGOOD65 tentative score RAINN 52.6 57 25
Benefits AGOOD55 tentative score Opolis 32.5 27 13
Books AGOOD60 tentative score Books to Prisoners Seattle 60.0 60 1
Civic Services AGOOD61 tentative score Casa Latina 57.2 56.5 6
Clothing AGOOD58 tentative score Blue Tin Production 18.0 11 9
Cooperatives AGOOD59 tentative score Arizmendi Association of Cooperatives 57.0 57 2
Data FMALIGNANT-2 tentative score ID.me -2.0 -2 1
Defense DEXTRACTIVE2 tentative score SpaceX -21.2 -25 4
Education AGOOD57 tentative score Khan Academy 30.8 29 13
Employment AGOOD56 tentative score Ventures 10.4 6 11
Energy AGOOD53 tentative score Namaste Solar -15.0 -42.5 6
Entertainment AGOOD63 tentative score Motion Twin 24.1 22 85
Environment AGOOD62 tentative score Earthjustice 34.2 50 22
Finance AGOOD55 tentative score Self-Help Credit Union 19.3 7 73
Food AGOOD61 tentative score Three Stone Hearth 31.2 41 226
Gardening AGOOD61 tentative score Fedco Seeds 36.7 39 21
Government AGOOD51 tentative score Republic of Finland -19.5 -19 11
Health AGOOD66 tentative score Patient Advocate Foundation 14.6 9 38
Historical AGOOD62 tentative score Danish Civil Resistance @ 1943 -41.4 -70 25
Housing AGOOD59 tentative score ROC USA 14.1 9 10
Insurance AGOOD51 tentative score Co-operative Insurance Companies 21.8 18 65
Internet AGOOD65 tentative score EveryoneOn 15.9 -1 17
Legal AGOOD66 tentative score LawHelp.org 60.1 61 10
Manufacturing AGOOD58 tentative score Isthmus Engineering 7.9 4 25
Mental Health AGOOD66 tentative score Wildflower Alliance Afiya Peer Respite 52.3 60 56
Mobility AGOOD57 tentative score Bike Works Seattle 14.7 8.5 38
News AGOOD56 tentative score Street Roots 19.7 17.5 40
Open Source AGOOD66 tentative score Mastodon 55.8 62 17
Platforms AGOOD59 tentative score Matrix.org Foundation 6.8 2 16
Publishing AGOOD60 tentative score Bookshare / Benetech 31.4 32 79
Religion AGOOD60 tentative score Friends General Conference 20.6 14 19
Repair AGOOD57 tentative score The Freecycle Network 47.1 47 855
Retail BQUALIFIED47 tentative score John Lewis Partnership 15.0 11.5 66
Services AGOOD66 tentative score CoopCycle 35.1 44.5 18
Software DEXTRACTIVE22 tentative score Basecamp 3.9 7.5 8
Tax AGOOD59 tentative score VITA / TCE Free Tax Preparation 26.2 23 6
Travel AGOOD53 tentative score Hostelling International USA 21.0 22 11
Universities AGOOD54 tentative score Berea College 32.3 34 27
Utilities AGOOD50 tentative score SMUD 13.3 4.5 10
Watchdogs AGOOD58 tentative score GiveWell 36.5 38 21

Annual Needs

Goods and services ordinary people need in a year.

Each section uses manually assigned company tags, then shows every current A/B products-and-services listing with those tags. Options are sorted by score, then confidence, thoroughness, and name.

Food and groceries

Staple food, groceries, produce, coffee, bread, and basic pantry goods.

100 matches View in Directory

Rule: A/B; products and services; current listings; tags: food-grocery, food-access, prepared-meals, bakery, staple-food, coffee-tea
Show all 100 options

Personal care and cleaning

Soap, hygiene, household cleaners, bulk natural products, and low-toxicity everyday supplies.

14 matches View in Directory

Rule: A/B; products and services; current listings; tags: household-supplies, personal-care, cleaning-supplies
Show all 14 options

Medicine and health care

Generic medicines, pharmacy access, affordable therapy, and health infrastructure.

11 matches View in Directory

Rule: A/B; products and services; current listings; tags: medicine, pharmacy, clinic, patient-aid
Show all 11 options

Mental health and crisis support

Non-coercive mental-health support, peer respite, affordable therapy, and alternatives to psychiatric confinement.

20 matches View in Directory

Rule: A/B; products and services; current listings; tags: therapy, crisis-support, peer-respite, analyst-directory
Show all 20 options

Housing and shelter

Affordable housing, resident ownership, land trusts, and protection from speculative extraction.

3 matches View in Directory

Rule: A/B; products and services; current listings; tags: affordable-housing, resident-owned-housing, shelter-services

Power and utilities

Electric service, solar, household energy transition, and publicly accountable utility infrastructure.

5 matches View in Directory

Rule: A/B; products and services; current listings; tags: electric-utility, solar, energy-transition
Show all 5 options

Internet and communications

Broadband, messaging, maps, privacy-preserving communications, and open communications infrastructure.

15 matches View in Directory

Rule: A/B; products and services; current listings; tags: broadband, digital-inclusion, messaging, maps, privacy-tool
Show all 15 options

Banking and money

Checking, savings, credit, community development banking, and lower-extraction financial infrastructure.

28 matches View in Directory

Rule: A/B; products and services; current listings; tags: credit-union, community-bank, credit-counseling, student-loan-help, credit-report
Show all 28 options

Insurance and risk protection

Auto, home, life, health, pet, and household risk protection where mutual or member alignment is available.

7 matches View in Directory

Rule: A/B; products and services; current listings; tags: mutual-insurance, health-insurance, property-insurance
Show all 7 options

Transportation and mobility

Local transportation, rail, bicycle access, driver-owned rides, and lower-car-dependence options.

11 matches View in Directory

Rule: A/B; products and services; current listings; tags: rail, bicycle, taxi-rideshare, mobility-access
Show all 11 options

Repair and home maintenance

Tools, hardware, repair instructions, replacement parts, gardening supplies, and home upkeep.

22 matches View in Directory

Rule: A/B; products and services; current listings; tags: hardware, repair-tools, garden-supplies, seeds, greenhouse, tool-library, furniture-reuse
Show all 22 options

Education and learning

School support, self-study, free learning tools, colleges, and public educational infrastructure.

17 matches View in Directory

Rule: A/B; products and services; current listings; tags: education-platform, college-access, childcare, youth-program, library-learning
Show all 17 options

News and information

Investigative reporting, local/public-interest news, reliable reference, and non-extractive information access.

10 matches View in Directory

Rule: A/B; products and services; current listings; tags: news, investigative-reporting, reference, public-information
Show all 10 options

Books and publishing

Books, libraries, independent publishing, author tools, and public-interest publishing infrastructure.

22 matches View in Directory

Rule: A/B; products and services; current listings; tags: books, bookstore, library, author-tools, publishing-tools
Show all 22 options

Software and digital tools

Operating systems, creative tools, privacy tools, maps, and core digital infrastructure.

18 matches View in Directory

Rule: A/B; products and services; current listings; tags: open-source-software, privacy-software, operating-system, digital-tool, creative-software, maps
Show all 18 options

Children, family, and play

Children's learning, toys, games, and family entertainment.

20 matches View in Directory

Rule: A/B; products and services; current listings; tags: toys, games, childcare, youth-program, family-child
Show all 20 options

Travel and lodging

Hostels, hotels, rail travel, and lower-extraction travel services.

4 matches View in Directory

Rule: A/B; products and services; current listings; tags: travel, lodging, rail
Show all 4 options