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Signal key

industry_change

Category

Categorization

Source

Company Professional Network page (primary industry field).
The company’s primary industry classification changed.

When it fires

Trigger condition

industry_primary value changes between snapshots.

Magnitude

High, reclassifying the core industry is significant.
For the full bucket definitions used across percentage-based signals, see Magnitude buckets.

Why it matters

A company reclassifying itself is rethinking its core market. Primary industry is fundamental, when it changes, the company has genuinely shifted what business it’s in, a strong pivot indicator that feeds pivot_signal.

How to read it

Core shift

Primary industry is foundational; a change is a real pivot.

New market

The company now competes and buys in a different space.

Composite input

Part of pivot_signal.

Outreach playbook

Strong pivot indicator. Re-qualify the account against the new industry.

Industry Added

A new industry was added to the company’s list.

Industry Removed

An industry was dropped from the company’s list.

Pivot Signal

A company fundamentally changed what it does.

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