> ## Documentation Index
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> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# Industry Removed

> An industry was dropped from the company's list.

<CardGroup cols={3}>
  <Card title="Signal key" icon="code">
    `industry_removed`
  </Card>

  <Card title="Category" icon="category">
    Categorization
  </Card>

  <Card title="Source" icon="world">
    Company Professional Network page (industries array).
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

An industry was dropped from the company's list.

## When it fires

<Card title="Trigger condition" icon="bolt">
  An entry disappears from the `industries` array.
</Card>

## Stored fields

This signal persists the following metadata you can read downstream:

| Field           | Description                    |
| --------------- | ------------------------------ |
| `meta.industry` | The industry that was removed. |

## Magnitude

Moderate.

<Note>
  For the full bucket definitions used across percentage-based signals, see [Magnitude buckets](/buying-signals/concepts/magnitude-buckets).
</Note>

## Why it matters

Dropping an industry usually signals focus or a pivot away from a segment. Companies prune industries when they exit a market or sharpen their positioning, the stored industry tells you exactly what they're leaving behind.

## How to read it

<CardGroup cols={1}>
  <Card title="Focus or exit">
    Removing an industry means leaving or de-emphasizing it.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Sharper positioning">
    Pruning reflects a deliberate narrowing.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Read the industry">
    meta.industry shows the abandoned segment.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

## Outreach playbook

<Tip>
  Signals focus or exit. Useful context for understanding strategic narrowing.
</Tip>

## Related signals

<CardGroup cols={2}>
  <Card title="Industry Added" href="/buying-signals/signals/categorization/industry-added">
    A new industry was added to the company's list.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Industry Change" href="/buying-signals/signals/categorization/industry-change">
    The company's primary industry classification changed.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Specialties Count Decrease" href="/buying-signals/signals/categorization/specialties-count-decrease">
    The total number of specialties shrank notably.
  </Card>

  <Card title="Pivot Signal" href="/buying-signals/signals/composite/pivot-signal">
    A company fundamentally changed what it does.
  </Card>
</CardGroup>

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