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Global Industry Classification Standard

industry taxonomy
Thing Industry Classification Scheme Q2628939

Facts

6 properties
Instance of
industry classification scheme
Inception
1999[4]
Official website
www.msci.com[5]
Short name
GICS[8]
Operator
MSCI, S&P Dow Jones Indices[2][3]
Standards body
MSCI, S&P Global Ratings[6][7]
🏷️ Also known as
en GICS en Global Industry Classification Standard ar المعيار العالمي للقطاعات es Estándar de Clasificación de la Industria Global fa امور مالی مختلف fr GICS ja グローバル産業分類標準 ko 글로벌산업분류기준 ru Глобальный стандарт классификации отраслей ru ГСКО sv GICS uk GICS uk Global Industry Classification Standard uk Світовий стандарт класифікації промисловості zh 全球產業分類標準 zh 全球行業分類標準（GICS） zh 全球行業分類標準概述
🔖 Identifiers · 3
BARTOC ID
18630
Freebase ID
/m/06twxl
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
109286505

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🔗 Connections
Standards body 2
S&P Global Ratings, MSCI
Instance of 1
industry classification scheme
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Summary

Global Industry Classification Standard is an industry classification scheme[1].

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  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . msci.com. Retrieved . msci.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · Lemoncheddar · 2026-10-01 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Short name → GICS
    Official website → https://www.msci.com/indexes/index-resources/gics
    Operator → MSCI, S&P Dow Jones Indices
    "Created claim: Official website: https://www.msci.com/indexes/index-resources/gics, Sourced metadata correction; https://github.com/SteveHedden/open-knowledge-graphs/issues/200"
  2. 10w ago · Kippelboy · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Standards body → MSCI, S&P Global Ratings
    Inception → 1999
    Instance of → industry classification scheme
    "Created claim: Inception: 1999"
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