Industry Clusters List

Industry clusters are groups of related industries located in one or more regions of the state. Empire State Development (ESD) has identified 13 major industry clusters, including manufacturing clusters, services clusters, and a few that are hybrids of both.

ESD uses industry clusters as a framework for understanding the state and regional economies, and guiding economic development policy and initiatives. ESD and its partners have employed cluster-based analysis in the development of business marketing, export promotion, workforce policy development, regional economic planning, and other activities.

Listed are links to profiles of New York State's industry clusters. Each profile provides a formal definition of the cluster, a summary of national and international market trends affecting the cluster, trends in New York cluster employment, and a summary of the cluster's presence in the state's economic development regions.