Displaced Industries: Sectors That Departed the Top 10 (1920s–2020s)
Secular Industry Eclipse in Top 10 — The rise and fall of industrial sectors within the top 10: from railroads and oil trusts to consumer goods and modern tech.
The plate
Examining industry rotation out of the Top 10: railroads, tobacco, photography, and traditional retail once held multiple seats and now hold none. Details the final appearance of each industry's leading representative.
What this page answers
This static page is built to answer searches for TOP 10 · SECTOR × LAST DECADE. It summarizes the live dataset behind the Displaced Industries: Sectors That Departed the Top 10 (1920s–2020s) panel and links to the full interactive chart.
Examining industry rotation out of the Top 10: railroads, tobacco, photography, and traditional retail once held multiple seats and now hold none. Details the final appearance of each industry's leading representative. The data is refreshed by the History of Market pipeline and published as a stable JSON endpoint for research, citation, and AI-agent use.
Data & Source
Exchange closing prices · Company filings · Robert Shiller · FRED · NBER.
FAQ
Where does this data come from?
History of Market combines public market and macro datasets — exchange closing prices, company filings, Robert Shiller, FRED, NBER, and the UBS Global Investment Returns Yearbook (Dimson–Marsh–Staunton). The exact endpoint for this panel is linked below.
How often is it updated?
Daily-tier datasets refresh after the U.S. market close, with a broader weekly refresh on Sunday. The timestamp shown on this page comes from the JSON payload.
Can I use the data?
Yes, for research and education with attribution to History of Market. Upstream data sources retain their own terms.