Industry benchmark · SIC 72

Scientific research and development

A benchmark view of the available 4-digit SIC sub-industries, activity, score and financial-health signals. Calculated 2 Jul 2026.

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Companies14.0K12.1K active
New this year9860 dissolved
Active share87%Active companies as a share of total
Avg insolvency risk28Benchmark average
Avg profitability score41Derived 0–100 cohort signal
Avg gross margin94.5%Benchmark average
Avg revenue growth-0.7%Benchmark average
Avg current ratio14.40Benchmark average

Sub-industry ranking

Largest sub-industries by active companies

Active company counts for the available 4-digit SIC sub-industries. The complete table below is the crawlable fallback.

Sub-industry benchmark rows
Sub-industryCompaniesActiveAvg score
Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering SIC 72190 · detailed benchmark14.8K13.4K65
Research and experimental development on biotechnology SIC 72110 · detailed benchmark6,9556,24166
Research and experimental development on social sciences and humanities SIC 72200 · detailed benchmark5,0144,48364
Research and experimental development on social sciences and humanities SIC 7220 · detailed benchmark257549
SIC 7260 SIC 7260208949
SIC 7222 SIC 722298549
SIC 7210 SIC 721058249
SIC 7250 SIC 725031049
SIC 7221 SIC 722116049
SIC 7240 SIC 724015251
SIC 7230 SIC 723010349