Collocations for industry - noun

booming, growing, thriving
one of the fastest-growing industries in the world

important, key, major
declining
high-tech, modern, sunrise (BrE)
sunset (BrE), traditional
cottage
Weaving and knitting are traditional cottage industries.

domestic, local
global
the global textile industry

private, privatized
nationalized, state-owned, state-run
heavy
light
strategic
strategic industries such as the extraction of oil and natural gas

manufacturing, service
the shift away from manufacturing to service industry

primary, secondary, tertiary
labour-intensive/labor-intensive
building, construction
engineering (esp. BrE)
shipbuilding
chemical, coal, electrical (esp. AmE), electricity (esp. BrE), energy, gas, mining, nuclear, oil, steel
agricultural, fishing, food, timber
pharmaceutical
health-care, medical (esp. AmE)
biotech
auto (AmE), automobile (AmE), automotive, car (esp. BrE), motor
computer, electronics
telecom (esp. AmE), telecommunications, telecoms (esp. BrE)
fashion, textile
advertising
insurance
entertainment, film (esp. BrE), movie (esp. AmE), music, record, recording
tourism, tourist
catering, hospitality, leisure (all esp. BrE)
hotel
banking, financial
aerospace, airline, aviation
publishing
tobacco

benefit, develop, encourage, help, stimulate, support
The government decided to encourage industries based on biotechnology.
government measures to stimulate new industry

run down (BrE)
Running down the nuclear industry will result in heavy job losses.

damage, hurt
They claim that a commercial port would damage the local tourist industry.

cripple, destroy, devastate
nationalize
privatize
deregulate, regulate
protect
trade barriers erected to protect domestic industry

subsidize
The state's timber industry is heavily subsidized.

interfere in, interfere with
The government has interfered in industry, with disastrous results, by attempting to alter economic trends.

be involved in, be involved with
More than 140 000 people are directly involved in the industry.

revolutionize, transform
enter, go into
students training to enter the banking industry
She decided to leave teaching and go into industry.

boom, develop, expand, grow, grow up, spring up
New light industries are constantly springing up.
The tourist industry is still expanding rapidly.

decline, struggle
When the oil ran out, other industries associated with it closed down.

experience sth, face sth
industries which are experiencing substantial growth
The industry is facing major challenges.

produce sth

executive, leader
expert, insider
analyst, observer
standard
They hope that the disk drive will become an industry standard.

in industry, within industry
In the computer industry, change comes about very rapidly.

a captain of industry, commerce and industry
The banks lend money to commerce and industry.

regulation of (an) industry
proposals for regulation of the water industry

the revival of (an) industry
the revival of the British film industry

a sector of industry
industry and trade (esp. AmE), trade and industry
the Department of Trade and Industry (in the UK)