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Markets, industries & categories · Core

Vertical

Also called: industry vertical

ELI5

A market focused on one industry, such as legal or healthcare.

Used in conversation

“The product began in the legal vertical.”

Definition

A market organised around a specific industry or customer domain.

Here “Vertical” means: A market organised around a specific industry or customer domain.

Pitch context

You will see “Vertical” in strategy decks, market analyses, business plans and planning workshops when the discussion reaches markets, industries & categories.

Why it matters: It helps a reader interpret markets, industries & categories without confusing the measure, decision, role or evidence being discussed.

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Sources & evidence · 5

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.