Essential Markets That May Present New Opportunities

​During this time, these essential markets may present new opportunities for your business. We put together this list and hope that it can serve as a guide in your prospecting efforts as we all navigate this uncertain, ever changing situation. 

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Health Care Operations

• Hospitals
• Walk-in-care health clinics
• Doctor and emergency dental
• Senior/elder care, nursing homes, home care aides
• Licensed mental health providers
• Licensed substance abuse treatment providers
• Research and laboratory services
• Emergency veterinary, livestock services
• Medical supplies and equipment manufacturers and providers
• Medical billing support personnel

Infrastructure

• Public and private utilities including but not limited to power generation, fuel supply, water and sewer transmission
• Telecommunications and data centers
• Airports/airlines
• Commercial shipping vessels/ports and seaports
• Transportation infrastructure such as bus, rail, for-hire vehicles, garages
• Hotels, and places of accommodation

Manufacturing

• Food processing, manufacturing agents, including all foods and beverages
• Food-producing agriculture/farms
• Chemicals
• Medical equipment/instruments
• Pharmaceuticals
• Sanitary products including personal care products regulated by the FDA
• Household paper products
• Telecommunications
• Microelectronics/semi-conductor
• Defense industry and the transportation infrastructure

Retail

• Grocery stores including all food and beverage stores
• Pharmacies
• Convenience stores
• Farmer’s markets
• Gas stations
• Restaurants/bars (but only for take-out/delivery)
• Hardware, appliance and building material stores
• Pet food

Services

• Trash and recycling collection, processing and disposal
• Mail and shipping services
• Laundromats and other clothing/fabric cleaning
• Building cleaning and maintenance
• Child care services
• Bicycle repair
• Auto repair
• Automotive sales conducted remotely or electronically, with in-person vehicle return and delivery by appointment only
• Warehouse/distribution and fulfillment
• Funeral homes, crematoriums and cemeteries
• Storage for essential businesses
• Maintenance for the infrastructure of the facility or to maintain or safeguard materials or products therein
• Animal shelters/ and animal care

​News Media

• Print and Digital

Financial Institutions

• Banks or lending institution
• Insurance
• Payroll
• Accounting
• Services related to financial markets

Providers of basic necessities to economically
disadvantaged populations

• Homeless shelters and congregate care facilities
• Food banks
• Human services providers whose function includes the direct care of patients in state-licensed or funded voluntary programs; the care, protection, custody and oversight of individuals both in the community and in state-licensed residential facilities; those operating community shelters and other critical human services agencies providing direct care or support

Defense

• Defense and national security-related operations supporting the U.S. Government or a contractor to the US government

Construction

• All non-essential construction must shut down except emergency construction, (e.g. a project necessary to protect health and safety of the occupants, or to continue a project if it would be unsafe to allow to remain undone until it is safe to shut the site).
• Essential construction may continue and includes roads, bridges, transit facilities, utilities, hospitals or health care facilities, affordable housing, and homeless shelters. At every site, if essential or emergency non-essential construction, this includes maintaining social distance, including for purposes of elevators/meals/entry and exit.
• Sites that cannot maintain distance and safety best practices must close and enforcement will be provided by the state in coordination with the city/ local governments.
• For purposes of this section construction work does not include a single worker, who is the sole employee/worker on a job site.

Services necessary to maintain the safety,
sanitation and essential operations of
residences or other businesses including

• Law enforcement, including corrections and community supervision
• Fire prevention and response
• Building code enforcement
• Security
• Emergency management and response, EMS and 911 dispatch
• Building cleaners or janitors
• General maintenance whether employed by the entity directly or a vendor
• Automotive repair
• Disinfection
• Residential moving services

Vendors that provide essential services or
products, including logistics and technology
support, child care and services including but
not limited to:

• Logistics
• Technology support for online services
• Child care programs and services
• Government owned or leased buildings
• Essential government services
• Any personnel necessary for on-line or distance learning or classes delivered via remote means