List of companies that switched industries

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In rare cases, a company that started in one industry may, due to bankruptcy or a change in market conditions, re-emerge with the same name but in a completely different industry. The following companies are notable examples.

• Berkshire Hathaway from textile manufacturing to diversified holdings
• Coleco from leather supplies to electronics manufacturing
• Hudson's Bay Company from the fur trade to retail
• ITT Corporation from telecommunications to engineering and manufacturing
• Reading Company from rail transport to movie theaters
• Tandy Corporation from leather supplies to electronics retail
• WPP Group from manufacture of wire baskets to advertising
• Zapata Corporation from energy exploration to fish protein
• Nokia from paper & cardboard products to rubber (tyres, industrial rubber parts, raincoat & footwear) to Mobile Telephone Manufacturing.