Goodwill Statistics by Sector (US)Data Used: Multiple data services
Date of Analysis: Data used is as of January 2025
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| Industry Name | Number of Firms | Goodwill (in $ millions) | Change in Goodwill in last year | Goodwill as % of Total Assets | Impairment of Goodwill in LTM in $ millioins | Impairment as % of Goodwill |
| Advertising | 54 | $ 22,223.69 | $ 228.64 | 29.84% | $ 899.86 | 4.05% |
| Aerospace/Defense | 67 | $ 176,434.53 | $ 471.33 | 23.01% | $ 533.00 | 0.30% |
| Air Transport | 24 | $ 22,546.64 | $ 2,656.60 | 7.14% | $ 60.00 | 0.27% |
| Apparel | 37 | $ 7,122.84 | $ (1,793.67) | 9.44% | $ 758.23 | 10.65% |
| Auto & Truck | 34 | $ 2,609.94 | $ (101.97) | 0.35% | $ 129.08 | 4.95% |
| Auto Parts | 33 | $ 9,715.19 | $ 697.89 | 12.16% | $ 22.10 | 0.23% |
| Bank (Money Center) | 15 | $ 198,752.00 | $ 124.94 | 1.43% | $ - | 0.00% |
| Banks (Regional) | 591 | $ 111,932.25 | $ (15,333.57) | 2.24% | $ 9,215.18 | 8.23% |
| Beverage (Alcoholic) | 18 | $ 12,937.62 | $ (2,265.30) | 21.12% | $ 2,250.00 | 17.39% |
| Beverage (Soft) | 29 | $ 58,908.69 | $ 1,132.10 | 20.98% | $ 0.30 | 0.00% |
| Broadcasting | 22 | $ 28,834.00 | $ (6,931.28) | 23.10% | $ 1,547.08 | 5.37% |
| Brokerage & Investment Banking | 30 | $ 45,887.92 | $ 327.43 | 1.17% | $ 53.10 | 0.12% |
| Building Materials | 39 | $ 40,130.81 | $ 8,471.43 | 27.90% | $ 63.40 | 0.16% |
| Business & Consumer Services | 152 | $ 97,056.96 | $ 4,235.82 | 27.36% | $ 1,066.00 | 1.10% |
| Cable TV | 9 | $ 112,088.20 | $ 10,448.70 | 20.00% | $ 920.60 | 0.82% |
| Chemical (Basic) | 31 | $ 14,960.50 | $ 86.75 | 10.09% | $ 0.65 | 0.00% |
| Chemical (Diversified) | 4 | $ 689.00 | $ (52.00) | 4.31% | $ 56.00 | 8.13% |
| Chemical (Specialty) | 60 | $ 92,582.09 | $ (3,194.31) | 23.25% | $ 4,062.78 | 4.39% |
| Coal & Related Energy | 16 | $ - | $ - | 0.00% | $ - | NA |
| Computer Services | 63 | $ 92,127.96 | $ 3,439.29 | 29.47% | $ 158.45 | 0.17% |
| Computers/Peripherals | 35 | $ 61,603.74 | $ (1,386.22) | 9.85% | $ 1,070.00 | 1.74% |
| Construction Supplies | 46 | $ 31,870.89 | $ 1,048.66 | 11.65% | $ 164.40 | 0.52% |
| Diversified | 21 | $ 119,367.60 | $ (4,865.02) | 9.14% | $ 103.13 | 0.09% |
| Drugs (Biotechnology) | 535 | $ 76,180.17 | $ 5,998.58 | 13.50% | $ 1,762.98 | 2.31% |
| Drugs (Pharmaceutical) | 231 | $ 188,516.78 | $ 26,017.18 | 22.23% | $ 1,155.93 | 0.61% |
| Education | 29 | $ 8,068.21 | $ 595.72 | 25.34% | $ 642.91 | 7.97% |
| Electrical Equipment | 101 | $ 55,814.08 | $ 8,746.19 | 24.57% | $ 1,722.18 | 3.09% |
| Electronics (Consumer & Office) | 11 | $ 302.95 | $ 11.75 | 12.60% | $ - | 0.00% |
| Electronics (General) | 122 | $ 49,238.10 | $ 3,014.03 | 24.11% | $ 120.02 | 0.24% |
| Engineering/Construction | 42 | $ 22,354.23 | $ 3,169.59 | 19.12% | $ 222.03 | 0.99% |
| Entertainment | 96 | $ 142,428.18 | $ (14,531.12) | 28.21% | $ 12,605.90 | 8.85% |
| Environmental & Waste Services | 50 | $ 40,019.10 | $ 1,925.95 | 37.52% | $ 177.55 | 0.44% |
| Farming/Agriculture | 35 | $ 10,994.85 | $ 2,044.00 | 4.83% | $ 162.32 | 1.48% |
| Financial Svcs. (Non-bank & Insurance) | 166 | $ 292,334.86 | $ 8,022.34 | 2.40% | $ 630.64 | 0.22% |
| Food Processing | 77 | $ 131,564.65 | $ 1,608.87 | 31.52% | $ 2,275.20 | 1.73% |
| Food Wholesalers | 14 | $ 14,389.86 | $ 855.30 | 20.30% | $ - | 0.00% |
| Furn/Home Furnishings | 28 | $ 9,268.78 | $ (632.49) | 16.74% | $ 1,584.22 | 17.09% |
| Green & Renewable Energy | 18 | $ 885.36 | $ (55.74) | 1.12% | $ 42.00 | 4.74% |
| Healthcare Products | 218 | $ 157,219.87 | $ 4,369.71 | 31.80% | $ 3,626.60 | 2.31% |
| Healthcare Support Services | 113 | $ 369,565.11 | $ 4,447.50 | 28.54% | $ 2,671.46 | 0.72% |
| Heathcare Information and Technology | 116 | $ 147,360.62 | $ 3,719.17 | 42.02% | $ 5,137.28 | 3.49% |
| Homebuilding | 30 | $ 8,118.51 | $ 486.23 | 4.53% | $ - | 0.00% |
| Hospitals/Healthcare Facilities | 33 | $ 33,349.38 | $ 3,001.71 | 19.56% | $ 17.50 | 0.05% |
| Hotel/Gaming | 65 | $ 68,295.89 | $ 401.98 | 15.08% | $ 191.14 | 0.28% |
| Household Products | 101 | $ 75,489.82 | $ 974.50 | 26.61% | $ 492.56 | 0.65% |
| Information Services | 16 | $ 22,979.50 | $ 2,566.00 | 42.09% | $ 0.34 | 0.00% |
| Insurance (General) | 22 | $ 45,633.19 | $ 6,814.75 | 13.83% | $ 23.63 | 0.05% |
| Insurance (Life) | 19 | $ 14,917.50 | $ 364.50 | 0.52% | $ 177.00 | 1.19% |
| Insurance (Prop/Cas.) | 53 | $ 26,334.46 | $ 780.75 | 2.48% | $ (19.24) | -0.07% |
| Investments & Asset Management | 231 | $ 84,180.39 | $ 179.18 | 4.42% | $ 1,024.50 | 1.22% |
| Machinery | 109 | $ 94,389.76 | $ 6,577.00 | 33.73% | $ 828.10 | 0.88% |
| Metals & Mining | 64 | $ 525.60 | $ (83.10) | 0.52% | $ 1.05 | 0.20% |
| Office Equipment & Services | 14 | $ 2,712.79 | $ (1,680.10) | 14.36% | $ 543.13 | 20.02% |
| Oil/Gas (Integrated) | 4 | $ 4,722.00 | $ - | 0.58% | $ - | 0.00% |
| Oil/Gas (Production and Exploration) | 147 | $ 7,634.89 | $ 1,840.59 | 1.30% | $ 885.20 | 11.59% |
| Oil/Gas Distribution | 24 | $ 26,506.94 | $ (492.00) | 8.82% | $ - | 0.00% |
| Oilfield Svcs/Equip. | 97 | $ 43,554.49 | $ 2,695.63 | 9.34% | $ 231.00 | 0.53% |
| Packaging & Container | 22 | $ 34,363.96 | $ 264.08 | 21.91% | $ 467.00 | 1.36% |
| Paper/Forest Products | 6 | $ 191.30 | $ 38.30 | 2.41% | $ - | 0.00% |
| Power | 48 | $ 69,069.88 | $ 558.10 | 4.12% | $ 324.20 | 0.47% |
| Precious Metals | 60 | $ 2,726.41 | $ 700.20 | 3.36% | $ 1,809.80 | 66.38% |
| Publishing & Newspapers | 19 | $ 10,061.50 | $ 216.10 | 30.25% | $ 112.80 | 1.12% |
| R.E.I.T. | 192 | $ 48,465.13 | $ 2,429.44 | 2.87% | $ 997.42 | 2.06% |
| Real Estate (Development) | 15 | $ 12.91 | $ (9.76) | 0.09% | $ 0.35 | 2.74% |
| Real Estate (General/Diversified) | 11 | $ 121.40 | $ 69.94 | 1.87% | $ - | 0.00% |
| Real Estate (Operations & Services) | 60 | $ 20,040.33 | $ 1,418.44 | 21.31% | $ 43.60 | 0.22% |
| Recreation | 50 | $ 16,665.35 | $ 1,214.60 | 19.56% | $ 1,510.50 | 9.06% |
| Reinsurance | 1 | $ - | $ - | 0.00% | $ - | NA |
| Restaurant/Dining | 62 | $ 20,908.11 | $ 884.65 | 11.15% | $ 186.53 | 0.89% |
| Retail (Automotive) | 29 | $ 15,605.80 | $ 1,023.10 | 8.57% | $ 183.10 | 1.17% |
| Retail (Building Supply) | 13 | $ 19,992.89 | $ 11,481.73 | 12.21% | $ - | 0.00% |
| Retail (Distributors) | 66 | $ 34,444.59 | $ 3,086.97 | 14.40% | $ 1.08 | 0.00% |
| Retail (General) | 24 | $ 67,374.70 | $ (1,037.78) | 5.87% | $ 1,424.60 | 2.11% |
| Retail (Grocery and Food) | 17 | $ 6,109.81 | $ (169.91) | 5.37% | $ 12.20 | 0.20% |
| Retail (REITs) | 28 | $ 5,128.00 | $ 1,200.30 | 2.26% | $ (13.60) | -0.27% |
| Retail (Special Lines) | 98 | $ 24,783.37 | $ (12,721.04) | 8.66% | $ 12,944.00 | 52.23% |
| Rubber& Tires | 3 | $ 766.74 | $ (248.29) | 3.40% | $ 230.00 | 30.00% |
| Semiconductor | 63 | $ 225,059.36 | $ 51,957.34 | 26.01% | $ 3,743.70 | 1.66% |
| Semiconductor Equip | 30 | $ 16,258.00 | $ (195.50) | 13.90% | $ 485.37 | 2.99% |
| Shipbuilding & Marine | 8 | $ 769.61 | $ - | 6.34% | $ 0.91 | 0.12% |
| Shoe | 12 | $ 1,725.60 | $ (64.30) | 2.94% | $ - | 0.00% |
| Software (Entertainment) | 81 | $ 72,986.16 | $ 3,657.52 | 9.69% | $ 296.79 | 0.41% |
| Software (Internet) | 29 | $ 20,609.09 | $ (66.30) | 32.49% | $ 714.90 | 3.47% |
| Software (System & Application) | 333 | $ 373,945.29 | $ 57,924.09 | 30.34% | $ 1,607.62 | 0.43% |
| Steel | 27 | $ 9,995.40 | $ 90.60 | 7.54% | $ 355.00 | 3.55% |
| Telecom (Wireless) | 11 | $ 13,559.59 | $ 362.70 | 5.69% | $ 632.70 | 4.67% |
| Telecom. Equipment | 61 | $ 78,306.25 | $ 19,028.22 | 35.85% | $ 1,113.90 | 1.42% |
| Telecom. Services | 32 | $ 88,902.80 | $ (11,968.65) | 10.54% | $ 12,252.70 | 13.78% |
| Tobacco | 12 | $ 24,441.79 | $ 791.21 | 22.93% | $ 0.36 | 0.00% |
| Transportation | 21 | $ 28,441.63 | $ 1,554.50 | 9.64% | $ 1,121.30 | 3.94% |
| Transportation (Railroads) | 4 | $ 275.40 | $ - | 0.18% | $ - | 0.00% |
| Trucking | 24 | $ 9,155.70 | $ 848.50 | 9.27% | $ 3.47 | 0.04% |
| Utility (General) | 14 | $ 18,748.20 | $ (217.00) | 3.18% | $ - | 0.00% |
| Utility (Water) | 15 | $ 4,186.20 | $ 5.73 | 6.46% | $ - | 0.00% |
| Total Market | 6062 | $ 5,020,432.11 | $ 215,308.21 | 7.22% | $ 104,630.77 | 2.08% |
| Total Market (without financials) | 4935 | $ 4,200,459.55 | $ 214,027.89 | 14.81% | $ 93,525.96 | 2.23% |
Last updated in January 2025
By Aswath Damodaran