List of companies that switched industries

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
 * Nintendo from playing cards to video games
 * Nokia from paper and cardboard products, to rubber tires, industrial rubber parts, raincoat and footwear, and then to mobile telephone 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