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title: "Space Economy Market Segmentation Taxonomies – General"
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# Space Economy Market Segmentation Taxonomies – General

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Research organizations reporting on the space economy or a specific market segment, will generally use the following common segmentations:

- Type of Client/Customer (granularity under top levels vary between reports)
  - Commercial
    - (Specific types of commercial customers are sometimes listed, e.g. satellite operators)
  - Consumer
  - Civil Government
    - (Specific government departments/agencies are sometimes listed)
  - Defense Government
    - (Specific government departments/agencies are sometimes listed)
- Geographical Region (granularity and groupings vary subtly between reports)
  - Americas
    - North America
    - South America
    - Caribbean
  - Europe Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
    - Europe
      - European Union
      - Non-European Union
    - Middle East and Africa
  - Asia and Pacific
- Technology
  - (technology types used depends upon the particular industry/market)
- Applications / Vertical Markets
  - (Applications, names and scope vary between reports)
- Value Chain
  - ([Value chain](https://newspaceeconomy.ca/2023/01/19/what-is-the-value-chain-of-the-space-economy-a-quick-overview/) segments, names and scope vary between reports)