What is Thomson Reuters Business Classification (TRBC)?
Thomson Reuters Business Classification (TRBC) is a global industry classification system that is owned and operated by Thomson Reuters. Developed in 2003, TRBC is an independent, market oriented classification system designed to track and display the primary business of a corporation using Thomson Reuters proprietary data, methodology and standards. TRBC is available today to more than 200,000 Thomson Reuters users and is used daily by thousands of buy-side investors and sell side research providers. We classify approximately 71,500 unique companies in more than 130 different countries.