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Sector Filter FAQ
Updated over a week ago

Refine your benchmark scoping by filtering specific sectors or excluding the ones that are not relevant to your comparison.

We've gathered some questions we thought you might ask:

How has Compete determined the sector of my company?

The sector taxonomy evaluation was based on the following criteria:

  • Primary functionality of the company

  • Core technologies

  • The expertise required by the company’s employees

How can I update my company’s sector?

There are two ways in which admin users can update the sector of the company (along with its global headcount and funding stage):

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2. By clicking the "Your company details" link at the top of the benchmark filters section.

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I can’t find the sector I’m looking for in the benchmark filters. What can I do?

In this case, you can select “Other”. Other aggregates many other sectors of the tech industry.

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How can I exclude a specific sector from the benchmark?

You can exclude a specific sector by selecting all the other sectors except the one you want to exclude. For example:

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