# Editing the Industry field **URL:** \ **Category:** Account & Settings\ **Tags:** crm, account-settings\ **Created:** [August 10, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/editing-the-industry-field/3000 "2017-08-10T19:20:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 16\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kwelch](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/kwelch/32/28756_2.png) [@kwelch](https://community.hubspot.com/u/kwelch)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2017, 7:20pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/editing-the-industry-field/3000/1 "2017-08-10T19:20:05Z")
Wondering of your able to edit the Industry under companies to better? Many listed aren’t needed / used for my company.. ---
**Author:** ![edjusten](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/edjusten/32/14475_2.png) [@edjusten](https://community.hubspot.com/u/edjusten)\ **Post date:** [August 13, 2017, 2:53am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/editing-the-industry-field/3000/2 "2017-08-13T02:53:50Z")
HI @kwelch The industry property could be set up a number of ways in your portal. There may be a picklist previously uploaded or synced from Salesforce, or the field may be a single line text field. In either case, [you can edit properties in HubSpot by following the instruction in this HubSpot Academy resourse](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/articles/kcs_article/contacts/how-do-i-edit-properties-in-hubspot). To do so, however, you will need the correct permissions. Find out more about [HubSpot User Permissions](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/articles/kcs_article/settings/hubspot-user-roles-guide) here. Ed ---
**Author:** ![system](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/system/32/124_2.png) [@system](https://community.hubspot.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2017, 12:26pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/editing-the-industry-field/3000/3 "2017-11-01T12:26:21Z")
If you go to the History button next to the industry dropdown tab, then click on the Edit Property tab on the pop up screen you can add new industries. I can’t find a way of deleting unnecessary ones however! ---
**Author:** ![AlvaroRodrigues](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/alvarorodrigues/32/38114_2.png) [@AlvaroRodrigues](https://community.hubspot.com/u/AlvaroRodrigues)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2018, 2:12pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/editing-the-industry-field/3000/4 "2018-01-21T14:12:59Z")
I also can not delete or edit pre-existing items. Is there any way? Translated by Google Translate ---
**Author:** ![edjusten](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/edjusten/32/14475_2.png) [@edjusten](https://community.hubspot.com/u/edjusten)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 11:03pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/editing-the-industry-field/3000/5 "2018-01-22T23:03:58Z")
Hi @AlvaroRodrigues . This HubSpot Academy resource explains [how to create a new property](https://knowledge.hubspot.com/articles/kcs_article/contacts/how-can-i-create-a-custom-property). You can use the same path to edit a property. Thank you, Ed Justen ---
**Author:** ![AlvaroRodrigues](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/alvarorodrigues/32/38114_2.png) [@AlvaroRodrigues](https://community.hubspot.com/u/AlvaroRodrigues)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2018, 11:07pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/editing-the-industry-field/3000/6 "2018-01-22T23:07:56Z")
Hi edjusten, Industry property options are disabled for editing. You can only add new options, but do not edit existing ones. Translated by Google Translate. ---
**Author:** ![edjusten](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/edjusten/32/14475_2.png) [@edjusten](https://community.hubspot.com/u/edjusten)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 3:21pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/editing-the-industry-field/3000/7 "2018-01-23T15:21:20Z")
Hi @AlvaroRodrigues . My apologies. There are actually two Industry properties: One is linked to the Contact (single line text), while the other is linked to the Company (drop down select). The Contact industry property is fully customizable, while the Company Industry property can only have additional values added. Thank you, Ed Justen ---
**Author:** ![AlvaroRodrigues](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/alvarorodrigues/32/38114_2.png) [@AlvaroRodrigues](https://community.hubspot.com/u/AlvaroRodrigues)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2018, 4:14pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/editing-the-industry-field/3000/8 "2018-01-23T16:14:41Z")
Hi edjusten, Thanks for the support. The pre-supplied values are not helping me because they are all in the English language. Even when I use the software version in Portuguese, the options are not translated. Therefore, my intention is to change the options for their correspondents in Portuguese. There is still a need to narrow down this list, taking away options that are completely out of focus for my client. If this is not possible, I will have to wait for a possible upgrade of the product to contemplate this feature. Translated by Google Translate. Thanks ---
**Author:** ![edjusten](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/edjusten/32/14475_2.png) [@edjusten](https://community.hubspot.com/u/edjusten)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/editing-the-industry-field/3000/9 "2018-01-24T15:43:31Z")
Hi @AlvaroRodrigues . You present a compelling use case for a change to this property. Can you add this as a [post to our ideas forum](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/custom/page/page-id/ideaslandingpage) for further comment? Thank you, Ed Justen ---
**Author:** ![AlvaroRodrigues](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/alvarorodrigues/32/38114_2.png) [@AlvaroRodrigues](https://community.hubspot.com/u/AlvaroRodrigues)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2018, 4:50pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/editing-the-industry-field/3000/10 "2018-01-24T16:50:43Z")
Hi Ed, I have already opened the request according to this link: [https://community.hubspot.com/t5/HubSpot-Ideas/Edit-the-property-industry-under-Companies/idi-p/175073#M13275](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/HubSpot-Ideas/Edit-the-property-industry-under-Companies/idi-p/175073#M13275) Thanks for the support. ---
**Author:** ![deepak23verma](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/deepak23verma/32/53869_2.png) [@deepak23verma](https://community.hubspot.com/u/deepak23verma)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2018, 8:05pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/editing-the-industry-field/3000/11 "2018-06-03T20:05:07Z")
Hi @edjusten I am having a similar issue. I would like to add some custom industry types to this list. Given how long the list I don’t want my reps to have to go through the list each time to find the appropriate one. Is there a way to have my custom industry types show up at the top of the dropdown list while still keeping the original list as is? It seemed like the list is alphabetically sorted so I started each of my custom industry types with A - ie. A - Energy Retailer, but my custom industry types are still at the bottom of the list. ---
**Author:** ![neira](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/neira/32/38114_2.png) [@neira](https://community.hubspot.com/u/neira)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2018, 3:42pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/editing-the-industry-field/3000/12 "2018-07-17T15:42:55Z")
Hey @edjusten I’m having the same issue as @deepak23verma. This list is WAY too long/specific for our needs. If entries can’t be removed, is it possible to: 1) add new (more general) entries that will trump the default HubSpot ones 2) put the new custom entries at the top of the list so they’re easily found? Many thanks in advance 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MauDk](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/maudk/32/78471_2.png) [@MauDk](https://community.hubspot.com/u/MauDk)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 1:19pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/editing-the-industry-field/3000/13 "2019-02-25T13:19:35Z")
Hi, In the Contacts View I’m interested to see both associated company and industry for each contact. I added the relevant columns and the Industry one remains empty (in Contacts View), even though it is populated in every Company profile of the company associated. I found that the Industry can be manually populated (again in Contacts View), but whats the point if the info should be pulled from the Associated Company record??? Besides when populating it it doesn’d display the industry pull down menu… What’s the best practice around this? Thanks ---
**Author:** ![ChrisLeonard](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/chrisleonard/32/2679_2.png) [@ChrisLeonard](https://community.hubspot.com/u/ChrisLeonard)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2019, 11:32pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/editing-the-industry-field/3000/14 "2019-06-20T23:32:14Z")
1. Why are there two Industry fields, one for contacts and one for companies? I’m confused. 2. Why doesn’t the field information in the Company \> Properties \> Industry field just carry over to the same field for Contacts who are employed by the Company? The developers have given more manual work, which opens risk of error. (And, why is Industry for company records preloaded with lots of industires while Industry for Contacts isn’t?) ---
**Author:** ![IntegriteeCorp](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/integriteecorp/32/2490_2.png) [@IntegriteeCorp](https://community.hubspot.com/u/IntegriteeCorp)\ **Post date:** [July 24, 2019, 11:28pm UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/editing-the-industry-field/3000/15 "2019-07-24T23:28:27Z")
I would also like to know why this is the case. I would like them to sync or have the same information. Is there anyway to do this? ---
**Author:** ![MFrankJohnson](https://d10pqhm3lwygmk.cloudfront.net/user_avatar/community.hubspot.com/mfrankjohnson/32/22490_2.png) [@MFrankJohnson](https://community.hubspot.com/u/MFrankJohnson)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2019, 3:51am UTC](https://community.hubspot.com/t/editing-the-industry-field/3000/16 "2019-08-27T03:51:39Z")
Found this post (by accident) while searching for an old post on the Company.Industry topic. Thought I’d add a couple comments -- hopefully helpful. -- Added a [downloadable list of Company.Industry options to this thread](https://community.hubspot.com/t5/CRM/Set-up-workflow-to-mirror-properties-between-company-and/m-p/263266#M113459) recently. -- The above thread also includes information (and a warning) about customizing both the CONTACT.Industry AND COMPANY.Industry properties -- very different animals. ++ Here are a couple use cases that might help explain the value of HubSpot’s original design for two (2) distinctly different Industry properties -- i.e., one for Contact (_totally customizable_) and one for Company (_partially customizable_). **-a- The Contact.Industry property -- Singleline Text (by default) -- allows much more granular industry identification.** **Example** : Company.Industry might be Internet Contact.Industry might be Computer Software, Computer Hardware, Computer Networking, Computer & Network Security In this case, the Company.Industry (Internet) gives us little detail about the Contact.Industry which in all cases shown above is very different. **-b- The contact works for a company whose industry can be considered separate/different from theirs.** **Example** : Company.Industry might be Industrial Automation Contact.Industry might be Staffing and Recruiting We see lots of this now days as companies increasingly use more specialized external staffing and recruiting services. While one may argue that the higher level industry _should_ take presidence, we’ve found that categorizing HubSpot contacts into the same industry as their company doesn’t always provide the best segmentation opportunities.