Business Intelligence

ICB

ICB classifies companies into 11 industries, 20 supersectors, 45 sectors, and 173 subsectors. It is important for exchange data, sector research, portfolio construction, and cross-market comparison.

Why ICB-based monitoring matters

When users organize coverage, screens, or analytics by ICB, they need retrieval that understands the same classification. That is especially useful for portfolio tools, market-data products, research platforms, and AI systems that compare companies within benchmark structures.

What Problem Does It Solve?

Broad sector keywords create noise and make cross-market comparisons harder. ICB gives teams another widely used investment classification system for building cleaner sector news workflows.

Who Is It For?

Portfolio analytics and market-data teams using ICB to organize companies and screens.

Developers building investor dashboards, exchange tools, and watchlist products.

Analysts writing classification-aware company and sector commentary.

AI teams that need sector-benchmark context for automated insight generation.

Key Benefits

Retrieve news by ICB classification rather than broad sector keywords.

Support portfolio monitoring, classification-aware watchlists, and research dashboards.

Combine ICB retrieval with boolean search to target earnings, regulation, M&A, technology, or macro themes.

Use headlines, briefs, and full text according to the depth required.

Access the service through API, MCP, and the web app.

Use Cases

Portfolio tools that deliver automatic news updates by ICB category.

Research workflows comparing peer groups inside a benchmark structure.

Exchange and market-data products surfacing classification-aware narratives.

AI agents preparing company or sector notes using benchmark-linked news.

How It Works

Select the ICB code relevant to the benchmark group you want to monitor.

Retrieve headlines, briefs, or full text and add boolean terms when extra focus is needed.

Filter by geography or language and push the output into apps, analyst tools, or AI systems.

AI and MCP Workflows

Use MCP so AI agents can pull ICB-linked news before writing watchlist notes or peer-group analysis.

Blend ICB retrieval with portfolio holdings, exchange data, or entity IDs for deeper workflows.

Automate benchmark-aware commentary for research and portfolio products.

Frequently Asked Questions

Why use ICB instead of generic sector labels? Because it gives a more consistent benchmark-driven structure for investment workflows.

Can I use this inside portfolio apps? Yes. That is a natural fit.

Can AI agents compare peer-group narratives with it? Yes. MCP makes that straightforward.

Getting Started

Start with the ICB groups that define your portfolio, screening, or research workflow. Then choose headlines, briefs, or full text depending on how deep you need to go. API, MCP, and web app access are included. Each headline costs 1 credit, each brief costs 2 credits, and each full text result costs 5 credits. For continuous investment monitoring, the annual plan is compelling because you pay for only 10 months and get 12 months of access, which gives you 2 months free.

Pricing

Credit-based pricing with different rates for headlines, briefs, and full-text articles.

Tier	Credits	Price	Overage Cost
Micro	200	USD 25/mo USD 250/yr	USD 0.15/credit
Starter	1,000	USD 100/mo USD 1,000/yr	USD 0.12/credit
Business	4,000	USD 250/mo USD 2,500/yr	USD 0.08/credit
Enterprise	20,000	USD 750/mo USD 7,500/yr	USD 0.05/credit

Pricing Explanation

Credit-based pricing with different rates for headlines, briefs, and full-text articles.

How Pricing Works

Credit Usage

Credits are consumed based on the type of content you receive:

Headlines:1 credit per article

Briefs (summaries):2 credits per article

Full Text:5 credits per article

How It Works

Each plan includes a monthly credit allowance
Credits are consumed when articles are delivered
Choose the content depth that matches your needs
Unused credits do not roll over to the next month

Plan Features Comparison

Feature	Micro	Starter	Business	Enterprise
Number of Queries	1	3	10	30
Email Recipients	1	5	20	100
Webhooks	1	3	10	20
Portfolio Companies	1	10	40	200

Pro Tip: Start with headlines to maximize your credit usage, and upgrade to briefs or full text for topics that need deeper analysis.