The key business sectors in Shropshire reflect the rurality, areas of outstanding beauty and aging population with agriculture, care, retail and tourism being important sectors for the county. To support the sector evidence base the Information, Intelligence and Insight team have developed a number of sector guides to highlight the value of these sectors to the local economy. These relate to food and drink, agriculture, manufacturing, creatives and digital, professional services  and adult social care.

A brief overview of the sectors which are important to the Shropshire economy can be found in our Shropshire Sectors report in the related documents.

For more information on the role retail plays within Shropshire’s key towns and settlements, take a look at our retail audit reports