The Top Fastest Growing Industries Moving Into 2027

The fastest-growing industries moving into 2027 span AI infrastructure, energy, cybersecurity, healthcare, specialized business services, advanced manufacturing, e-commerce, and scientific research and R&D services.

Some are large structural growth markets; others are smaller opportunities developing around them. For employers and workers, that growth can create demand well beyond the headline industry itself.

What Are the Top Growing Industries?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) expects total U.S. employment to grow 3.5% from 2025 to 2035, but several industries tied to technology, energy, healthcare, and specialized services have substantially higher projected growth rates.

1. AI Infrastructure and Data Centers

Artificial Intelligence is creating a physical infrastructure challenge as well as a software opportunity. The AI market depends on data centers, computing capacity, networking, chips, reliable power, and the systems required to keep them running.

BLS projects employment in computing infrastructure, data processing, web hosting, and related services to grow 25.1% from 2025 to 2035, driven in part by AI adoption.

That creates second-order opportunities in cooling, fiber, electrical equipment, construction, backup power, and maintenance.

2. Power and Grid Infrastructure

AI infrastructure is also becoming an energy story. Data centers, manufacturing, and electrification are increasing the focus on generation, transmission, storage, and grid capacity.

Data centers accounted for around half of the increase in U.S. electricity consumption in 2025, according to the International Energy Agency.

With these increases continuing, supporting opportunitues extend to transformers, switchgear, microgrids, electrical construction, power-management technology, and energy storage.

3. Clean Energy and Energy Storage

Solar, wind, and battery storage are creating opportunities across construction, installation, maintenance, manufacturing, and supporting services.

The U.S. Energy Information Administration reported that developers planned a record 86 gigawatts of new utility-scale generating capacity in 2026, with solar representing 51%, battery storage 28%, and wind 14%. BLS also ranks solar photovoltaic installers and wind turbine service technicians among the country’s fastest-growing occupations.

The opportunity in renewable energy therefore goes well beyond solar panels and wind farms to include grid integration, electrical equipment, battery systems, maintenance, and sustainable energy infrastructure.

4. Cybersecurity and Zero Trust

Greater reliance on AI, cloud infrastructure, and digital workflows also increases the importance of protecting those systems. BLS projects employment of information security analysts to grow 21% from 2025 to 2035, specifically pointing to AI use and e-commerce as contributing factors.

Opportunities extend across information security, identity management, zero-trust architectures, fraud prevention, AI security, and managed cybersecurity services.

5. Healthcare and Aging Services

An aging population is supporting growth across healthcare, elder services, and especially home- and community-based care.

BLS projects services for older adults and people with disabilities to grow 22.3% from 2025 to 2035, adding about 625,400 jobs. Home healthcare services are projected to add another 336,300 jobs.

That creates opportunities beyond traditional healthcare in home care, aging-in-place services, caregiver support, mental health, care coordination, and technologies that help people remain independent.

6. Personal Care, Wellness, and Midlife Health

Specialized wellness services are also creating smaller consumer-focused opportunities. Abrigo found personal care services posted 28.3% median sales growth during the 12 months ended March 1, 2026, including businesses such as spas, skin care services, and weight-loss centers.

Within that broader market, niches to watch include menopause and perimenopause services, healthy midlife and longevity, strength and recovery, and hair and skin health.

7. Specialized B2B and Fractional Services

Companies don’t necessarily need a full-time employee for every new capability. Outsourced providers, consultants, fractional professionals, and specialized firms can provide expertise as needed.

Abrigo found office administrative services led its 2026 private-company ranking with 30% median sales growth, while BLS projects management, scientific, and technical consulting services to grow 15.1% through 2035.

That creates opportunities across administration, accounting, payroll, HR, recruiting, IT, compliance, AI implementation, and consulting.

8. Advanced Manufacturing and Industrial Services

Advanced manufacturing sits at the intersection of technology, energy, and changing supply chains. Semiconductor production, batteries, electrical equipment, and automation require specialized manufacturing capacity and the services supporting it.

BLS projects other electrical equipment and component manufacturing to grow 25.9% from 2025 to 2035, including production of batteries used for energy storage and electric vehicles.

That creates second-order opportunities in industrial automation, robotics integration, specialty components, equipment maintenance, engineering, and skilled technical services.

9. E-Commerce, Recommerce, and Retail Infrastructure

Online retail continues to create opportunities beyond the digital storefront. U.S. retail e-commerce sales reached $340.2 billion in Q2 2026, up 12.2% year over year, according to the Census Bureau.

Returns create another sizable operational challenge. The National Retail Federation estimated 19.3% of online sales would be returned in 2025, creating demand for fulfillment, reverse logistics, refurbishment, resale, and recommerce services.

10. Scientific Research and R&D Services

Scientific R&D is positioned for growth as businesses invest in new technologies across life sciences, engineering, energy, advanced materials, and other research-intensive fields.

BLS projects employment in physical, engineering, and life sciences R&D to grow 16.8% from 2025 to 2035, adding about 143,700 jobs. Industry output is projected to rise from $411.3 billion to $559.2 billion over the same period.

The opportunity extends beyond scientists themselves to engineering, laboratory operations, data science, technical services, specialized equipment, and other businesses supporting research and commercialization.

What Does Industry Growth Mean for the Job Market?

Growth across these industries won’t necessarily translate into jobs with the same label. AI, energy, healthcare, and manufacturing all rely on larger ecosystems of suppliers, service providers, skilled trades, and specialized professionals.

Growth Will Extend Beyond the Headline Industries

A data center doesn’t only need software engineers and data scientists. It needs construction crews, electricians, cooling specialists, equipment suppliers, security professionals, utilities, and maintenance workers.

The same pattern applies elsewhere: renewable energy needs technicians and electrical equipment; advanced manufacturing needs automation and maintenance; healthcare needs technology and support functions alongside clinicians.

Skilled Trades and Technical Roles Will Be Critical

Technology-driven growth does not mean exclusively technology jobs. Infrastructure still has to be constructed, installed, repaired, and maintained.

BLS projects solar photovoltaic installers to grow 36.5% from 2025 to 2035 and wind turbine service technicians to grow 29.5%.

That puts electricians, technicians, equipment specialists, maintenance professionals, and other skilled trades directly in the path of several major growth trends.

Industry Expertise Will Become More Valuable Alongside AI Skills

As businesses adopt Artificial Intelligence, knowing how to apply it to an actual business problem may matter as much as understanding the technology itself.

U.S. Census Bureau data found 17% to 20% of businesses were using AI between December 2025 and May 2026, rising to 37% among firms with at least 250 employees.

That creates value for hybrid expertise: AI plus recruiting, healthcare, finance, manufacturing, or operations. Data science, predictive analytics, and data analysis matter, but so does understanding the workflow, customer, regulations, and data quality behind the problem.

More Companies May Look Outside Traditional Full-Time Hiring

Companies also have more options for accessing specialized talent. Abrigo’s 2026 findings point to growth in outsourced administrative functions, while BLS projects strong growth in management, scientific, and technical consulting services.

For employers, that can mean using staffing providers, consultants, fractional professionals, and specialized agencies instead of building every capability internally. For workers, some growing areas of expertise may increasingly sit within service providers rather than directly inside the companies they support.

Top Growing Industries Moving Into 2027

The top growing industries moving into 2027 reflect several structural shifts happening at once: AI infrastructure, rising electricity needs, clean energy and energy storage, cybersecurity, an aging population, specialized business services, advanced manufacturing, and changing commerce.

But some of the strongest opportunities may emerge around those industries. AI needs power and data infrastructure. Clean energy needs equipment and skilled trades. An aging population needs services beyond hospitals. Online retail needs fulfillment and reverse logistics.

For employers and job seekers, that means watching not only the fastest-growing industries themselves, but also the suppliers, service providers, skilled trades, and specialized professionals needed to support them.

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