This category includes sites for businesses offering services that advertise, promote and encourage sales for other businesses.

This category includes sites for businesses related to animals, such as breeders, kennels, pet services and vets.

This category includes sites for primarily non-medical personal services, such as hairdressing and beauty salons, health spas, tanning shops and manicurists. Sites for shops offering health products are listed within Business_and_Economy/Shopping.

The Business Services category lists sites that provide professional and administrative support services to a variety of businesses and organisations. In some cases, these companies also provide services to consumers, but providing services to other enterprises is their main focus.

This category includes sites for companies supplying computers, computer repair and support services, software developers and consultants.

This category includes sites for businesses related to the construction and maintenance of buildings and structures, including builders, architects, service companies and suppliers of materials.

This category includes sites related to careers and employment, including listings of jobs and recruitment agencies.

The entertainment industry, or "show business" as it is sometimes called, includes the motion picture, television, radio, music, theatre, and theme park industries. In addition, it includes the entertainment-related aspects of several other industries such as sports, fashion, and gaming. This category is for the listing of sites pertaining to the entertainment industry including but not limited to audio and video production, recording studios, and talent agencies.

This category includes sites for businesses that organise occasional or special events, hire facilities and equipment primarily used for such events, and provide associated services such as catering.

This category includes sites for businesses offering services related to banking, credit, loans, investment and financial planning.

This category includes sites for businesses providing services, products and facilities specifically related to the burial or cremation of the dead.

This category includes sites for businesses offering products and services intended for use in the home and garden. Examples of products include plants, swimming pools and windows. Examples of services include interior design, lawn maintenance, home pest control and housesitting. Sites for home repair services are listed within Business_and_Economy/Construction_and_Maintenance. Sites related to the sale of furniture are listed in Business_and_Economy/Shopping/Furniture.

This category contains businesses that produce products from raw materials and the companies that support them, such as distributors, wholesalers, industrial supply companies and manufacturing representatives. The general types of companies that will be listed here are food processing, aviation, conveyors, electronic, guns, instrumentation, mining, drilling, chemicals and textiles; however, the list is not limited to these industries. Companies in industries that have a separate sub-category in Business and Economy will not be listed here. Examples of companies not listed here are agriculture, automotive, computers, home and garden, oil and gas, printing, publishing, and telecommunications.

This category includes sites related to the legal profession, including lawyers, law firms and expert witnesses. Sites related to statutory judicial bodies are listed in Government/Law.

This category includes sites for businesses offering products or services related to private motor vehicles, motorcycles and trailers.

This category includes sites for organisations and associations related to the local economy, such as chambers of commerce and trade.

This category includes sites for businesses offering services related to the procurement of land and buildings.

This category contains links to web sites offering publishing services in North Yorkshire.

This category includes sites for establishments offering food and drink consumed on the premises, although such establishments may also offer food and drink to 'take away'.

This category lists sites for businesses with shop-front premises selling goods to the general public.