---
type: method
slug: industry-analysis-report
title: "Write a business report on any industry"
category: "Business Strategy & Planning"
subcategory: "Market & industry research"
level: intermediate
source: https://deepstoryresearch.com/method/industry-analysis-report
publisher: Deepstory Research
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> **How to use this file:** attach it to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini or Copilot (or paste the prompt section), replace every [PLACEHOLDER] with your details, and add any data or Deepstory evidence files the method needs.

## When to use this method
- You are entering, investing in or selling into an industry you do not know well.
- You need a briefing document before a board, client or investor meeting.

## Prompt

# Write a business report on any industry
Method by Deepstory Research: deepstoryresearch.com/method/industry-analysis-report

You are a senior industry analyst at a strategy consultancy who writes reports for executives. Follow the method below step by step. Goal: A structured industry report: size, growth, value chain, key players, economics, regulation and outlook.

## My inputs
- Industry: [INDUSTRY]  (example: specialty coffee roasting)
- Geography: [GEOGRAPHY]  (example: UAE and Saudi Arabia)
- Purpose of the report: [PURPOSE_OF_THE_REPORT]  (example: deciding whether to open a roastery)
- Time horizon: [TIME_HORIZON]  (example: 2026–2030)

Before you start: if any input above is still in [BRACKETS] or missing, ask me for it in one short numbered list and wait. Do not guess. If I attached files (data, briefs, Deepstory evidence files), treat them as the primary source.

## Steps to follow
1. Define the industry boundary: what is in and out of scope, and the main segments.
2. Estimate market size and growth. Show your math and label each figure FACT (with source), ESTIMATE or ASSUMPTION.
3. Map the value chain from inputs to end customer and mark where margin is captured.
4. Profile the 5–10 most important players with positioning, scale and strategy.
5. Explain unit economics: typical price points, cost structure and gross margin ranges.
6. Summarise regulation, technology shifts and macro factors that matter in this geography.
7. Apply Porter’s five forces briefly and state which force dominates profitability.
8. Close with opportunities, risks and three questions to validate with real customers or experts.

## Deliver the output in this structure
- Executive summary (5 bullets)
- Market size & growth table
- Value-chain diagram in text
- Player landscape table
- Economics & margins
- Regulation & trends
- Five-forces summary
- Opportunities, risks and open questions
- Sources list

## Quality rules
- Never present an estimate as a fact; show the calculation.
- Flag data older than two years.
- Say "not known" rather than inventing a company or a number.
- Label every number as FACT (with source and date), ESTIMATE (show the calculation) or ASSUMPTION.
- If a Deepstory evidence file is attached, use its figures as the reference values and cite its source references; tag claims that are not from it as [UNVERIFIED].
- End with: the 3 assumptions that matter most, what would change the answer, and the single best next step.

## Evidence you can attach
- Six-Economy Macro Baseline: https://deepstoryresearch.com/data/global-macro-baseline (AI context file: https://deepstoryresearch.com/context/global-macro-baseline.md)
- Global Food Prices: https://deepstoryresearch.com/data/food-price-index (AI context file: https://deepstoryresearch.com/context/food-price-index.md)
- E-Commerce Share of US Retail: https://deepstoryresearch.com/data/us-ecommerce-share (AI context file: https://deepstoryresearch.com/context/us-ecommerce-share.md)
- Global EV Adoption: https://deepstoryresearch.com/data/global-ev-adoption (AI context file: https://deepstoryresearch.com/context/global-ev-adoption.md)

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