{"url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-sector-etf","section":"learn","title":"What is a sector ETF? | ETFIQ","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ covers 211 sector ETFs across the 11 standard sectors, with the most in Real estate (43) and Energy (32).","as_of":"Nov 4, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-sector-etf#article","headline":"What is a sector ETF?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ covers 211 sector ETFs across the 11 standard sectors, with the most in Real estate (43) and Energy (32).","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-sector-etf","mainEntityOfPage":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-sector-etf","dateModified":"2026-11-04","datePublished":"2026-11-04","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ETFIQ Research","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ETFIQ Research","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"about":"What is a sector ETF?","inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-sector-etf#questions","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What are the 11 sectors?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Communications, Consumer cyclical, Consumer defensive, Energy, Financials, Health care, Industrials, Materials, Real estate, Technology and Utilities."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Is a sector ETF the same as a theme ETF?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"No. A sector follows a standard part of the economy. A theme follows an idea that can cut across sectors."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"How does ETFIQ place a sector fund?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"By what it owns, read from filings, not by its name."}}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"ETFIQ","item":"https://etfiq.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Learn","item":"https://etfiq.com/learn/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"What is a sector ETF?","item":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-sector-etf"}]},{"@type":"WebPage","name":"What is a sector ETF?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ covers 211 sector ETFs across the 11 standard sectors, with the most in Real estate (43) and Energy (32).","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-sector-etf","dateModified":"2026-11-04","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"speakable":{"@type":"SpeakableSpecification","cssSelector":[".lede",".faq"]},"publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"}}],"characters":1928,"truncated":false,"content":"ETFIQ / Learn / What is a sector ETF? \n \n What is a sector ETF?\n Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.\n As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ covers 211 sector ETFs across the 11 standard sectors, with the most in Real estate (43) and Energy (32).\n \n In plain words\n A sector ETF owns the companies in one part of the economy, such as technology or health care. The market splits into 11 standard sectors, from energy and financials to utilities and real estate.\n Real estate has 43 funds, Energy 32, Technology 25 and Financials 29; Utilities, Materials and Communications have fewer than ten each. A sector fund trades diversification for focus. ETFIQ places each fund by what it owns, using company codes from SEC filings, not by its name.\n Questions\n What are the 11 sectors? Communications, Consumer cyclical, Consumer defensive, Energy, Financials, Health care, Industrials, Materials, Real estate, Technology and Utilities.\n Is a sector ETF the same as a theme ETF? No. A sector follows a standard part of the economy. A theme follows an idea that can cut across sectors.\n How does ETFIQ place a sector fund? By what it owns, read from filings, not by its name.\n Where to next\n Stocks Screener Compare two ETFs What is ETF concentration? What is a thematic ETF? What is a small-cap ETF? All ETF explainers How ETFIQ computes these numbers \n Cite this page. ETFIQ, What is a sector ETF?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-sector-etf Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at Open data .\n Other forms Plain ETFIQ, What is a sector ETF?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-sector-etf APA ETFIQ. (Nov 4, 2026). What is a sector ETF?. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-sector-etf Markdown [What is a sector ETF? (ETFIQ, Nov 4, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-sector-etf)","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Data ETFIQ computes is free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, What is a sector ETF?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-sector-etf"}