mature industry
noun [C]Definition
› ECONOMICS an industry that is not new and is not likely to grow quickly in the future: In a mature industry like personal computers, cost reduction is going to be increasingly important.
(Definition of mature industry noun from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary
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