Here is an old thread about this: What companies thrived during the great depression? Although the question was about companies, the answers were about industries. You might find it interesting.

This article explains how General Motors and Chrysler increased their market share, and even surpassed once-dominant Ford, during the Depression.

While many smaller automakers went out of business altogether during the Depression, GM and Chrysler were big enough to weather the storm. Plus, the low-cost Chevrolet and Plymouth brands were just right for the market, all things considered. The storied likes of Deusenberg and Cord, on the other hand, were doomed.

Meanwhile, Ford was run by Henry Ford's son Edsel, but the increasingly out-of-touch old man still made many of the decisions. The company made it through the Thirties and the war years, but just barely. They not only fell far behind GM in sales, but even Chrysler surpassed them for a few years. (It wasn't until the release of the revolutionary, big-selling 1949 Ford that FoMoCo got back on its feet and definitively blew past Mopar for good.)