diff --git a/src/screens/ecosystem/BusinessCategoryScreen.tsx b/src/screens/ecosystem/BusinessCategoryScreen.tsx
index 711e518cc9a7e8311f70b984095425bac4091153..89b303e8af1e1839f94328d334ae321c3e8e83e2 100644
--- a/src/screens/ecosystem/BusinessCategoryScreen.tsx
+++ b/src/screens/ecosystem/BusinessCategoryScreen.tsx
@@ -3,9 +3,7 @@ import { StyleSheet } from "react-native";
 import { View } from "../../components/Themed";
 import Colors from "../../constants/Colors";
 import AlphabetGroupList from "../../components/GroupList/AlphabetGroupList";
-import { useState, useEffect } from "react";
 import { getCategoriesAsIData } from "../../helpers/alphabetConverter";
-import { IData } from "react-native-section-alphabet-list";
 import { CreateEcosystemStackScreenProps } from "../../types/navigation";
 import { useCategory } from "../../hooks/reduxHooks";
 
@@ -13,11 +11,8 @@ const BusinessCategoryScreen = ({
   route,
 }: CreateEcosystemStackScreenProps<"BusinessCategory">) => {
   const { fromScreen, forGroup, ecosystemCategories } = route.params;
-  const [data, setData] = useState<IData[]>([]);
-  const categoriesHook = useCategory();
-  useEffect(() => {
-    setData(() => getCategoriesAsIData(categoriesHook));
-  });
+  const categories = useCategory();
+  const data = getCategoriesAsIData(categories);
 
   return (
     <View style={styles.container}>