Operate · the United States
Underwriting: Natural Gas Extraction
What public records can and cannot establish about running this business in the United States, dimension by dimension, with the gaps named.
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NOT SCORED. 65 of 100 rubric points are evidenced deterministically from public records; 10 have no producer. The ±3.1 interval measured elsewhere on this site is ARBITER's sampling variance and does not apply to a SQL query, which returns the same answer every time it runs.
IndustryNAICS 211130
Scopethe United States
RubricO1.0-20260804
Pricedfree — no account, no gate
4th percentile of 287 industries
Where this industry stands
| Net formation, 5yr | Percentile | Reads as | Signal strength |
|---|---|---|---|
| -3.38% | 4th of 287 | shrinking hard | ρ 0.57 across 4 backtested windows, 42.6pp decile separation |
Economic Census 2022
What it costs to produce
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Margin on receipts | 91.9% |
| Computed as | value added — receipts less cost of materials |
| Industry receipts | $178.7bn |
SBA 7(a) acquisition loans · FY2018–FY2026
Can you borrow to buy one
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Acquisition loans approved | 13 |
| Median loan | $218,643 |
| Mean rate | 7.75% |
| Mean term | 81 months |
| Charged off | — |
842 firms · Census SUSB 2022
What firms here actually earn
| Revenue band ($000) | Firms | Share | Cumulative | Labour share of revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| <100 | 66 | 7.8% | 7.8% | 832.7% |
| 100-499 | 210 | 24.9% | 32.8% | 25.8% |
| 500-999 | 115 | 13.7% | 46.4% | 22.2% |
| 1,000-2,499 | 132 | 15.7% | 62.1% | 15.8% |
| 2,500-4,999 | 78 | 9.3% | 71.4% | 16.1% |
| 5,000-7,499 | 30 | 3.6% | 74.9% | 10.5% |
| 7,500-9,999 | 20 | 2.4% | 77.3% | 12.3% |
| 10,000-14,999 | 16 | 1.9% | 79.2% | 10.1% |
| 15,000-19,999 | 19 | 2.3% | 81.5% | 7.9% |
| 20,000-24,999 | 9 | 1.1% | 82.5% | 14.0% |
| 25,000-29,999 | 11 | 1.3% | 83.8% | 21.2% |
| 30,000-34,999 | 10 | 1.2% | 85.0% | 17.1% |
| 35,000-39,999 | 5 | 0.6% | 85.6% | 38.3% |
| 40,000-49,999 | 6 | 0.7% | 86.3% | 19.8% |
| 50,000-74,999 | 15 | 1.8% | 88.1% | 7.9% |
| 75,000-99,999 | 8 | 1.0% | 89.1% | 8.2% |
| 100,000+ | 92 | 10.9% | 100.0% | 2.0% |
SBA 7(a) · FY2018–FY2026
Can an acquisition here be financed?
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| SBA acquisition loans on record | 13 |
| Median loan | $218,643 |
| Typical rate | 7.75% |
| Typical term | 81 months |
| Total approved | $3,275,600 |
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| JSON → | The same figures as data, with every source and gap attached. |
65 of 100 rubric points evidenced
What this report can and cannot underwrite
| Dimension | Weight | Evidence | Predicts? | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| O1 · Demand density and recurrence | 25 | evidenced | predictive · ρ +0.57 | US Census County Business Patterns |
| O2 · Payment evidence | 15 | partial | not backtested | USASpending.gov — US federal government work, public domain |
| O3 · Licence gate favourability | 15 | evidenced | not backtested | CareerOneStop / ARC, U.S. Department of Labor |
| O4 · Labour availability | 15 | evidenced | not backtested | BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2024 |
| O5 · Incumbent weakness | 10 | no producer | not backtested | none |
| O6 · Margin structure | 10 | partial | not backtested | US Census Economic Census 2022 |
| O7 · Ceiling | 10 | evidenced | DESCRIPTIVE ONLY · ρ +0.05 | US Census Business Dynamics Statistics — public domain |
Every licensed occupation in this industry
| Occupation | Share here | Concentration | Jurisdictions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Petroleum Engineers | 5.12% | 419.8× | 49 of 56 |
| Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas | 9.2% | 332.3× | 1 of 56 |
| Industrial Machinery Mechanics | 3.92% | 14.3× | 1 of 56 |
| Accountants and Auditors | 4.07% | 4.3× | 49 of 56 |
| General and Operations Managers | 5.92% | 2.4× | 23 of 56 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers | 4.38% | 7.3× | 16 of 56 |
What this report cannot tell you
| Gap |
|---|
| licence titles in this scope — none matched 'Wellhead Pumpers', though it is licensed in 49 jurisdictions nationally. The title differs locally, or the record is held municipally. |
| occupation mix for NAICS 211130 — the labour statistics carry no rows at this level, so everything about occupations here, including the defining occupation and its licence gate, is measured at NAICS 211100, a broader grouping. Establishment counts are for 211130 itself. |
| licence coverage — the register holds 54 of 56 US licensing jurisdictions, and 2,504 of its records carry no jurisdiction at all. A count of 49 is out of 54 searched, not out of 56. The unsearched jurisdictions are not evidence of no licence. |
| bonding_required_usd — no producer, and not estimated |