Operate · the United States
Underwriting: Solar Electric Power Generation
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 221114
Scopethe United States
RubricO1.0-20260804
Pricedfree — no account, no gate
71th percentile of 287 industries
Where this industry stands
| Net formation, 5yr | Percentile | Reads as | Signal strength |
|---|---|---|---|
| +1.54% | 71th of 287 | forming faster than it is dying | ρ 0.57 across 4 backtested windows, 42.6pp decile separation |
SBA 7(a) acquisition loans · FY2013–FY2026
Can you borrow to buy one
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Acquisition loans approved | 101 |
| Median loan | $237,557 |
| Mean rate | 7.66% |
| Mean term | 133 months |
| Charged off | — |
524 firms · Census SUSB 2022
What firms here actually earn
| Revenue band ($000) | Firms | Share | Cumulative | Labour share of revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| <100 | 105 | 20.0% | 20.0% | 598.7% |
| 100-499 | 157 | 30.0% | 50.0% | 29.2% |
| 500-999 | 60 | 11.5% | 61.5% | 25.2% |
| 1,000-2,499 | 73 | 13.9% | 75.4% | 22.3% |
| 2,500-4,999 | 42 | 8.0% | 83.4% | 22.0% |
| 5,000-7,499 | 15 | 2.9% | 86.3% | 53.5% |
| 7,500-9,999 | 13 | 2.5% | 88.7% | 20.0% |
| 10,000-14,999 | 13 | 2.5% | 91.2% | 21.7% |
| 15,000-19,999 | 5 | 1.0% | 92.2% | 20.2% |
| 50,000-74,999 | 5 | 1.0% | 93.1% | 24.8% |
| 75,000-99,999 | 3 | 0.6% | 93.7% | 18.3% |
| 100,000+ | 33 | 6.3% | 100.0% | 14.7% |
SBA 7(a) · FY2013–FY2026
Can an acquisition here be financed?
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| SBA acquisition loans on record | 101 |
| Median loan | $237,557 |
| Typical rate | 7.66% |
| Typical term | 133 months |
| Total approved | $56,874,000 |
Take this away
| Format | What it is |
|---|---|
| download the document → | One self-contained file — no stylesheet, no fonts, no scripts. Works offline, prints, and carries a content hash anyone can verify at /verify without an account. |
| 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 Statistics of U.S. Businesses 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solar Photovoltaic Installers | 21.99% | 1073.1× | 5 of 56 |
| Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products | 3.25% | 16.9× | 4 of 56 |
| Project Management Specialists | 5.64% | 8.0× | 3 of 56 |
| Accountants and Auditors | 3.26% | 3.4× | 49 of 56 |
| Electricians | 4.04% | 6.1× | 43 of 56 |
| Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel | 5.31% | 6.6× | 24 of 56 |
| General and Operations Managers | 5.73% | 2.3× | 23 of 56 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers | 3.71% | 6.2× | 16 of 56 |
What this report cannot tell you
| Gap |
|---|
| licence titles in this scope — none matched 'Solar Photovoltaic Installers', though it is licensed in 5 jurisdictions nationally. The title differs locally, or the record is held municipally. |
| 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 5 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 |