Operate · the United States

Underwriting: New Housing For-Sale Builders

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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IndustryNAICS 236117
Scopethe United States
RubricO1.0-20260804
Pricedfree — no account, no gate
94th percentile of 287 industries

Where this industry stands

Net formation, 5yrPercentileReads asSignal strength
+4.17%94th of 287forming much faster than it is dyingρ 0.57 across 4 backtested windows, 42.6pp decile separation
Economic Census 2022

What it costs to produce

MeasureValue
Margin on receipts36.2%
Computed asvalue added — receipts less cost of subcontracted work
Industry receipts$276.6bn
SBA 7(a) acquisition loans · FY2010–FY2026

Can you borrow to buy one

MeasureValue
Acquisition loans approved145
Median loan$167,429
Mean rate7.37%
Mean term111 months
Charged off11.2%
11,761 firms · Census SUSB 2022

What firms here actually earn

Revenue band ($000)FirmsShareCumulativeLabour share of revenue
<1001,61813.8%13.8%23.4%
100-4993,92633.4%47.1%28.4%
500-9997686.5%53.7%27.3%
1,000-2,4991,40712.0%65.6%16.5%
2,500-4,9991,31911.2%76.8%11.1%
5,000-7,4997016.0%82.8%9.1%
7,500-9,9993863.3%86.1%7.6%
10,000-14,9994243.6%89.7%7.9%
15,000-19,9992552.2%91.9%6.3%
20,000-24,9991531.3%93.2%6.2%
25,000-29,9991080.9%94.1%6.7%
30,000-34,999930.8%94.9%6.8%
35,000-39,999660.6%95.4%7.4%
40,000-49,9991000.9%96.3%5.9%
50,000-74,9991391.2%97.5%6.7%
75,000-99,999620.5%98.0%6.2%
100,000+2362.0%100.0%5.3%
SBA 7(a) · FY2010–FY2026

Can an acquisition here be financed?

MeasureValue
SBA acquisition loans on record145
Median loan$167,429
Typical rate7.37%
Typical term111 months
Total approved$62,466,300
Charge-off rate, seasoned cohorts11.2%
Loans that reached an outcome80
Rank among industries90th of 501

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65 of 100 rubric points evidenced

What this report can and cannot underwrite

DimensionWeightEvidencePredicts?Source
O1 · Demand density and recurrence25evidencedpredictive · ρ +0.57US Census County Business Patterns
O2 · Payment evidence15partialnot backtestedUSASpending.gov — US federal government work, public domain
O3 · Licence gate favourability15evidencednot backtestedCareerOneStop / ARC, U.S. Department of Labor
O4 · Labour availability15evidencednot backtestedBLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2024
O5 · Incumbent weakness10no producernot backtestednone
O6 · Margin structure10partialnot backtestedUS Census Economic Census 2022
O7 · Ceiling10evidencedDESCRIPTIVE ONLY · ρ +0.05US Census Business Dynamics Statistics — public domain

Every licensed occupation in this industry

OccupationShare hereConcentrationJurisdictions
Construction Managers5.91%23.9×35 of 56
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers8.47%14.1×16 of 56
Construction Laborers14.78%19.7×10 of 56
Carpenters22.9%48.5×4 of 56
General and Operations Managers4.64%1.9×23 of 56
Project Management Specialists4.25%6.0×3 of 56
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks2.65%2.7×2 of 56
Office Clerks, General3.95%2.3×1 of 56

What this report cannot tell you

Gap
licence titles in this scope — none matched 'Carpenters', though it is licensed in 35 jurisdictions nationally. The title differs locally, or the record is held municipally.
occupation mix for NAICS 236117 — 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 236100, a broader grouping. Establishment counts are for 236117 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 35 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