Operate · the United States

Underwriting: Flour Milling

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 311211
Scopethe United States
RubricO1.0-20260804
Pricedfree — no account, no gate
66th percentile of 287 industries

Where this industry stands

Net formation, 5yrPercentileReads asSignal strength
+1.09%66th of 287forming 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 receipts32.9%
Computed asvalue added — receipts less cost of materials
Industry receipts$18.5bn
SBA 7(a) acquisition loans · FY2012–FY2021

Can you borrow to buy one

MeasureValue
Acquisition loans approved6
Median loan$1,933,000
Mean rate5.08%
Mean term164 months
Charged off—
199 firms · Census SUSB 2022

What firms here actually earn

Revenue band ($000)FirmsShareCumulativeLabour share of revenue
100-4992613.1%13.1%17.3%
500-999147.0%20.1%27.3%
1,000-2,4993417.1%37.2%26.7%
2,500-4,999168.0%45.2%19.7%
5,000-7,499136.5%51.8%14.1%
7,500-9,99952.5%54.3%11.5%
10,000-14,99984.0%58.3%10.9%
15,000-19,99973.5%61.8%14.8%
20,000-24,99963.0%64.8%8.3%
25,000-29,99931.5%66.3%7.1%
40,000-49,99931.5%67.8%7.0%
50,000-74,99984.0%71.9%9.7%
75,000-99,99963.0%74.9%10.4%
100,000+5025.1%100.0%4.9%
SBA 7(a) · FY2012–FY2021

Can an acquisition here be financed?

MeasureValue
SBA acquisition loans on record6
Median loan$1,933,000
Typical rate5.08%
Typical term164 months
Total approved$11,598,000

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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
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders10.87%42.9×1 of 56
Food Batchmakers6.11%54.0×1 of 56
Production Workers, All Other4.62%22.6×1 of 56
Industrial Machinery Mechanics3.65%13.3×1 of 56
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General3.57%3.9×4 of 56
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand4.9%2.4×2 of 56

What this report cannot tell you

Gap
licence gate — the only occupation matched is 'Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders' at 10.87% of this industry's employment, licensed in 1 of 56 jurisdictions. Reported, but too narrow to be read as this industry's barrier to entry.
licence titles in this scope — none matched 'Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders', though it is licensed in 1 jurisdictions nationally. The title differs locally, or the record is held municipally.
occupation mix for NAICS 311211 — 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 311200, a broader grouping. Establishment counts are for 311211 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 1 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