Operate · the United States
Underwriting: Chocolate and Confectionery Manufacturing from Cacao Beans
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 311351
Scopethe United States
RubricO1.0-20260804
Pricedfree — no account, no gate
44th percentile of 287 industries
Where this industry stands
| Net formation, 5yr | Percentile | Reads as | Signal strength |
|---|---|---|---|
| -0.17% | 44th of 287 | roughly in balance | ρ 0.57 across 4 backtested windows, 42.6pp decile separation |
Economic Census 2022
What it costs to produce
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Margin on receipts | 34.0% |
| Computed as | value added — receipts less cost of materials |
| Industry receipts | $5.3bn |
SBA 7(a) acquisition loans · FY2013–FY2026
Can you borrow to buy one
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Acquisition loans approved | 67 |
| Median loan | $216,829 |
| Mean rate | 7.2% |
| Mean term | 113 months |
| Charged off | 0.0% |
244 firms · Census SUSB 2022
What firms here actually earn
| Revenue band ($000) | Firms | Share | Cumulative | Labour share of revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| <100 | 35 | 14.3% | 14.3% | 29.4% |
| 100-499 | 64 | 26.2% | 40.6% | 33.2% |
| 500-999 | 43 | 17.6% | 58.2% | 29.9% |
| 1,000-2,499 | 34 | 13.9% | 72.1% | 23.2% |
| 2,500-4,999 | 20 | 8.2% | 80.3% | 22.6% |
| 5,000-7,499 | 9 | 3.7% | 84.0% | 21.4% |
| 7,500-9,999 | 3 | 1.2% | 85.2% | 40.1% |
| 10,000-14,999 | 7 | 2.9% | 88.1% | 16.5% |
| 15,000-19,999 | 7 | 2.9% | 91.0% | 23.1% |
| 35,000-39,999 | 3 | 1.2% | 92.2% | 19.2% |
| 100,000+ | 19 | 7.8% | 100.0% | 9.6% |
SBA 7(a) · FY2013–FY2026
Can an acquisition here be financed?
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| SBA acquisition loans on record | 67 |
| Median loan | $216,829 |
| Typical rate | 7.2% |
| Typical term | 113 months |
| Total approved | $20,435,500 |
| Charge-off rate, seasoned cohorts | 0.0% |
| Loans that reached an outcome | 24 |
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packers and Packagers, Hand | 7.59% | 18.7× | 2 of 56 |
| Food Batchmakers | 20.84% | 184.1× | 1 of 56 |
| Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders | 8.49% | 33.5× | 1 of 56 |
| Retail Salespersons | 7.66% | 3.4× | 27 of 56 |
| Cashiers | 3.04% | 1.6× | 6 of 56 |
| Maintenance and Repair Workers, General | 2.39% | 2.6× | 4 of 56 |
| Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand | 3.75% | 1.9× | 2 of 56 |
What this report cannot tell you
| Gap |
|---|
| licence gate — the only occupation matched is 'Food Batchmakers' at 20.84% 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 'Food Batchmakers', though it is licensed in 1 jurisdictions nationally. The title differs locally, or the record is held municipally. |
| occupation mix for NAICS 311351 — 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 311300, a broader grouping. Establishment counts are for 311351 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 |