Operate · the United States

Underwriting: Wood Container and Pallet Manufacturing

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 321920
Scopethe United States
RubricO1.0-20260804
Pricedfree — no account, no gate
47th percentile of 287 industries

Where this industry stands

Net formation, 5yrPercentileReads asSignal strength
-0.02%47th of 287roughly in balanceρ 0.57 across 4 backtested windows, 42.6pp decile separation
Economic Census 2022

What it costs to produce

MeasureValue
Margin on receipts45.5%
Computed asvalue added — receipts less cost of materials
Industry receipts$18.3bn
SBA 7(a) acquisition loans · FY2010–FY2026

Can you borrow to buy one

MeasureValue
Acquisition loans approved279
Median loan$409,435
Mean rate7.03%
Mean term152 months
Charged off3.5%
2,364 firms · Census SUSB 2022

What firms here actually earn

Revenue band ($000)FirmsShareCumulativeLabour share of revenue
<1001546.5%6.5%99.2%
100-49945419.2%25.7%25.7%
500-99924810.5%36.2%26.5%
1,000-2,49948320.4%56.6%21.7%
2,500-4,99938316.2%72.8%19.4%
5,000-7,4991747.4%80.2%17.7%
7,500-9,999933.9%84.1%16.1%
10,000-14,9991365.8%89.9%16.8%
15,000-19,999572.4%92.3%14.1%
20,000-24,999361.5%93.8%17.7%
25,000-29,999331.4%95.2%14.7%
30,000-34,999150.6%95.9%17.7%
35,000-39,999100.4%96.3%12.2%
40,000-49,999170.7%97.0%17.9%
50,000-74,999271.1%98.1%17.4%
75,000-99,999110.5%98.6%11.5%
100,000+331.4%100.0%15.8%
SBA 7(a) · FY2010–FY2026

Can an acquisition here be financed?

MeasureValue
SBA acquisition loans on record279
Median loan$409,435
Typical rate7.03%
Typical term152 months
Total approved$176,320,700
Charge-off rate, seasoned cohorts3.5%
Loans that reached an outcome170
Rank among industries13th 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
Carpenters4.0%8.5×4 of 56
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators4.27%8.2×1 of 56
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers2.52%2.4×39 of 56
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products2.32%2.8×17 of 56
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand6.42%3.2×2 of 56

What this report cannot tell you

Gap
licence gate — the only occupation matched is 'Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing' at 10.55% of this industry's employment, licensed in 4 of 56 jurisdictions. Reported, but too narrow to be read as this industry's barrier to entry.
licence titles in this scope — none matched 'Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing', though it is licensed in 4 jurisdictions nationally. The title differs locally, or the record is held municipally.
occupation mix for NAICS 321920 — 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 321900, a broader grouping. Establishment counts are for 321920 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 4 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