Operate · the United States

Underwriting: Paper Bag and Coated and Treated Paper 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 322220
Scopethe United States
RubricO1.0-20260804
Pricedfree — no account, no gate
26th percentile of 287 industries

Where this industry stands

Net formation, 5yrPercentileReads asSignal strength
-1.16%26th of 287dying faster than it is formingρ 0.57 across 4 backtested windows, 42.6pp decile separation
Economic Census 2022

What it costs to produce

MeasureValue
Margin on receipts43.7%
Computed asvalue added — receipts less cost of materials
Industry receipts$26.8bn
SBA 7(a) acquisition loans · FY2013–FY2025

Can you borrow to buy one

MeasureValue
Acquisition loans approved28
Median loan$1,054,500
Mean rate6.74%
Mean term101 months
Charged off—
510 firms · Census SUSB 2022

What firms here actually earn

Revenue band ($000)FirmsShareCumulativeLabour share of revenue
<100102.0%2.0%10.8%
100-499407.8%9.8%27.9%
500-999479.2%19.0%23.9%
1,000-2,4995510.8%29.8%24.0%
2,500-4,9996212.2%42.0%24.4%
5,000-7,499458.8%50.8%19.6%
7,500-9,999152.9%53.7%16.5%
10,000-14,999316.1%59.8%17.4%
15,000-19,999122.4%62.2%16.0%
20,000-24,999102.0%64.1%17.0%
25,000-29,999102.0%66.1%13.0%
30,000-34,999122.4%68.4%15.4%
35,000-39,999122.4%70.8%16.1%
40,000-49,999152.9%73.7%15.5%
50,000-74,999193.7%77.5%13.2%
75,000-99,999163.1%80.6%12.1%
100,000+9919.4%100.0%14.3%
SBA 7(a) · FY2013–FY2025

Can an acquisition here be financed?

MeasureValue
SBA acquisition loans on record28
Median loan$1,054,500
Typical rate6.74%
Typical term101 months
Total approved$21,897,500

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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
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators4.91%9.4×1 of 56
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products2.56%3.1×17 of 56
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand4.99%2.5×2 of 56

What this report cannot tell you

Gap
licence gate — the only occupation matched is 'Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders' at 24.22% 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 'Paper Goods Machine Setters, 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 322220 — 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 322200, a broader grouping. Establishment counts are for 322220 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