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Underwriting: Fabricated Structural Metal 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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IndustryNAICS 332312
Scopethe United States
RubricO1.0-20260804
Pricedfree — no account, no gate
45th percentile of 287 industries

Where this industry stands

Net formation, 5yrPercentileReads asSignal strength
-0.13%45th 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 receipts45.8%
Computed asvalue added — receipts less cost of materials
Industry receipts$55.5bn
SBA 7(a) acquisition loans · FY2010–FY2026

Can you borrow to buy one

MeasureValue
Acquisition loans approved572
Median loan$318,529
Mean rate6.96%
Mean term136 months
Charged off4.2%
3,097 firms · Census SUSB 2022

What firms here actually earn

Revenue band ($000)FirmsShareCumulativeLabour share of revenue
<1001986.4%6.4%62.0%
100-49949916.1%22.5%33.7%
500-9993029.8%32.3%30.3%
1,000-2,49954317.5%49.8%26.5%
2,500-4,99938112.3%62.1%23.1%
5,000-7,4992177.0%69.1%22.0%
7,500-9,9991545.0%74.1%19.5%
10,000-14,9991845.9%80.0%18.5%
15,000-19,9991103.6%83.6%16.7%
20,000-24,999732.4%85.9%14.9%
25,000-29,999601.9%87.9%16.4%
30,000-34,999501.6%89.5%14.2%
35,000-39,999361.2%90.6%13.0%
40,000-49,999441.4%92.1%12.7%
50,000-74,999752.4%94.5%13.7%
75,000-99,999301.0%95.4%11.9%
100,000+1414.6%100.0%10.9%
SBA 7(a) · FY2010–FY2026

Can an acquisition here be financed?

MeasureValue
SBA acquisition loans on record572
Median loan$318,529
Typical rate6.96%
Typical term136 months
Total approved$376,970,600
Charge-off rate, seasoned cohorts4.2%
Loans that reached an outcome284
Rank among industries20th 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
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers3.3%8.2×12 of 56
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers7.7%26.8×7 of 56
Machinists7.03%31.9×2 of 56
General and Operations Managers2.76%1.1×23 of 56
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand3.13%1.6×2 of 56

What this report cannot tell you

Gap
licence titles in this scope — none matched 'Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers', though it is licensed in 12 jurisdictions nationally. The title differs locally, or the record is held municipally.
occupation mix for NAICS 332312 — 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 332000, a broader grouping. Establishment counts are for 332312 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 12 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