Operate · the United States
Underwriting: Ophthalmic Goods 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 339115
Scopethe United States
RubricO1.0-20260804
Pricedfree — no account, no gate
11th percentile of 287 industries
Where this industry stands
| Net formation, 5yr | Percentile | Reads as | Signal strength |
|---|---|---|---|
| -2.34% | 11th of 287 | shrinking hard | ρ 0.57 across 4 backtested windows, 42.6pp decile separation |
Economic Census 2022
What it costs to produce
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Margin on receipts | 60.0% |
| Computed as | value added — receipts less cost of materials |
| Industry receipts | $6.5bn |
SBA 7(a) acquisition loans · FY2010–FY2026
Can you borrow to buy one
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Acquisition loans approved | 42 |
| Median loan | $707,743 |
| Mean rate | 6.7% |
| Mean term | 117 months |
| Charged off | 3.8% |
293 firms · Census SUSB 2022
What firms here actually earn
| Revenue band ($000) | Firms | Share | Cumulative | Labour share of revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| <100 | 45 | 15.4% | 15.4% | 39.1% |
| 100-499 | 73 | 24.9% | 40.3% | 40.8% |
| 500-999 | 38 | 13.0% | 53.2% | 34.7% |
| 1,000-2,499 | 46 | 15.7% | 68.9% | 29.5% |
| 2,500-4,999 | 27 | 9.2% | 78.2% | 29.0% |
| 5,000-7,499 | 11 | 3.8% | 81.9% | 27.1% |
| 7,500-9,999 | 3 | 1.0% | 82.9% | 26.3% |
| 10,000-14,999 | 9 | 3.1% | 86.0% | 21.9% |
| 15,000-19,999 | 10 | 3.4% | 89.4% | 21.2% |
| 20,000-24,999 | 4 | 1.4% | 90.8% | 18.7% |
| 40,000-49,999 | 4 | 1.4% | 92.2% | 21.7% |
| 50,000-74,999 | 3 | 1.0% | 93.2% | 23.4% |
| 100,000+ | 20 | 6.8% | 100.0% | 22.7% |
SBA 7(a) · FY2010–FY2026
Can an acquisition here be financed?
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| SBA acquisition loans on record | 42 |
| Median loan | $707,743 |
| Typical rate | 6.7% |
| Typical term | 117 months |
| Total approved | $21,349,500 |
| Charge-off rate, seasoned cohorts | 3.8% |
| Loans that reached an outcome | 26 |
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| download the document → | One self-contained file — no stylesheet, no fonts, no scripts. Works offline, prints, and carries a content hash anyone can verify at /verify without an account. |
| JSON → | The same figures as data, with every source and gap attached. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Industrial Engineers | 4.17% | 18.0× | 48 of 56 |
| Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers | 4.24% | 10.5× | 12 of 56 |
| Medical Appliance Technicians | 2.0% | 286.9× | 3 of 56 |
| Dental Laboratory Technicians | 8.75% | 402.7× | 1 of 56 |
| General and Operations Managers | 2.2% | 0.9× | 23 of 56 |
What this report cannot tell you
| Gap |
|---|
| licence titles in this scope — none matched 'Dental Laboratory Technicians', though it is licensed in 48 jurisdictions nationally. The title differs locally, or the record is held municipally. |
| occupation mix for NAICS 339115 — 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 339100, a broader grouping. Establishment counts are for 339115 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 48 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 |