Operate · the United States
Underwriting: Metal Service Centers and Other Metal Merchant Wholesalers
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 423510
Scopethe United States
RubricO1.0-20260804
Pricedfree — no account, no gate
21th percentile of 287 industries
Where this industry stands
| Net formation, 5yr | Percentile | Reads as | Signal strength |
|---|---|---|---|
| -1.41% | 21th of 287 | dying faster than it is forming | ρ 0.57 across 4 backtested windows, 42.6pp decile separation |
Economic Census 2022
What it costs to produce
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Margin on receipts | 92.1% |
| Computed as | value added — receipts less operating expenses |
| Industry receipts | $305.3bn |
SBA 7(a) acquisition loans · FY2010–FY2026
Can you borrow to buy one
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Acquisition loans approved | 364 |
| Median loan | $439,600 |
| Mean rate | 6.98% |
| Mean term | 120 months |
| Charged off | 10.0% |
6,257 firms · Census SUSB 2022
What firms here actually earn
| Revenue band ($000) | Firms | Share | Cumulative | Labour share of revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| <100 | 236 | 3.8% | 3.8% | 71.9% |
| 100-499 | 827 | 13.2% | 17.0% | 29.4% |
| 500-999 | 621 | 9.9% | 26.9% | 18.6% |
| 1,000-2,499 | 1,002 | 16.0% | 42.9% | 16.5% |
| 2,500-4,999 | 735 | 11.7% | 54.7% | 13.5% |
| 5,000-7,499 | 475 | 7.6% | 62.3% | 13.2% |
| 7,500-9,999 | 287 | 4.6% | 66.9% | 11.1% |
| 10,000-14,999 | 442 | 7.1% | 73.9% | 10.0% |
| 15,000-19,999 | 223 | 3.6% | 77.5% | 9.7% |
| 20,000-24,999 | 173 | 2.8% | 80.2% | 9.3% |
| 25,000-29,999 | 127 | 2.0% | 82.3% | 9.1% |
| 30,000-34,999 | 108 | 1.7% | 84.0% | 8.6% |
| 35,000-39,999 | 90 | 1.4% | 85.4% | 8.2% |
| 40,000-49,999 | 117 | 1.9% | 87.3% | 7.3% |
| 50,000-74,999 | 183 | 2.9% | 90.2% | 6.5% |
| 75,000-99,999 | 83 | 1.3% | 91.6% | 5.9% |
| 100,000+ | 528 | 8.4% | 100.0% | 2.9% |
SBA 7(a) · FY2010–FY2026
Can an acquisition here be financed?
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| SBA acquisition loans on record | 364 |
| Median loan | $439,600 |
| Typical rate | 6.98% |
| Typical term | 120 months |
| Total approved | $307,786,000 |
| Charge-off rate, seasoned cohorts | 10.0% |
| Loans that reached an outcome | 209 |
| Rank among industries | 84th of 501 |
Take this away
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products | 12.44% | 15.1× | 17 of 56 |
| Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products | 3.05% | 15.9× | 4 of 56 |
| Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers | 2.47% | 2.4× | 39 of 56 |
| General and Operations Managers | 4.75% | 1.9× | 23 of 56 |
| Light Truck Drivers | 2.74% | 4.3× | 9 of 56 |
| Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand | 6.72% | 3.4× | 2 of 56 |
What this report cannot tell you
| Gap |
|---|
| occupation mix for NAICS 423510 — 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 423000, a broader grouping. Establishment counts are for 423510 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 17 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 |