Operate · the United States
Underwriting: Testing Laboratories and Services
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 541380
Scopethe United States
RubricO1.0-20260804
Pricedfree — no account, no gate
58th percentile of 287 industries
Where this industry stands
| Net formation, 5yr | Percentile | Reads as | Signal strength |
|---|---|---|---|
| +0.69% | 58th of 287 | roughly in balance | ρ 0.57 across 4 backtested windows, 42.6pp decile separation |
SBA 7(a) acquisition loans · FY2010–FY2026
Can you borrow to buy one
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| Acquisition loans approved | 464 |
| Median loan | $249,347 |
| Mean rate | 6.75% |
| Mean term | 129 months |
| Charged off | 3.1% |
5,226 firms · Census SUSB 2022
What firms here actually earn
| Revenue band ($000) | Firms | Share | Cumulative | Labour share of revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| <100 | 601 | 11.5% | 11.5% | 40.1% |
| 100-499 | 1,487 | 28.5% | 40.0% | 39.5% |
| 500-999 | 843 | 16.1% | 56.1% | 40.9% |
| 1,000-2,499 | 1,038 | 19.9% | 75.9% | 39.9% |
| 2,500-4,999 | 462 | 8.8% | 84.8% | 42.1% |
| 5,000-7,499 | 216 | 4.1% | 88.9% | 39.3% |
| 7,500-9,999 | 101 | 1.9% | 90.9% | 41.3% |
| 10,000-14,999 | 99 | 1.9% | 92.7% | 43.7% |
| 15,000-19,999 | 63 | 1.2% | 94.0% | 36.8% |
| 20,000-24,999 | 32 | 0.6% | 94.6% | 42.4% |
| 25,000-29,999 | 17 | 0.3% | 94.9% | 35.1% |
| 30,000-34,999 | 18 | 0.3% | 95.2% | 41.4% |
| 35,000-39,999 | 11 | 0.2% | 95.4% | 40.4% |
| 40,000-49,999 | 20 | 0.4% | 95.8% | 41.2% |
| 50,000-74,999 | 36 | 0.7% | 96.5% | 37.0% |
| 75,000-99,999 | 19 | 0.4% | 96.9% | 37.4% |
| 100,000+ | 163 | 3.1% | 100.0% | 45.7% |
SBA 7(a) · FY2010–FY2026
Can an acquisition here be financed?
| Measure | Value |
|---|---|
| SBA acquisition loans on record | 464 |
| Median loan | $249,347 |
| Typical rate | 6.75% |
| Typical term | 129 months |
| Total approved | $236,529,700 |
| Charge-off rate, seasoned cohorts | 3.1% |
| Loans that reached an outcome | 226 |
| Rank among industries | 10th of 501 |
Take this away
| Format | What it is |
|---|---|
| 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 Statistics of U.S. Businesses 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other | 2.62% | 58.2× | 50 of 56 |
| Industrial Engineers | 2.65% | 11.4× | 48 of 56 |
| Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health | 2.92% | 121.1× | 24 of 56 |
| Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers | 12.83% | 31.8× | 12 of 56 |
| General and Operations Managers | 4.1% | 1.7× | 23 of 56 |
| Project Management Specialists | 2.19% | 3.1× | 3 of 56 |
What this report cannot tell you
| Gap |
|---|
| licence titles in this scope — none matched 'Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers', though it is licensed in 48 jurisdictions nationally. The title differs locally, or the record is held municipally. |
| 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 |