Seventy-two percent of Oregon shops sit under twenty
Census CBP 2023 printed 5,231 Oregon manufacturing establishments, 175,491 employees, a 33.5 average, 72.4% under 20, and 0.69% at 500-plus. That under-20 share is the underwrite. Most files are owner-quoted shops. A Bend teaser that photographs like a campus still has to name actual headcount.
Buy a manufacturing business is the nationwide pillar. This page is the Oregon overlay. Buy a manufacturing business in Portland is the metro overlay. Eugene, Salem, Bend, and Medford stay sourcing labels. If you will not relocate, say so. Most operators will not.
Valuation stays on national size bands. BizBuySell’s 2025 manufacturing median close was 223 days (Source: BizBuySell). Staff QoE against that clock. It is not a Portland premium. Rank 19 is not a sponsor multiple.
The sell page is the owner’s voice. Colorado prints a smaller 26.6 average. Washington prints listed mini-WARN. Neither cell belongs here.
Wood, food, and electronics do not share freight math
Research allows qualitative clusters only: wood products, food and beverage, electronics, fabricated metal. Sub-sectors keep those packets apart. A Medford wood file and a Portland electronics shop share a flag. Freight, moisture, and customer cards do not travel together. Confirm any NAICS count before you put it in a teaser.
| Process | Freight or inventory problem | Access card |
|---|---|---|
| Wood products | Moisture, inbound logs, outbound loads | Spec the book still needs |
| Food and beverage | Lots, shelf life, consigned packaging | SQF or customer audit |
| Electronics | Long-lead components | Customer qualification |
| Fabricated metal | Raw and customer-owned tools | Estimator who stays |
HedgeStone will not send every employer establishment in the 5,231-count file. “Any manufacturer from Portland to Bend” wastes seller goodwill.
License listing F and what counsel confirms
The 2026 briefing table marks Oregon’s broker-license cell F / listed. Counsel confirms what that means on the engagement before you lean on the CIM. Business-broker licensing is the briefing. Do not invent a statute name. Jason Taken does not convey Oregon dirt. If you take title, a licensed real-estate broker still has to close the deed.
Environmental transfer is N. Sales tax on M&E is MfgEx / Occ. Bulk / successor tax is F. Mini-WARN is N. An Oregon CPA owns the conveyance. Do not invent a clearance certificate.
Phase I supports All Appropriate Inquiries (Source: EPA / 40 C.F.R. Part 312). Phase I and Phase II ESA follows ASTM E1527-21. Transfer-act N is not a skip on a finishing line or a food plant. Studies stale. How it works still puts returns before a Eugene walk.
If you later cut or move work, federal WARN tests 100 or more full-time employees. Mini-WARN N. A 33.5-person shop often sits under the federal test. The 0.69% 500-plus share is small. If a teaser implies a campus, ask for headcount in week one.
Should an Oregon buyer treat Portland as the only labor pool?
No. Portland is one bench. Eugene, Salem, Bend, and Medford are others. A 33.5-person shop usually means the owner quotes. If you cannot replace that person in the metro you named, the teaser is a brochure. The research file has no Oregon wage table. National May 2025 OEWS medians — machinist $58,750, welder $53,750 — are backdrop (Source: BLS OEWS). Recast the burdened payroll. Do not invent a Portland print.
Write process, size band, certificates, concentration ceiling, real-estate stance, and capital path before anyone tours.
504 occupancy on a 33.5-person plant
SBA 7(a) for manufacturing acquisitions is the product page. Published 7(a) still shows a $5 million maximum and a 10% injection (Source: SBA). Salem seller paper helps SOP 50 10 8 only when it is full standby for the 7(a) life and only for half the 10%. A monthly payee is a creditor.
504 can carry an occupied plant: $5 million standard, $5.5 million small-manufacturer. Occupancy is a fact. Combined programs are not a cash-out on a thin check against a 33.5-person shop.
| Stack | Fits a 5,231-shop file | Dies when |
|---|---|---|
| 7(a) | Operating company inside the published box | Wood-file EV treated as a platform |
| 504 | You occupy the Eugene or Portland plant | Empty dirt sold as optional |
| ABL | Eligible AR | Food WIP the exam kicks |
| Equipment | Owned serialized cells | Hidden liens |
| Seller paper | Honest stretch | Current-pay note called injection |
Write the peg before anyone counts. Wood moisture lots and electronics long-lead parts do not share a class. Physical count at close.
Buyer types will not share your earnings base. A wood add-on will not pay a freight multiple for an owner-quoted metal shop. A searcher who imported a high-margin study print will mis-price a 33.5-person food plant. Anyone who needs 7(a) will walk when the published cap is missed.
BizBuySell’s manufacturing median 2.75x SDE is Main Street (Source: BizBuySell). IBBA Pulse Q1 2026 said 83% of deals over $5 million drew three or more offers. Most 5,231-shop files never enter that room. Leave ISM August 2026 PMI 54.6 and Fed G.17 July 2026 utilization 76.0% in the year file.
After a Portland or Medford close, keep the estimator, lock wood or electronics accounts, and recount moisture lots. The 7(a) box is already spent (Source: SBA). A 33.5-person shop will not quote itself from the airport.
Pull serials and liens before a Bend walk. Appraise FMV, OLV, and FLV separately. When asking EV is basically iron plus a cleaned peg, you are buying a small payroll. Concentration above about 25–30% of sales is still structure.
Jason Taken will write wood, food, electronics, or metal — then cut Portland-to-Bend radius language. We will not hide an F / listed license cell because the teaser photographed a full lot.
Oregon counsel picks APA or SPA. Neither form answers the license listing. Confirm cells locally. No outcome is guaranteed.
A Medford wood buyer who copies Portland electronics freight math will miss working capital. A Salem food buyer who copies Bend metal quoting will miss the estimator. Write the process. Write the bench. Write whether you will occupy. Then ask counsel what F / listed means on this engagement. A 5,231-shop map with 72.4% under 20 does not owe you a campus. If the Bend teaser photographs like one, ask for heads before anyone books a flight. Occupancy is a 504 fact. Empty dirt sold as optionality is not a debenture story on a 33.5-person shop. Write whether you will live in Portland, Eugene, Salem, Bend, or Medford before anyone tours.
Book a confidential intro call after you can name the process and the freight problem.
Bend is not Portland. Medford is not Eugene. A 72.4% under-20 share means most 5,231 shops are owner-quoted. Ask who still quotes when a barge or a truck is late. Freight is a working-capital file on wood and food. It is a long-lead file on electronics. Do not copy one onto the other.
Salem occupancy is a 504 fact. Empty dirt sold as optionality is not a debenture story. A 33.5-person shop with a 0.69% 500-plus share is usually not a campus. If the teaser photographs like one, ask for headcount in week one.
The F / listed license cell is why counsel reads the engagement before you lean on a Portland CIM. Do not invent a statute name. Do not treat the listing as a free pass because the shop is small. Confirm, then source.
Pull serials before a Salem walk. Wood moisture lots are not electronics long-lead parts. Food shelf-life inventory is not fabricated-metal raw. Write the class. Physical count at close.
A 0.69% 500-plus share means campuses are uncommon. If the teaser photographs like one, ask for heads. Most of the 5,231 shops sit under 20 people. A 33.5-person average shop usually still has an owner who quotes. If you cannot replace that person in Bend or Medford, the teaser is a brochure.
Ask the Oregon CPA how MfgEx / Occ treats this bulk machinery move, then ask whether any hold sits on the wire. Successor tax is F — fact-dependent. Do not invent a clearance certificate.
Educational briefing only. Oregon counsel, a CPA, a lender, and qualified environmental and M&E professionals own the F / listed license cell. No outcome is guaranteed.
I-5 is not a labor theory. Portland, Salem, Eugene, and Medford are four benches. Write which one you can staff before anyone sends a Bend packet. Freight math on wood does not copy onto electronics. Moisture lots do not copy onto long-lead components. A 33.5-person shop will not quote itself from PDX.
Oregon’s CBP 2023 file counted 5,231 shops, 175,491 employees, a 33.5 average, 72.4% under 20, and 0.69% at 500-plus. License cell is F / listed. Mini-WARN is N. Write the under-20 map first.