What CBP is allowed to do on this site
It sizes a state or a metro without inventing a brokerage inventory. Cities and states cite the cells they were given. They do not invent a “for-sale” count. Size band is how valuation splits those shops. CBP employment bands are not the same noun as an SDE size band, but they remind you that most U.S. plants are small.
BizBuySell’s manufacturing median on the 2021–2025 sold set was 2.75x SDE (Source: BizBuySell). That is a sold-set multiple. CBP is a census. Do not blend them.
Do not invent a “for-sale” count from an establishment census. Do not invent a city employment number the research file does not hold. State pages that already cite a live cell may be linked. Cities that already cite a live cell may be linked. This page will not mint new cells. Size band is how valuation splits shops. CBP employment size is how Census splits establishments. They are cousins, not twins.
How it works still starts with the file in front of you. The market report can sit CBP next to PMI. Neither print is an asking price. Jason Taken is a business broker. He does not sell a census.
Does CBP tell a buyer where to look?
It tells you where establishments sit. It does not tell you which owners will take a call. The market report can sit CBP next to ISM’s 54.6 August 2026 PMI (Source: Industry Today / ISM). Neither print is an asking price. Valuation still starts from the file in front of you.
State pages cite the cells they were given so they can size the local base without inventing a brokerage inventory. Cities do the same. Neither directory lists owners or asking prices. Do not invent a county employment number this research file does not hold. Use the national 284,452 / 68.4 percent pair, or a live state cell. Size band is how valuation splits shops. CBP employment size is how Census splits establishments. They are cousins, not twins.
How it works still starts with the file in front of you. FAQ owns the questions. The states owner is the process home. Jason Taken does not sell a census.
How to cite CBP without inventing a cell
Use the national 284,452 / 68.4% pair, or a state cell that already exists on a live state page. Do not invent a county employment number this research file does not hold.
| Instrument | Job | Not |
|---|---|---|
| CBP 2023 | Establishment census | A listing |
| BizBuySell 2.75x | Sold-set SDE median | A census |
| ISM PMI 54.6 | Survey direction | A headcount |
State pages cite the cells they were given so they can size the local manufacturing base without inventing a brokerage inventory. Cities do the same. Neither directory lists owners or asking prices. Employment-size bands in CBP are not SDE size bands. A 15-person shop with real EBITDA still has to pick the right valuation table. A 200-person plant that clears on SDE is a different mistake in the other direction.
Do not invent a county employment number this research file does not hold. Use the national 284,452 / 68.4 percent pair, or a live state cell. ISM PMI and BizBuySell 2.75x are different instruments. How it works still starts with the file in front of you, not with a census map. FAQ owns the questions. The glossary hands you to the states owner, then to a confidential intro call. Jason Taken is a business broker.
If a seller wants a “how many shops like mine” slide, use CBP only for the cells that already exist on a live state or city page. Do not mint a new county number in the CIM. A census slide is context. It is not a comparable set and it is not a listing.
If a slide deck needs a national sentence, use 284,452 establishments and 68.4 percent under 20 employees, dated to Census CBP 2023. Then stop. Do not invent the next cell.
What this page will not do
It will not invent a city turn. Jason Taken is a business broker. The glossary sends you to the owner. After the noun is straight, book a confidential intro call.