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Machine shops and fabricators in Elk River, MN can ask about equipment financing for CNC machines, welders, lasers and forklifts, a term loan for a production line, and working capital or inventory financing for material and long receivables. Production floors with paid staff total 162 establishments under Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33) in Sherburne County, MN's 2023 County Business Patterns.
At a glance
- Metal fabricators, Sherburne County, MN
60 establishments under Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (NAICS 332), CBP 2023
- Manufacturing employees, Sherburne County, MN
4,759 in the March 2023 pay period (CBP 2023)
- Manufacturing at a ZIP 55330 address
71 establishments under Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33), ZBP 2023
- Machine shop group, Sherburne County, MN
34 establishments under Machine Shops; Turned Product; and Screw, Nut, and Bolt Manufacturing (NAICS 3327), CBP 2023
Machine shop financing for Sherburne County, MN: machine shops, fabricators and raw material orders
Machine shops and fabricators buy material to a purchase order: bar stock, sheet and plate arrive before the parts ship, and the customer pays on its own terms after that. The gap between the two is a working capital or inventory financing question.
Illustration only, invented figures: a $42,000 steel order for a job paid net 45 after shipping, carried on a line at a 12% annual rate for 45 days, costs about $621.37 in simple interest (45 of 365 days).
The machine shop group in Sherburne County, MN, Machine Shops; Turned Product; and Screw, Nut, and Bolt Manufacturing (NAICS 3327), held 34 establishments in 2023 County Business Patterns; the six-digit code Machine Shops (NAICS 332710) held 24 of those 34.
Business loan to buy machinery for Sherburne County, MN: welders, lasers and production lines
A robotic welding cell, a fiber laser or a new production line is a larger purchase with installation, rigging and training on top of the machine. Equipment financing can carry the whole invoice when the vendor lists those costs; a term loan fits a line built from several vendors.
Illustration only, invented figures: a $185,000 robotic welding cell with $27,750 down, financed over 72 months at an 8.9% annual rate. Six years of payments at $2,826.72 reach $203,523.84 before the cell is owned outright.
Forklifts, a smaller purchase, finance the same way: new or used, with the forklift as collateral. A print shop's press or a food maker's mixer follows that path as well; Printing and Related Support Activities (NAICS 323) held 7 establishments in the county in 2023 County Business Patterns, and Food Manufacturing (NAICS 311) held 8.
Used CNC machine financing in Elk River, MN: quality lab gear, saws and long receivables
Used CNC machines can stretch a budget. A partner can ask for the age, control model, hours and an inspection report, and it decides how old a machine it will finance. Quality lab gear, such as a coordinate measuring machine, and band or cold saws for the material room follow the same path.
Long receivables are the other side of a production floor. A shop shipping to larger manufacturers can wait 45 or 60 days for payment while its own payroll and material bills come due every two weeks.
Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33) in Sherburne County, MN paid $332,781,000 in annual payroll across 162 establishments in 2023 County Business Patterns, about $2,054,204 per establishment by our arithmetic.
In 2023 ZIP Code Business Patterns, the share with fewer than five employees among establishments under Manufacturing (NAICS 31-33) at a ZIP 55330 address was 29.6%; for the rest, payroll belongs in any machine plan.
CNC machine financing in Elk River, MN: lathes, press brakes and tooling packages
CNC lathes, press brakes and the tooling packages that come with them are long-lived machines, so the term matters as much as the rate. Stretching the term trims each payment but adds to what the shop pays overall.
| Term | Monthly payment | Total of payments |
|---|---|---|
| 36 months | $7,687.91 | $276,764.76 |
| 60 months | $5,040.45 | $302,427.00 |
| 84 months | $3,922.56 | $329,495.04 |
Moving the term out to 84 months from 36 makes each payment $3,765.35 smaller in this example, while the total paid grows by $52,730.28.
Manufacturing equipment loans for Sherburne County, MN: second-shift machines, tooling and fixtures
A second shift needs machines that can run it, plus fixtures and tooling for each new part number. Those are equipment purchases. Building more floor space is a property project, and it stays outside this site.
Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing (NAICS 332) held 60 establishments in Sherburne County, MN in 2023 County Business Patterns, with 1,360 employees and $87,711,000 of annual payroll, about $1,461,850 per establishment by our arithmetic. Twenty-four of those 60 fabricators ran with fewer than five on staff.
At the ZIP level, 23 establishments under Fabricated Metal Product Manufacturing had a ZIP 55330 address in 2023 ZIP Code Business Patterns.
Shops without employees are counted in a separate program: 2024 Nonemployer Statistics listed 40 fabricated metal product makers in Sherburne County, MN with no paid employees (NAICS 332).
The industries page sets manufacturing beside the building trades, and the Elk River, MN page carries the county's wider figures.
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