Brewery, Winery and Distillery Feasibility Study in the Portland-South Portland, ME Metro Area

Portland beverage: maine makers at three times the national weight

Inside Portland and South Portland the beverage manufacturing (breweries, wineries, distilleries) class ranks 7 of 39; against all areas, Portland and South Portland ranks 23 of 443 for beverage manufacturing (breweries, wineries, distilleries). A location quotient of 3.04x is the cell's mark: beer, wine and spirits makers carry about three times their national share in southern Maine. The files hold 38 loans for $11.7 million, FY2017 to FY2026. Beverage maker borrowers in Portland and South Portland see a $137,500 median, 0.47x of the national beverage maker figure; ordinary loans run $51,500 to $306,750. Small loans, then, many of them: this reads like craft-scale producers.

0.00% of Portland and South Portland beverage maker loans carry a franchise brand. Cumberland County: 31 loans and York County: 7 loans. On the 504 side, the holders listed are Granite State Economic Development Corporation: 7 loans, $6.1 million. Among 7(a) holders, SBA names 5 loans ($400,000) held by Maine Community Bank. The Portland and South Portland lender table as the institution now carrying notes, and no verdict on Maine Community Bank is implied. Only holdings count. In the Portland and South Portland beverage maker cell, the program mix cannot be shown as no rate fits so few loans; a blank is not zero.

In the Portland and South Portland beverage maker cell, a cancellation figure plus a charge-off rate cannot be shown as no rate fits so few loans; a blank is not zero. FY2017 (11 loans, $5.6 million); FY2021 (7 loans, $1.9 million); and FY2023 (5 loans, $543,600).

A 504 lender and a 7(a) bank are both named, which fits makers that buy equipment and buildings as well as needing working capital; a study should map the proposed use of funds to the right program.

Portland beverage: class scope and a Maine plan

Three kinds of maker make up the Portland and South Portland class, wineries among them, and the code hides taprooms, tasting rooms and events. In Portland and South Portland, a beverage maker loan counts from the project county named measured on the July 2023 map. Unplaceable counties drop out. A study should test production capacity, the tasting-room trade the code cannot show, seasonality, equipment cost, and a payment that holds through the off-season. Loan Analytics gives this ahead of a beverage maker feasibility look at Portland and South Portland, authored by Daniel Smith, MAI, in person; approval is never promised.