ALPHA PRO TECH LTD
96588fea5ed44ff0abd3e3558c6509ab
PRODUCTION_VERIFIED schema v3.0.0 Inferred last heartbeat: 2026-07-23T20:02:36.895636+00:00

Business Model Classification Tokens

contract_cycle_length
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
enterprise_sales_motion
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
procurement_complexity
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
vendor_lock_coefficient
null
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
consumer_acquisition_channel
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
brand_loyalty_index
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
impulse_vs_considered_purchase
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
retail_distribution_reach
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
consumption_unit_definition
null
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
usage_billing_granularity
null
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
overage_penalty_structure
null
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
minimum_commitment_floor
null
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
metered_margin_profile
null
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
bundle_discount_depth
null
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
cross_sell_attach_rate
null
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
bundle_churn_vs_single_churn
null
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
bundle_margin_blended
null
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run
upsell_pathway_architecture
null
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Pending — BM Dev Shop classification run

Business Model Archetype Classification

University of St. Gallen — 55 Business Model Navigator (Gassmann et al.)

SG-036 Product to Capability WHAT High
Direct: revenue_model_type=Predominantly transactional (~90%+); product sales-driven with limited recurring contract revenue, vulnerable to demand cyclicality.. Corroborated: business_model_type_primary=Manufacturing/distribution model; not cloud-dependent. Termination of cloud account causes administrative disruption but not operational shutdown.
SG-026
Make-to-Order
HOW High
SG-049
Subscription
VALUE High

Hybrid Combination

Product to Capability (SG-036) WHAT provides the core structure, combined with Make-to-Order (SG-026) + Subscription (SG-049) to form the complete business model fingerprint.

55 Archetypes Evaluated High: 3 Medium: 20 Registry: schemas/sg55_archetype_registry.yaml

Knowledge Graph — All Sections

debt_leverage_profile
Near-zero debt; Alpha Pro Tech carries minimal long-term debt, so a 200bps rate rise has negligible direct interest expense impact on operations.
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interest_rate_sensitivity
Low sensitivity; debt-free balance sheet means rate increases affect opportunity cost on cash holdings (~$30M+), not interest burden.
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Agent_Inference
geopolitical_supply_exposure
Low intensity; China and India supply >60% of global API inputs, creating concentration risk.
Medium
GICS-commodity-overlay-v1
supply_chain_dependency
1) Chinese manufacturing concentration for disposable PPE/nonwovens; 2) Southeast Asian raw material sourcing for polypropylene-based fabrics.
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international_expansion_readiness
Predominantly US-revenue company (~95%+ domestic); minimal sovereign currency devaluation exposure in international markets.
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geographic_footprint
Overwhelmingly US-centric revenue base; limited international operations reduce currency devaluation risk to near-negligible levels.
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commodity_exposure_profile
Low intensity; commodities: Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients, Rare Earth Elements, Natural Gas (energy), Plastics/Resins, Ethanol, Packaging Materials; geopolitical: China and India supply >60% of global API inputs, creating concentration risk.
Medium
GICS-commodity-overlay-v1
vendor_lock_dependency_score
Moderate risk; reliance on limited Asian contract manufacturers for nonwoven materials likely represents concentrated single-supplier dependency exceeding 30%.
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business_model_type_primary
Manufacturing/distribution model; not cloud-dependent. Termination of cloud account causes administrative disruption but not operational shutdown.
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business_model_type_secondary
Physical product manufacturer and distributor of PPE and building products; no SaaS or platform component.
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switching_cost_profile
Minimal API coupling risk; traditional manufacturing business with limited software API dependencies in core operations.
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howey_test_risk_index
Fails Howey Test; revenue from tangible PPE and building product sales is clearly commercial, not a securities offering.
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regulatory_burden_tier
Very High
Medium
GICS-regulatory-overlay-v1
data_sovereignty_risk
Low GDPR/CCPA exposure; B2B manufacturer with limited consumer data collection and primarily US customer base.
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antitrust_exposure_flag
Low antitrust risk; operates in fragmented PPE/disposable protective market with large competitors like Kimberly-Clark and Honeywell.
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regulatory_exposure_profile
Very High burden; regimes: FDA, CMS, HHS, HIPAA, EMA, OIG; Drug pricing legislation and approval delays directly compress revenue visibility.
Medium
GICS-regulatory-overlay-v1
revenue_model_type
Predominantly transactional (~90%+); product sales-driven with limited recurring contract revenue, vulnerable to demand cyclicality.
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monetization_vector
Direct product sales of disposable PPE, coveralls, and building/construction protection products to industrial and healthcare distributors.
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pricing_architecture
Cost-plus pricing tied to polypropylene input costs; limited pricing power when raw material costs spike without contractual pass-through mechanisms.
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pricing_power_rating
Moderate-low; commodity-adjacent products face price competition from Asian imports; pandemic-era pricing power has normalized significantly.
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target_gross_margin_bracket
38.1% Gross Margin (Moderate (20-40%))
High
SEC-XBRL
churn_vulnerability_index
No meaningful free-rider problem; physical product purchases require direct transactions, though distributor loyalty is volume-discount sensitive.
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headcount_cost_structure
Moderately linear; manufacturing scale requires proportional production labor, though distribution and admin show some sublinear scaling.
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marginal_cost_of_growth
Moderate; doubling revenue requires meaningful capex and headcount in manufacturing, but fixed overhead dilution provides some margin leverage.
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franchise_compliance_risk
null
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customer_acquisition_metric
At 10x scale, distributor concentration risk increases; unit economics depend on maintaining gross margins (~30%) against volume pricing pressure.
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network_effect_present
No network effects present; physical PPE products gain no value from additional users or customers on the platform.
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asset_efficiency_ratio
Moderate AI displacement risk in inventory management and demand forecasting; core manufacturing labor faces limited near-term automation threat.
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recession_resistance_tier
Tier 2 moderate resilience; healthcare/safety PPE demand is relatively stable, but construction protection products are cyclically sensitive.
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customer_segment_primary
Industrial and healthcare distributors (e.g., Grainger, Fastenal channel); high concentration risk if top 2-3 distributors represent majority of revenue.
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customer_segment_secondary
Government and institutional buyers (hospitals, construction firms); demand surged during COVID-19 but has since normalized to pre-pandemic levels.
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characteristic_occupations
["11-0000 Management Occupations", "13-0000 Business and Financial Operations Occupations", "15-0000 Computer and Mathematical Occupations", "19-0000 Life, Physical, and Social Science Occupations", "21-0000 Community and Social Service Occupations", "23-0000 Legal Occupations", "29-0000 Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations", "31-0000 Healthcare Support Occupations", "41-0000 Sales and Related Occupations", "43-0000 Office and Administrative Support Occupations", "51-0000 Production Occupations"]
High
SOC-2018/GICS-overlay
agent_automatable_labor_share
0.32 (HIL — ~32% of characteristic roles agent-automatable)
Medium
SOC-2018 + agentic-exposure-v1
capital_expenditure_profile
1.1% CapEx / Revenue (Low-CapEx Asset-Light)
High
SEC-XBRL
sec_cik
0000884269
High
SEC-EDGAR
ticker
APT
High
SEC-EDGAR

Business Model Components

Core Space

> *Pending Turn 2 — Business Model Type Agent population.*

Interaction Modes

> *Pending Turn 2 — Business Model Type Agent population.*

Product Matrix

> *Pending Turn 2 — Business Model Type Agent population.*

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Live Operational Signals

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Evaluation Gate — Persona Stress Tests

SKILL_BUFFETT_VAL_03PASS2026-07-23no unmet atoms among this persona's authored questions
SKILL_LEGAL_SEC_01PASS2026-07-23no unmet atoms among this persona's authored questions
SKILL_SHORT_BEAR_01PASS2026-07-23no unmet atoms among this persona's authored questions
SKILL_MACRO_STRAT_01PASS2026-07-23no unmet atoms among this persona's authored questions
SKILL_OPS_PARTNER_01FAIL2026-07-231 authored question(s) unanswerable — e.g. QBANK_OPS_002 nee

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