OPINION
BROWN, Judge.
Indianapolis Concrete, Inc., appeals the decision of a Liability Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) concluding that Indianapolis Concrete was a successor employer of Indy Concrete, Inc., for purposes of caleu-lating its contribution to the Unemployment Insurance Benefit Fund (Fund). Indianapolis Concrete raises one issue, which we revise and restate as whether the ALJ erred as a matter of law in his conclusion that Indianapolis Concrete is a successor employer of Indy Concrete, Inc., under Ind.Code § 22-4-10-6. We reverse.
The relevant facts follow. William Lakeman worked as a foreman and supervisor for Indy Concrete, Inc., an Indiana corporation owned by Williams brother Larry Lakeman and Larrys wife Melissa. During the fourth quarter of 2005, Indy Concrete had twenty-five employees. In September 2005, Larry died, and William and Melissa attempted to run Indy Concrete together. A few weeks later, however, Melissa shutdown Indy Concrete. Transcript at 8. At that time, Indy Concrete had no jobs in progress. Within a week after the dissolution of Indy Concrete, William formed Indianapolis Concrete as the sole owner.
William opened new bank accounts for Indianapolis Concrete. Indy Concrete owed William $13,000 in back wages, and, in payment of the debt, William received Indy Concretes telephone number, two trucks, a trailer, several water pumps, trowel machines, and other equipment, which William used in the new business. William also provided his own equipment and leased further equipment as well as ten vehicles. Indianapolis Concrete did not take Indy Concretes computers or office equipment or conduct business from Indy Concretes office. Indianapolis Concrete did not use Indy Concretes goodwill but did acquire two of Indy Concretes clients.
On its first day of operations, Indianapolis Concrete hired five of Indy Concretes former employees, who were out of work because of Indy Concretes dissolution, and, within six weeks, had hired a total of eighteen former employees. At present, Indianapolis Concrete has forty-seven employees, and, like Indy Concrete, works mainly in concrete finishing, although, compared to Indy Concrete, its work is more diverse. Id. at 12.
On May, 22, 2007, the Indiana Department of Workforce Development (the Department) issued a notice of complete disposition of business to Indianapolis Concrete, stating that Indianapolis Concrete had been determined to be a successor employer of Indy Concrete and had therefore assumed Indy Coneretes unemployment compensation experience balance and tax rate. Indianapolis Concrete protested this determination, and, after a hearing, the ALJ issued findings of fact and conclusions thereon concluding that:
[Although [William] specifically stated that he had no intention of continuing the operation of the disposer, and does not believe that he did, under Indiana unemployment law, the facts of the shutdown of [Indy Concrete], and the beginning of the operation of [Indianapolis Concrete] resulted in a transfer which constituted a full successorship [sic] under Indiana unemployment law.
Appellants Appendix at 6.
The sole issue is whether the ALJs conclusion that Indianapolis Concrete is a successor employer of Indy Concrete, Inc., under Ind.Code § 22-4-10-6 is correct as a matter of law. The Indiana Unemployment Compensation Act provides that Ialny decision of the liability administrative law judge shall be conclusive and binding as to all questions of fact. Bloomington Area Arts Council v. Dept of Workforce Dev., Unemployment Ins. App., 821 N.E.2d 843, 849 (Ind.Ct.App.2005) (quoting Ind.Code § 22-4-82-9(a)). When the ALJs decision is challenged as contrary to law, we are limited to a two-part inquiry into the sufficiency of the facts found to sustain the decision and the sufficiency of the evidence to sustain the findings of facts. Id. (quoting Ind.Code § 22-4-32-12). Under this standard, basic facts are reviewed for substantial evidence, conclusions of law are reviewed for their correctness, and ultimate facts are reviewed to determine whether the ALJs finding is a reasonable one. Id. (citing McClain v. Review Bd. of Ind. Dept of Workforce Dev., 693 N.E.2d 1314, 1318 (Ind.1998). rehg denied ). Ultimate facts are conclusions or inferences from the basic facts. Id. (citing McClain, 693 N.E.2d at 1817).
Under the Indiana Employment and Training Services Act, unemployment insurance benefits are funded by a tax contribution imposed upon Indiana employers. Ashlin Transp. Serv., Inc. v. Ind. Unemployment Ins. Bd., 637 N.E.2d 162, 171 (Ind.Ct.App.1994). Each year, the Department determines the contribution rate applicable to each employer, and the contribution is then credited to an experience account established for each employer by the Department. Ind.Code §§ 22-4-11-2(2), 22-4-11-2(e). An employers experience account is charged when a qualifying employee receives unemployment benefits based upon employment with that employer. Ashlin, 637 N.E.2d at 171. The experience account contribution rate for an employer is determined, in part, by the balance in its experience account. Id. Therefore, when a companys employees file more unemployment claims, its contribution rate will also increase. Id.
The Department is responsible for determining the successorship status of an acquiring employer when either a total or partial acquisition occurs between employers, pursuant to Ind.Code § 22-4-10-6(a), discussed infra, and (b) respectively. See id. An employer determined to be a successor employer assumes the resources and liabilities of the experience account of the predecessor employer with respect to that portion of the organization, trade or business acquired. Id. The successor employers contribution rate is then adjusted based upon the new balance in its experience account. Id. If an acquiring employer is denied successor employer status, its experience account balance does not change after the acquisition and the employers contribution rate is calculated based upon that unchanged balance. Id.
Ind.Code § 22-4-7-2(a) defines an employer as:
Any employing unit whether or not an employing unit at the time of the acquisition which acquires the organization, trade, or business within this state of another which at the time of such aequi-sition is an employer subject to this article, and any employing unit whether or not an employing unit at the time of the acquisition which acquires substantially all the assets within this state of such an employer used in or in connection with the operation of such trade or business, if the acquisition of substantially all such assets of such trade or business results in or is used in the operation or continuance of an organization, trade, or business.
(Emphasis added). Ind.Code § 22-4-10-6(a) provides:
When:
(1) an employing unit (whether or not an employing unit at the time of the acquisition) becomes an employer under IC 22-4-7-2(a);
an employer acquires the organization, trade, or business, or substantially all the assets of another employer; or
an employer transfers all or a portion of the employers trade or business (including the employers workforce) to another employer as described in IC 22-4-11.5-7;
the successor employer shall, in accordance with the rules prescribed by the department, assume the position of the predecessor with respect to all the resources and liabilities of the predecessors experience account.
(Emphasis added).
Indianapolis Concrete argues that it did not acquire all or substantially all of Indy Concretes assets and, thus, cannot be a successor employer under Ind.Code § 22-4A-10-6. We have not yet had the occasion to define the phrase substantially all the assets. In Astral Indus., Inc. v. Ind. Emp. See. Bd., we noted that the word substantially ... does not indicate a definite, fixed amount of percentage but is an elastic term which must be construed according to the facts of the particular case. 419 N.E.2d 192, 197 (Ind.Ct.App.1981) (quoting Harris v. Egan, 135 Conn. 102, 60 A.2d 922, 925 (1948)). We also noted that a prime question in determining whether substantially all of the assets [were acquired] ... is: Did the acquisition result in a substantial continuation of the same or like business? Id. (quoting Harris, 60 A.2d at 925). However, in Astral, we considered only the narrow issue of whether accounts receivable constituted assets under the predecessor to the current statute and did not address the question of when one employer has acquired substantially all the assets of another. See id. at 198 (holding that the Referee correctly refused to consider accounts receivable in determining that the appellant had acquired substantially all of another employers assets).
In determining whether one employer has acquired substantially all of the assets of another, other courts have considered several factors, including acquisition of: (1) manufacturing equipment and machinery; (2) office equipment; (8) corporate name; (4) inventories; (5) covenants not to compete; (6) possession of premises; (7) good will; (8) work in progress; (9) patent rights; (10) licenses; (11) trademarks; (12) trade names; (138) technical data; (14) lists of customers; (15) sales correspondence; (16) books of accounts; and (17) employees transferred. See Robert Snyder & Assocs., Inc. v. Cullerton, 75 Ill.App.2d 1, 221 N.E.2d 148, 154 (1966); see also Imprint Techs., Inc. v. Commr of Econ. Sec., 535 N.W.2d 372, 376 (Minn.Ct.App.1995); Pee Dee Nursing Home, Inc. v. S.C. Emp. Sec. Commn, 303 S.C. 232, 399 S.E.2d 777, 779 (1990); Riteway Oil & Gas Co., Inc. v. Iowa Dept of Job Serv., 423 N.W.2d 550, 551 (Iowa 1988).
In the present case, the record reveals that Indianapolis Concrete was formed one week after the dissolution of Indy Concrete. Indianapolis Concrete hired five of Indy Concretes twenty-five former employees, who were out of work at that time, and, within six weeks, had hired a total of eighteen former employees. William acquired certain of Indy Concretes assets, including its phone number, two trucks, a trailer, water pumps, trowel machines, and other items, which he used in the new business. William also supplied his own equipment and leased further equipment as well as ten vehicles. Like Indy Concrete, Indianapolis Concrete works mainly in concrete finishing, although its work is more diverse. Transcript at 12. Indianapolis Concrete also acquired two of Indy Concretes clients. On the other hand, at the time of its dissolution, Indy Concrete had no ongoing projects, and Indianapolis Conerete did not acquire Indy Concretes premises, office equipment, computers, bank accounts, or good will. Furthermore, William testified that Indy Concrete had a bad reputation and that, in forming Indianapolis Concrete, he wanted to distance [himJself from it. Id. at 16.
In light of the above factors, we conclude that Indianapolis Concrete did not acquire substantially all of the assets of Indy Concrete. Rather, it acquired assets from which it built a new business. See Snyder, 221 N.E.2d at 155 (holding that Nile was not a successor employer of Kling where Nile acquired Klings manufacturing equipment and machinery, office equipment, premises, and some of Klings employees, but did not acquire the corporate name, inventories, good will, work in progress, patent rights, licenses, trademarks, trade names, technical data, customer lists, sales correspondence, and books of accounts); Riteway, 423 N.W.2d at 551 (holding that there was no continuity of business where Rite-way did not aequire Kochs customer lists, good will, trade name, most of its employees, or brand name, but did acquire its inventory and place of business); cf. Imprint, 535 N.W.2d at 377 (holding that Imprint acquired the organization, trade, or business of Workforce where Imprint acquired Workforces corporate and trade names, phone number, goodwill and customers, maintained a location across the street from Workforce, acquired eight of Workforees twelve employees, attempted to buy most if not all of Workforees assets, and where the sole director and officer of Imprint was the president of Workforce and on its board of directors); Pee Dee, 399 S.E.2d at 779 (holding that Pee Dee was the successor employer of CSFR where Pee Dee continued uninterrupted the patient-care operation from [CSFRs]l place of business, initially retained more than 95% of CSFRs employees, all of CSFRs patients, patient records, its trade name, inventory and equipment). We hold, therefore, that the ALJs conclusion that Indianapolis Concrete is the successor employer of Indy Concrete was incorrect as a matter of law.
For the foregoing reasons, we reverse the ALJs conclusion that Indianapolis Concrete is the successor employer of Indy Concrete.
Reversed.
ROBB, J. and CRONE, J. concur.
. In his findings, the ALJ stated that William started Indianapolis Concrete [wlithin approximately one week after his brothers death. Appellants Appendix at 4. This finding is without support in the record, which reveals that William formed Indianapolis Concrete within a week after the dissolution of Indy Concrete, an event that occurred several weeks after Larry died. See Transcript at 7-9.
. Ind.Code §§ 22-4-1-1 et seq.
. Ind.Code § 22-4-10-6(b) governs employers who acquire a distinct and segregable portion of the organization, trade, or business . of another employer. The word distinct is defined as different, separate, plain, well-defined, or clearly perceived. Ashlin, 637 N.E.2d at 167. Likewise, the root of segregable, segregate, is defined as separate, isolate, or set apart. Id. Thus, segregable means something that is capable of being separated, isolated, or set apart. Id. Finally, the word portion means a part of the whole or a part separated from the whole. Id. In Ashlin, for example, we held that, under Ind.Code § 22-4-10-6(b), one employer acquired a distinct and segregable portion of the organization, trade, or business of another employer where the employer acquired the truck driver employees of two other employers. See id. In the present case, as there was no evidence presented that Indianapolis Concrete acquired a distinct and seg-regable portion of Indy Concrete, we will confine our analysis to Ind.Code § 22-4-10-6(a).
4. Ind.Code § 22-4-11.5-7 applies to a transfer of a trade or business between two employers who have substantially common ownership, management, or control. Ind. Code § 22-4-11.5-7(a)(2). As there was no evidence presented that Indy Concrete and Indianapolis Concrete had substantially common ownership, management, or control, this section does not apply to the present case.
. Indianapolis Concrete also argues that [there was absolutely no evidence that [it] took over certain assets of [Indy Concrete]. There was no contract between [it] and Indy whatsoever." Appellants Brief at 10. Because we hold that Indianapolis Concrete did not acquire substantially all of Indy Concretes assets, we need not address this argument.