SBA loan outcome check · industry · SBA data as of 30 September 2026

How have SBA loans in All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services turned out?

Of 6,837 loans approved in fiscal 2001 to 2021 (at least five years old), 819 (12.0%) were charged off by the lender, against 15.6% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years. All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services appears on 8,867 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2001 to 2026, $2.8 billion in gross approvals. These are loans, not a rating.
Not financial, legal or franchise advice. This page reports what the SBA's loan file records for SBA-guaranteed loans. A charge-off rate is not a rating of a brand or an industry, it does not predict a new loan, and a franchisee's loan is not a measure of the franchisor. Read the franchise's disclosure document and talk to a lender or an adviser before you borrow.
All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical ServicesIndustry NAICS 541990 · 8,867 loans
12%of seasoned loans charged off
  1. All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services appears on 8,867 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2001 to 2026, $2.8 billion in gross approvals.
  2. Of 6,837 loans approved in fiscal 2001 to 2021 (at least five years old), 819 (12.0%) were charged off by the lender, against 15.6% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years.
  3. A charge-off is a loan the lender wrote off. It is not a statement about the borrower, the brand or the franchisor, and it does not predict how a new loan will turn out.
0%30%Fiscal 2001: 11 of 145 loans charged off (7.6%)Fiscal 2002: 17 of 177 loans charged off (9.6%)Fiscal 2003: 22 of 191 loans charged off (11.5%)Fiscal 2004: 32 of 207 loans charged off (15.5%)Fiscal 2005: 53 of 267 loans charged off (19.9%)Fiscal 2006: 81 of 340 loans charged off (23.8%)Fiscal 2007: 127 of 482 loans charged off (26.3%)Fiscal 2008: 187 of 617 loans charged off (30.3%)Fiscal 2009: 42 of 311 loans charged off (13.5%)Fiscal 2010: 19 of 316 loans charged off (6.0%)Fiscal 2011: 27 of 376 loans charged off (7.2%)Fiscal 2012: 23 of 334 loans charged off (6.9%)Fiscal 2013: 12 of 298 loans charged off (4.0%)Fiscal 2014: 13 of 265 loans charged off (4.9%)Fiscal 2015: 24 of 416 loans charged off (5.8%)Fiscal 2016: 29 of 363 loans charged off (8.0%)Fiscal 2017: 32 of 403 loans charged off (7.9%)Fiscal 2018: 25 of 349 loans charged off (7.2%)Fiscal 2019: 25 of 324 loans charged off (7.7%)Fiscal 2020: 10 of 281 loans charged off (3.6%)Fiscal 2021: 8 of 375 loans charged off (2.1%)20012003200520072009201120132015201720192021
share of this group's loans charged off, by approval year (years with 10+ loans)all 7(a) loans, same year

Every approval year

Approval yearLoansApprovedPaid in fullCharged offNot yet resolvedCharged-off share
FY2001145$26.7 million1341107.6%
FY2002177$33.7 million1581729.6%
FY2003191$35.5 million16822111.5%
FY2004207$34.4 million17432115.5%
FY2005267$37.9 million21353119.9%
FY2006340$40.4 million25681323.8%
FY2007482$61.9 million353127226.3%
FY2008617$67.3 million429187130.3%
FY2009311$49.9 million26942013.5%
FY2010316$71.6 million2951926.0%
FY2011376$110.4 million3452747.2%
FY2012334$116.1 million3072346.9%
FY2013298$89.6 million2781284.0%
FY2014265$111.3 million24013124.9%
FY2015416$129.3 million37524175.8%
FY2016363$132.5 million31329218.0%
FY2017403$147.9 million31132607.9%
FY2018349$107.2 million23325917.2%
FY2019324$133.1 million20425957.7%
FY2020281$127.7 million156101153.6%
FY2021375$224.0 million19581722.1%
FY2022315$154.3 million11516184too recent for a share
FY2023389$158.9 million8219288too recent for a share
FY2024495$187.2 million495441too recent for a share
FY2025547$255.3 million191527too recent for a share
FY2026284$150.5 million30281too recent for a share

By state, where 30 or more loans are at least five years old

StateLoans (FY2001 to 2021)Charged offShare
California1,00213213.2%
Texas4965911.9%
Florida3808021.1%
New York3514613.1%
Ohio316247.6%
Massachusetts261228.4%
Pennsylvania253239.1%
Illinois2503313.2%
Virginia2322410.3%
Minnesota225188.0%
Arizona2002914.5%
Maryland195189.2%

US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA loan data as of 30 September 2026. SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans only, aggregated; no borrower or lender is shown. SBA open data.

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Compiled and checked by Vincent Wesley Couey (ORCID 0009-0005-6869-308X) from the SBA 7(a) FOIA loan data, as of 30 September 2026. Not an official source.

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