SBA loan outcome check · franchise brand · SBA data as of 30 September 2026

How have SBA loans to Americas Best Value Inn (F/K/A Best Value Inn franchisees turned out?

Of 115 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2018 (at least five years old), 5 (4.3%) were charged off by the lender, against 16.9% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years. Americas Best Value Inn (F/K/A Best Value Inn appears on 115 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2018, $157.5 million 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.
Americas Best Value Inn (F/K/A Best Value InnFranchise brand · 115 loans
4%of seasoned loans charged off
  1. Americas Best Value Inn (F/K/A Best Value Inn appears on 115 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2018, $157.5 million in gross approvals.
  2. Of 115 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2018 (at least five years old), 5 (4.3%) were charged off by the lender, against 16.9% 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%15%Fiscal 2014: 0 of 15 loans charged off (0.0%)Fiscal 2015: 0 of 22 loans charged off (0.0%)Fiscal 2016: 0 of 20 loans charged off (0.0%)Fiscal 2017: 0 of 24 loans charged off (0.0%)2014201520162017
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
FY20002$1.7 million200few loans
FY20021$1.3 million100few loans
FY20033$3.7 million210few loans
FY20048$8.3 million710few loans
FY20055$5.9 million410few loans
FY20063$3.1 million111few loans
FY20071$800,000001few loans
FY20081$824,000100few loans
FY20104$3.4 million310few loans
FY20112$3.8 million200few loans
FY20132$3.1 million200few loans
FY201415$18.4 million12030.0%
FY201522$29.7 million19030.0%
FY201620$33.2 million12080.0%
FY201724$37.5 million140100.0%
FY20182$2.8 million101few loans

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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