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

How have SBA loans to Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream franchisees turned out?

Of 53 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2013 (at least five years old), 7 (13.2%) were charged off by the lender, against 20.2% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years. Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream appears on 53 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2013, $15.3 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.

Ben & Jerry's Ice CreamFranchise brand · 53 loans

13%of seasoned loans charged off

Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream appears on 53 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2013, $15.3 million in gross approvals.
Of 53 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2013 (at least five years old), 7 (13.2%) were charged off by the lender, against 20.2% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years.
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.

Every approval year

Approval year	Loans	Approved	Paid in full	Charged off	Charged-off share
FY2000	6	$1.2 million	6	0	few loans
FY2001	7	$1.4 million	7	0	few loans
FY2002	1	$178,000	1	0	few loans
FY2003	2	$450,000	1	1	few loans
FY2004	15	$4.3 million	13	2	13.3%
FY2005	8	$2.8 million	5	3	few loans
FY2006	4	$918,000	4	0	few loans
FY2007	2	$2.7 million	2	0	few loans
FY2008	2	$340,000	1	1	few loans
FY2009	2	$228,000	2	0	few loans
FY2013	4	$795,000	4	0	few 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.