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

How have SBA loans to Best Western Inn franchisees turned out?

Of 284 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2018 (at least five years old), 17 (6.0%) were charged off by the lender, against 16.9% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years. Best Western Inn appears on 284 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2018, $579.2 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.
Best Western InnFranchise brand · 284 loans
6%of seasoned loans charged off
  1. Best Western Inn appears on 284 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2018, $579.2 million in gross approvals.
  2. Of 284 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2018 (at least five years old), 17 (6.0%) 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 2000: 1 of 15 loans charged off (6.7%)Fiscal 2002: 2 of 18 loans charged off (11.1%)Fiscal 2005: 2 of 15 loans charged off (13.3%)Fiscal 2011: 0 of 13 loans charged off (0.0%)Fiscal 2012: 0 of 14 loans charged off (0.0%)Fiscal 2013: 0 of 16 loans charged off (0.0%)Fiscal 2014: 1 of 31 loans charged off (3.2%)Fiscal 2015: 0 of 39 loans charged off (0.0%)Fiscal 2016: 1 of 31 loans charged off (3.2%)Fiscal 2017: 1 of 36 loans charged off (2.8%)2000200220052011201220132014201520162017
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
FY200015$16.9 million14106.7%
FY20017$8.1 million700few loans
FY200218$21.1 million162011.1%
FY20039$9.4 million810few loans
FY20044$5.7 million310few loans
FY200515$14.1 million132013.3%
FY20068$9.5 million620few loans
FY20075$4.4 million410few loans
FY20086$11.4 million420few loans
FY20092$2.7 million110few loans
FY20109$13.0 million801few loans
FY201113$31.9 million13000.0%
FY201214$19.6 million13010.0%
FY201316$27.9 million15010.0%
FY201431$74.9 million26143.2%
FY201539$95.8 million35040.0%
FY201631$94.7 million23173.2%
FY201736$102.4 million241112.8%
FY20186$15.7 million411few 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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