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

How have SBA loans in Book Publishers turned out?

Of 581 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2021 (at least five years old), 108 (18.6%) were charged off by the lender, against 15.6% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years. Book Publishers appears on 592 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2025, $93.7 million in gross approvals. These are loans, not a rating.

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Book PublishersIndustry NAICS 511130 · 592 loans

19%of seasoned loans charged off

Book Publishers appears on 592 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2025, $93.7 million in gross approvals.
Of 581 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2021 (at least five years old), 108 (18.6%) were charged off by the lender, against 15.6% 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.

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 year	Loans	Approved	Paid in full	Charged off	Not yet resolved	Charged-off share
FY2000	3	$180,000	3	0	0	few loans
FY2001	20	$4.4 million	16	4	0	20.0%
FY2002	27	$6.2 million	24	3	0	11.1%
FY2003	43	$2.9 million	35	8	0	18.6%
FY2004	50	$2.8 million	39	11	0	22.0%
FY2005	73	$3.7 million	51	22	0	30.1%
FY2006	60	$4.1 million	39	21	0	35.0%
FY2007	56	$3.6 million	39	17	0	30.4%
FY2008	29	$3.4 million	22	7	0	24.1%
FY2009	19	$2.6 million	19	0	0	0.0%
FY2010	22	$2.8 million	20	1	1	4.5%
FY2011	27	$4.7 million	25	2	0	7.4%
FY2012	13	$1.3 million	11	2	0	15.4%
FY2013	13	$3.7 million	12	1	0	7.7%
FY2014	15	$3.0 million	13	2	0	13.3%
FY2015	18	$3.8 million	11	4	3	22.2%
FY2016	16	$5.1 million	15	0	1	0.0%
FY2017	21	$4.8 million	19	0	2	0.0%
FY2018	14	$2.2 million	11	0	3	0.0%
FY2019	11	$3.8 million	6	0	5	0.0%
FY2020	10	$2.5 million	4	2	4	20.0%
FY2021	21	$20.9 million	12	1	8	4.8%
FY2022	7	$1.0 million	2	0	5	too recent for a share
FY2023	2	$80,000	1	0	1	too recent for a share
FY2024	1	$40,000	0	0	1	too recent for a share
FY2025	1	$150,000	0	0	1	too recent for a share

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

State	Loans (FY2000 to 2021)	Charged off	Share
California	85	17	20.0%
New York	56	7	12.5%
Massachusetts	33	7	21.2%
Texas	31	9	29.0%

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.