Of 1,210 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2021 (at least five years old), 167 (13.8%) were charged off by the lender, against 15.6% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years. Bowling Centers appears on 1,386 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2026, $960.8 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.
Bowling Centers appears on 1,386 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2026, $960.8 million in gross approvals.
Of 1,210 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2021 (at least five years old), 167 (13.8%) 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
65
$30.5 million
54
11
0
16.9%
FY2001
48
$24.5 million
41
7
0
14.6%
FY2002
83
$43.2 million
67
16
0
19.3%
FY2003
60
$24.8 million
50
10
0
16.7%
FY2004
79
$33.2 million
59
18
2
22.8%
FY2005
73
$22.5 million
55
17
1
23.3%
FY2006
56
$23.8 million
41
15
0
26.8%
FY2007
47
$22.1 million
27
19
1
40.4%
FY2008
60
$20.6 million
44
14
2
23.3%
FY2009
45
$25.9 million
35
8
2
17.8%
FY2010
64
$43.1 million
49
12
3
18.8%
FY2011
65
$67.1 million
51
8
6
12.3%
FY2012
46
$41.2 million
34
2
10
4.3%
FY2013
38
$18.0 million
30
2
6
5.3%
FY2014
48
$42.7 million
40
3
5
6.3%
FY2015
51
$55.0 million
43
1
7
2.0%
FY2016
73
$61.3 million
54
2
17
2.7%
FY2017
58
$39.8 million
41
1
16
1.7%
FY2018
62
$57.4 million
41
1
20
1.6%
FY2019
39
$45.7 million
23
0
16
0.0%
FY2020
25
$26.8 million
15
0
10
0.0%
FY2021
25
$23.1 million
11
0
14
0.0%
FY2022
27
$16.1 million
6
1
20
too recent for a share
FY2023
43
$40.6 million
3
0
40
too recent for a share
FY2024
46
$44.2 million
7
0
39
too recent for a share
FY2025
42
$36.4 million
2
0
40
too recent for a share
FY2026
18
$31.1 million
0
0
18
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
New York
99
9
9.1%
Michigan
90
16
17.8%
Wisconsin
88
9
10.2%
Ohio
86
16
18.6%
Pennsylvania
62
8
12.9%
Minnesota
60
8
13.3%
Indiana
59
5
8.5%
California
52
9
17.3%
Illinois
47
10
21.3%
Iowa
45
8
17.8%
Texas
40
7
17.5%
Kansas
37
2
5.4%
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.