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

How have SBA loans to Buffalo Wild Wings (F/K/A Bw-3 (Buffalo Wings franchisees turned out?

Of 56 loans approved in fiscal 2001 to 2017 (at least five years old), 3 (5.4%) were charged off by the lender, against 17.4% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years. Buffalo Wild Wings (F/K/A Bw-3 (Buffalo Wings appears on 56 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2001 to 2017, $43.1 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.
Buffalo Wild Wings (F/K/A Bw-3 (Buffalo WingsFranchise brand · 56 loans
5%of seasoned loans charged off
  1. Buffalo Wild Wings (F/K/A Bw-3 (Buffalo Wings appears on 56 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2001 to 2017, $43.1 million in gross approvals.
  2. Of 56 loans approved in fiscal 2001 to 2017 (at least five years old), 3 (5.4%) were charged off by the lender, against 17.4% 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.

Every approval year

Approval yearLoansApprovedPaid in fullCharged offNot yet resolvedCharged-off share
FY20012$1.4 million110few loans
FY20026$5.0 million600few loans
FY200310$5.4 million10000.0%
FY20043$1.9 million210few loans
FY20055$4.0 million401few loans
FY20063$2.9 million300few loans
FY20072$700,000200few loans
FY20081$400,000100few loans
FY20095$5.8 million410few loans
FY20103$3.1 million300few loans
FY20119$5.7 million900few loans
FY20121$280,000100few loans
FY20131$1.5 million100few loans
FY20141$1.7 million100few loans
FY20152$2.5 million200few loans
FY20161$350,000100few loans
FY20171$350,000100few 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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