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

How have SBA loans to Carstar Automotive franchisees turned out?

Of 30 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2018 (at least five years old), 3 (10.0%) were charged off by the lender, against 16.9% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years. Carstar Automotive appears on 30 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2018, $23.8 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.
Carstar AutomotiveFranchise brand · 30 loans
10%of seasoned loans charged off
  1. Carstar Automotive appears on 30 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2018, $23.8 million in gross approvals.
  2. Of 30 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2018 (at least five years old), 3 (10.0%) 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.

Every approval year

Approval yearLoansApprovedPaid in fullCharged offNot yet resolvedCharged-off share
FY20002$1.2 million200few loans
FY20021$1.0 million010few loans
FY20044$1.0 million400few loans
FY20052$1.8 million110few loans
FY20073$3.4 million210few loans
FY20101$234,600100few loans
FY20121$735,000100few loans
FY20132$1.2 million200few loans
FY20141$2.4 million100few loans
FY20157$5.9 million700few loans
FY20161$1.2 million100few loans
FY20174$3.3 million400few loans
FY20181$200,000100few 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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