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

How have SBA loans to Cartridge World franchisees turned out?

Of 173 loans approved in fiscal 2004 to 2017 (at least five years old), 38 (22.0%) were charged off by the lender, against 18.0% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years. Cartridge World appears on 173 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2004 to 2017, $21.0 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.
Cartridge WorldFranchise brand · 173 loans
22%of seasoned loans charged off
  1. Cartridge World appears on 173 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2004 to 2017, $21.0 million in gross approvals.
  2. Of 173 loans approved in fiscal 2004 to 2017 (at least five years old), 38 (22.0%) were charged off by the lender, against 18.0% 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%62%Fiscal 2004: 2 of 20 loans charged off (10.0%)Fiscal 2005: 9 of 50 loans charged off (18.0%)Fiscal 2006: 3 of 20 loans charged off (15.0%)Fiscal 2007: 12 of 32 loans charged off (37.5%)Fiscal 2008: 8 of 13 loans charged off (61.5%)20042005200620072008
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
FY200420$3.2 million182010.0%
FY200550$5.3 million419018.0%
FY200620$2.4 million173015.0%
FY200732$3.9 million2012037.5%
FY200813$1.5 million48161.5%
FY20093$305,000300few loans
FY20108$738,000710few loans
FY20111$60,900100few loans
FY20126$450,000600few loans
FY20132$105,000110few loans
FY20145$1.0 million500few loans
FY20159$1.5 million621few loans
FY20163$280,600300few loans
FY20171$270,000001few 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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