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

How have SBA loans in Communication Equipment Repair and Maintenance turned out?

Of 248 loans approved in fiscal 2001 to 2021 (at least five years old), 52 (21.0%) were charged off by the lender, against 15.6% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years. Communication Equipment Repair and Maintenance appears on 249 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2001 to 2023, $26.4 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.
Communication Equipment Repair and MaintenanceIndustry NAICS 811213 · 249 loans
21%of seasoned loans charged off
  1. Communication Equipment Repair and Maintenance appears on 249 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2001 to 2023, $26.4 million in gross approvals.
  2. Of 248 loans approved in fiscal 2001 to 2021 (at least five years old), 52 (21.0%) were charged off by the lender, against 15.6% 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%53%Fiscal 2001: 3 of 14 loans charged off (21.4%)Fiscal 2002: 2 of 15 loans charged off (13.3%)Fiscal 2003: 5 of 13 loans charged off (38.5%)Fiscal 2004: 1 of 18 loans charged off (5.6%)Fiscal 2005: 9 of 21 loans charged off (42.9%)Fiscal 2006: 6 of 14 loans charged off (42.9%)Fiscal 2007: 5 of 23 loans charged off (21.7%)Fiscal 2008: 9 of 17 loans charged off (52.9%)Fiscal 2009: 2 of 11 loans charged off (18.2%)Fiscal 2014: 2 of 14 loans charged off (14.3%)Fiscal 2015: 2 of 14 loans charged off (14.3%)Fiscal 2016: 1 of 12 loans charged off (8.3%)Fiscal 2017: 3 of 11 loans charged off (27.3%)Fiscal 2021: 0 of 13 loans charged off (0.0%)2001200320052007200920152017
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
FY200114$1.0 million113021.4%
FY200215$2.2 million132013.3%
FY200313$1.5 million85038.5%
FY200418$1.7 million17105.6%
FY200521$3.4 million129042.9%
FY200614$1.3 million86042.9%
FY200723$1.1 million185021.7%
FY200817$772,20089052.9%
FY200911$772,50092018.2%
FY20102$247,600200few loans
FY20117$392,500700few loans
FY20124$406,700400few loans
FY20133$436,300300few loans
FY201414$1.4 million122014.3%
FY201514$1.1 million122014.3%
FY201612$1.6 million11108.3%
FY201711$2.1 million73127.3%
FY20189$1.2 million612few loans
FY20197$1.0 million511few loans
FY20206$828,300402few loans
FY202113$1.7 million7060.0%
FY20231$150,000001too recent for a share

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.

Where can you go from this record?

Open it in the check to search another brand or industry. Before you borrow for a business in this industry, read the FTC consumer guide to buying a franchise, the SBA guide to buying a franchise and SBA Lender Match.

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.

☆ Save