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

How have SBA loans in Credit Bureaus turned out?

Of 47 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2020 (at least five years old), 10 (21.3%) were charged off by the lender, against 16.1% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years. Credit Bureaus appears on 51 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2025, $8.4 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.
Credit BureausIndustry NAICS 561450 · 51 loans
21%of seasoned loans charged off
  1. Credit Bureaus appears on 51 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2025, $8.4 million in gross approvals.
  2. Of 47 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2020 (at least five years old), 10 (21.3%) were charged off by the lender, against 16.1% 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
FY20005$942,000410few loans
FY20023$1.3 million300few loans
FY20035$481,500410few loans
FY20043$110,000210few loans
FY20056$2.6 million420few loans
FY20064$99,000310few loans
FY20078$345,000440few loans
FY20082$545,000200few loans
FY20101$175,000100few loans
FY20121$20,000100few loans
FY20144$255,000400few loans
FY20151$40,000100few loans
FY20182$65,000200few loans
FY20191$50,000100few loans
FY20201$10,000001few loans
FY20222$1.0 million002too recent for a share
FY20231$90,000001too recent for a share
FY20251$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.

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