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

How have SBA loans to Denny's franchisees turned out?

Of 31 loans approved in fiscal 2012 to 2017 (at least five years old), 1 (3.2%) were charged off by the lender, against 6.9% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years. Denny's appears on 31 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2012 to 2017, $26.2 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.

Denny'sFranchise brand · 31 loans

3%of seasoned loans charged off

Denny's appears on 31 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2012 to 2017, $26.2 million in gross approvals.
Of 31 loans approved in fiscal 2012 to 2017 (at least five years old), 1 (3.2%) were charged off by the lender, against 6.9% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years.
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 year	Loans	Approved	Paid in full	Charged off	Not yet resolved	Charged-off share
FY2012	1	$1.4 million	1	0	0	few loans
FY2014	5	$3.4 million	5	0	0	few loans
FY2015	7	$6.0 million	5	1	1	few loans
FY2016	8	$5.6 million	6	0	2	few loans
FY2017	10	$9.9 million	10	0	0	0.0%

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.