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

How have SBA loans to DQ Grill & Chill Operating Agreement (American Dairy Queen) franchisees turned out?

Of 42 loans approved in fiscal 2018 to 2021 (at least five years old), 0 (0.0%) were charged off by the lender, against 5.9% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years. DQ Grill & Chill Operating Agreement (American Dairy Queen) appears on 93 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2018 to 2026, $93.8 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.

DQ Grill & Chill Operating Agreement (American Dairy Queen)Franchise brand · 93 loans

0%of seasoned loans charged off

DQ Grill & Chill Operating Agreement (American Dairy Queen) appears on 93 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2018 to 2026, $93.8 million in gross approvals.
Of 42 loans approved in fiscal 2018 to 2021 (at least five years old), 0 (0.0%) were charged off by the lender, against 5.9% 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	Not yet resolved	Charged-off share
FY2018	17	$15.3 million	15	2	0.0%
FY2019	7	$6.0 million	2	5	few loans
FY2020	4	$5.6 million	3	1	few loans
FY2021	14	$14.3 million	10	4	0.0%
FY2022	4	$2.2 million	1	3	too recent for a share
FY2023	11	$13.3 million	5	6	too recent for a share
FY2024	11	$6.7 million	3	8	too recent for a share
FY2025	15	$17.3 million	0	15	too recent for a share
FY2026	10	$13.1 million	0	10	too 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.

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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.