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

How have SBA loans to Fastsigns franchisees turned out?

Of 92 loans approved in fiscal 2013 to 2018 (at least five years old), 5 (5.4%) were charged off by the lender, against 7.2% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years. Fastsigns appears on 92 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2013 to 2018, $29.3 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.
FastsignsFranchise brand · 92 loans
5%of seasoned loans charged off
  1. Fastsigns appears on 92 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2013 to 2018, $29.3 million in gross approvals.
  2. Of 92 loans approved in fiscal 2013 to 2018 (at least five years old), 5 (5.4%) were charged off by the lender, against 7.2% 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%15%Fiscal 2014: 1 of 14 loans charged off (7.1%)Fiscal 2015: 2 of 21 loans charged off (9.5%)Fiscal 2016: 1 of 27 loans charged off (3.7%)Fiscal 2017: 1 of 22 loans charged off (4.5%)2014201520162017
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
FY20135$1.3 million500few loans
FY201414$3.3 million13107.1%
FY201521$5.9 million19209.5%
FY201627$8.1 million24123.7%
FY201722$9.7 million17144.5%
FY20183$1.1 million201few 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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