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

How have SBA loans to Fastsigns franchisees turned out?

Of 95 loans approved in fiscal 2016 to 2021 (at least five years old), 7 (7.4%) were charged off by the lender, against 6.5% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years. Fastsigns appears on 183 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2016 to 2026, $93.1 million in gross approvals. These are loans, not a rating.

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FastsignsFranchise brand · 183 loans

7%of seasoned loans charged off

Fastsigns appears on 183 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2016 to 2026, $93.1 million in gross approvals.
Of 95 loans approved in fiscal 2016 to 2021 (at least five years old), 7 (7.4%) were charged off by the lender, against 6.5% 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.

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 year	Loans	Approved	Paid in full	Charged off	Not yet resolved	Charged-off share
FY2016	3	$5.1 million	2	0	1	few loans
FY2017	1	$70,000	1	0	0	few loans
FY2018	18	$6.9 million	11	2	5	11.1%
FY2019	22	$6.9 million	11	4	7	18.2%
FY2020	27	$11.2 million	11	1	15	3.7%
FY2021	24	$14.1 million	6	0	18	0.0%
FY2022	14	$7.2 million	4	0	10	too recent for a share
FY2023	25	$11.4 million	5	0	20	too recent for a share
FY2024	15	$4.9 million	0	0	15	too recent for a share
FY2025	24	$17.4 million	0	0	24	too recent for a share
FY2026	10	$8.1 million	0	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.