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

How have SBA loans in Fiber Optic Cable Manufacturing turned out?

Of 36 loans approved in fiscal 2002 to 2019 (at least five years old), 2 (5.6%) were charged off by the lender, against 16.6% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years. Fiber Optic Cable Manufacturing appears on 50 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2002 to 2026, $13.4 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.
Fiber Optic Cable ManufacturingIndustry NAICS 335921 · 50 loans
6%of seasoned loans charged off
  1. Fiber Optic Cable Manufacturing appears on 50 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2002 to 2026, $13.4 million in gross approvals.
  2. Of 36 loans approved in fiscal 2002 to 2019 (at least five years old), 2 (5.6%) were charged off by the lender, against 16.6% 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
FY20023$1.6 million210few loans
FY20035$480,000410few loans
FY20043$732,500300few loans
FY20053$610,000300few loans
FY20064$361,100400few loans
FY20072$225,000200few loans
FY20082$102,800200few loans
FY20093$1.0 million300few loans
FY20101$50,000100few loans
FY20152$320,000200few loans
FY20163$1.4 million300few loans
FY20171$573,000100few loans
FY20182$150,000200few loans
FY20192$2.6 million101few loans
FY20225$1.8 million104too recent for a share
FY20231$15,000001too recent for a share
FY20242$75,000002too recent for a share
FY20255$1.4 million005too recent for a share
FY20261$10,000001too 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.

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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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