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

How have SBA loans in Investment Advice turned out?

Of 3,307 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2021 (at least five years old), 306 (9.3%) were charged off by the lender, against 15.6% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years. Investment Advice appears on 3,392 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2026, $1.4 billion 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.
Investment AdviceIndustry NAICS 523930 · 3,392 loans
9%of seasoned loans charged off
  1. Investment Advice appears on 3,392 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2026, $1.4 billion in gross approvals.
  2. Of 3,307 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2021 (at least five years old), 306 (9.3%) were charged off by the lender, against 15.6% 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.
0%42%Fiscal 2001: 1 of 30 loans charged off (3.3%)Fiscal 2002: 2 of 41 loans charged off (4.9%)Fiscal 2003: 12 of 78 loans charged off (15.4%)Fiscal 2004: 16 of 113 loans charged off (14.2%)Fiscal 2005: 46 of 152 loans charged off (30.3%)Fiscal 2006: 58 of 159 loans charged off (36.5%)Fiscal 2007: 82 of 196 loans charged off (41.8%)Fiscal 2008: 48 of 137 loans charged off (35.0%)Fiscal 2009: 3 of 74 loans charged off (4.1%)Fiscal 2010: 3 of 77 loans charged off (3.9%)Fiscal 2011: 1 of 68 loans charged off (1.5%)Fiscal 2012: 2 of 81 loans charged off (2.5%)Fiscal 2013: 2 of 112 loans charged off (1.8%)Fiscal 2014: 4 of 205 loans charged off (2.0%)Fiscal 2015: 4 of 280 loans charged off (1.4%)Fiscal 2016: 4 of 386 loans charged off (1.0%)Fiscal 2017: 8 of 350 loans charged off (2.3%)Fiscal 2018: 3 of 223 loans charged off (1.3%)Fiscal 2019: 5 of 197 loans charged off (2.5%)Fiscal 2020: 1 of 173 loans charged off (0.6%)Fiscal 2021: 1 of 171 loans charged off (0.6%)20012003200520072009201120132015201720192021
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
FY20004$1.2 million400few loans
FY200130$6.1 million29103.3%
FY200241$5.4 million39204.9%
FY200378$4.2 million6612015.4%
FY2004113$9.4 million9716014.2%
FY2005152$9.1 million10646030.3%
FY2006159$11.9 million10058136.5%
FY2007196$12.9 million11482041.8%
FY2008137$14.8 million8948035.0%
FY200974$9.9 million69324.1%
FY201077$7.2 million74303.9%
FY201168$12.4 million67101.5%
FY201281$15.3 million78212.5%
FY2013112$48.2 million108221.8%
FY2014205$106.0 million194472.0%
FY2015280$141.0 million272441.4%
FY2016386$190.5 million3704121.0%
FY2017350$199.4 million2938492.3%
FY2018223$129.8 million1803401.3%
FY2019197$115.5 million1505422.5%
FY2020173$147.2 million1181540.6%
FY2021171$138.6 million911790.6%
FY202258$28.1 million21136too recent for a share
FY202317$8.7 million3113too recent for a share
FY20246$2.3 million105too recent for a share
FY20252$3.2 million002too recent for a share
FY20262$207,000002too recent for a share

By state, where 30 or more loans are at least five years old

StateLoans (FY2000 to 2021)Charged offShare
California5026813.6%
Texas1942010.3%
New York185126.5%
Florida1802212.2%
Ohio14396.3%
Minnesota12532.4%
Pennsylvania12554.0%
Illinois1221411.5%
Massachusetts11843.4%
New Jersey11176.3%
Utah1103834.5%
Arizona10144.0%

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.

Where can you go from this record?

Open it in the check to search another brand or industry. Before you borrow for a business in this industry, read the FTC consumer guide to buying a franchise, the SBA guide to buying a franchise and SBA Lender Match.

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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