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

How have SBA loans to Mail Boxes Etc. Usa franchisees turned out?

Of 667 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2013 (at least five years old), 87 (13.0%) were charged off by the lender, against 20.2% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years. Mail Boxes Etc. Usa appears on 667 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2013, $92.6 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.
Mail Boxes Etc. UsaFranchise brand · 667 loans
13%of seasoned loans charged off
  1. Mail Boxes Etc. Usa appears on 667 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2013, $92.6 million in gross approvals.
  2. Of 667 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2013 (at least five years old), 87 (13.0%) were charged off by the lender, against 20.2% 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%30%Fiscal 2000: 13 of 103 loans charged off (12.6%)Fiscal 2001: 22 of 100 loans charged off (22.0%)Fiscal 2002: 11 of 132 loans charged off (8.3%)Fiscal 2003: 14 of 140 loans charged off (10.0%)Fiscal 2004: 9 of 72 loans charged off (12.5%)Fiscal 2005: 5 of 34 loans charged off (14.7%)Fiscal 2006: 9 of 30 loans charged off (30.0%)Fiscal 2008: 3 of 10 loans charged off (30.0%)Fiscal 2009: 0 of 12 loans charged off (0.0%)Fiscal 2010: 0 of 11 loans charged off (0.0%)2000200120022003200420052006200820092010
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
FY2000103$13.8 million9013012.6%
FY2001100$14.5 million7822022.0%
FY2002132$18.5 million1201118.3%
FY2003140$19.1 million12614010.0%
FY200472$9.5 million639012.5%
FY200534$4.7 million295014.7%
FY200630$3.8 million219030.0%
FY20079$1.5 million900few loans
FY200810$1.3 million73030.0%
FY200912$1.7 million12000.0%
FY201011$1.8 million11000.0%
FY20114$596,600400few loans
FY20128$1.4 million800few loans
FY20132$404,000110few 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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