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

How have SBA loans in Media Representatives turned out?

Of 323 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2021 (at least five years old), 58 (18.0%) were charged off by the lender, against 15.6% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years. Media Representatives appears on 381 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2026, $49.8 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.
Media RepresentativesIndustry NAICS 541840 · 381 loans
18%of seasoned loans charged off
  1. Media Representatives appears on 381 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2026, $49.8 million in gross approvals.
  2. Of 323 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2021 (at least five years old), 58 (18.0%) 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%38%Fiscal 2002: 1 of 13 loans charged off (7.7%)Fiscal 2003: 2 of 18 loans charged off (11.1%)Fiscal 2004: 4 of 19 loans charged off (21.1%)Fiscal 2005: 6 of 26 loans charged off (23.1%)Fiscal 2006: 7 of 25 loans charged off (28.0%)Fiscal 2007: 15 of 39 loans charged off (38.5%)Fiscal 2008: 7 of 31 loans charged off (22.6%)Fiscal 2009: 3 of 16 loans charged off (18.8%)Fiscal 2011: 2 of 18 loans charged off (11.1%)Fiscal 2012: 2 of 17 loans charged off (11.8%)Fiscal 2013: 0 of 13 loans charged off (0.0%)Fiscal 2015: 2 of 15 loans charged off (13.3%)Fiscal 2016: 3 of 14 loans charged off (21.4%)Fiscal 2018: 2 of 11 loans charged off (18.2%)2002200420062008201120132016
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
FY20005$221,200500few loans
FY20014$250,000400few loans
FY200213$499,30012107.7%
FY200318$1.9 million162011.1%
FY200419$801,700154021.1%
FY200526$870,000206023.1%
FY200625$987,900187028.0%
FY200739$1.9 million2415038.5%
FY200831$1.2 million247022.6%
FY200916$2.7 million133018.8%
FY20107$984,600700few loans
FY201118$1.5 million162011.1%
FY201217$5.5 million132211.8%
FY201313$1.5 million13000.0%
FY20148$704,000710few loans
FY201515$1.3 million132013.3%
FY201614$6.1 million103121.4%
FY20178$1.2 million611few loans
FY201811$3.8 million72218.2%
FY20196$300,500600few loans
FY20205$1.9 million104few loans
FY20215$853,000203few loans
FY202211$2.1 million317too recent for a share
FY202318$3.9 million1116too recent for a share
FY202411$1.2 million317too recent for a share
FY202510$1.4 million109too recent for a share
FY20268$4.4 million008too recent for a share

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

StateLoans (FY2000 to 2021)Charged offShare
California521528.8%
New York43511.6%

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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