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

How have SBA loans to Motel 6 franchisees turned out?

Of 190 loans approved in fiscal 2014 to 2021 (at least five years old), 1 (0.5%) were charged off by the lender, against 6.5% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years. Motel 6 appears on 301 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2014 to 2026, $813.4 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.
Motel 6Franchise brand · 301 loans
1%of seasoned loans charged off
  1. Motel 6 appears on 301 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2014 to 2026, $813.4 million in gross approvals.
  2. Of 190 loans approved in fiscal 2014 to 2021 (at least five years old), 1 (0.5%) were charged off by the lender, against 6.5% 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%15%Fiscal 2018: 1 of 35 loans charged off (2.9%)Fiscal 2019: 0 of 36 loans charged off (0.0%)Fiscal 2020: 0 of 57 loans charged off (0.0%)Fiscal 2021: 0 of 59 loans charged off (0.0%)2018201920202021
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
FY20141$1.9 million100few loans
FY20172$5.8 million200few loans
FY201835$63.2 million25192.9%
FY201936$92.3 million160200.0%
FY202057$183.8 million370200.0%
FY202159$164.1 million280310.0%
FY202239$121.3 million8031too recent for a share
FY202327$58.7 million2025too recent for a share
FY202418$46.0 million1017too recent for a share
FY202511$29.0 million1010too recent for a share
FY202616$47.3 million0016too 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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