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

How have SBA loans to Once Upon A Child franchisees turned out?

Of 44 loans approved in fiscal 2013 to 2018 (at least five years old), 1 (2.3%) were charged off by the lender, against 7.2% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years. Once Upon A Child appears on 44 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2013 to 2018, $8.5 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.
Once Upon A ChildFranchise brand · 44 loans
2%of seasoned loans charged off
  1. Once Upon A Child appears on 44 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2013 to 2018, $8.5 million in gross approvals.
  2. Of 44 loans approved in fiscal 2013 to 2018 (at least five years old), 1 (2.3%) were charged off by the lender, against 7.2% 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%15%Fiscal 2014: 0 of 10 loans charged off (0.0%)Fiscal 2015: 0 of 11 loans charged off (0.0%)Fiscal 2016: 1 of 11 loans charged off (9.1%)201420152016
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
FY20131$150,000100few loans
FY201410$2.1 million10000.0%
FY201511$1.7 million11000.0%
FY201611$2.4 million10109.1%
FY20179$1.6 million801few loans
FY20182$575,000200few 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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