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

How have SBA loans in Other Lighting Equipment Manufacturing turned out?

Of 157 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2021 (at least five years old), 22 (14.0%) were charged off by the lender, against 15.6% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years. Other Lighting Equipment Manufacturing appears on 159 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2024, $40.2 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.
Other Lighting Equipment ManufacturingIndustry NAICS 335129 · 159 loans
14%of seasoned loans charged off
  1. Other Lighting Equipment Manufacturing appears on 159 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2024, $40.2 million in gross approvals.
  2. Of 157 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2021 (at least five years old), 22 (14.0%) 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%30%Fiscal 2000: 1 of 15 loans charged off (6.7%)Fiscal 2003: 2 of 10 loans charged off (20.0%)Fiscal 2005: 3 of 10 loans charged off (30.0%)Fiscal 2012: 0 of 10 loans charged off (0.0%)2000200320052012
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
FY200015$3.7 million14106.7%
FY20017$1.6 million610few loans
FY20029$1.3 million810few loans
FY200310$1.8 million82020.0%
FY20048$749,100710few loans
FY200510$565,30073030.0%
FY20068$360,000530few loans
FY20076$232,000510few loans
FY20085$107,900500few loans
FY20094$590,000310few loans
FY20108$2.1 million620few loans
FY20114$1.8 million400few loans
FY201210$3.6 million10000.0%
FY20138$2.3 million800few loans
FY20146$3.7 million510few loans
FY20155$255,000500few loans
FY20169$1.8 million810few loans
FY20176$2.5 million420few loans
FY20186$1.8 million222few loans
FY20194$384,300301few loans
FY20206$7.3 million402few loans
FY20213$1.6 million102few loans
FY20221$125,000001too recent for a share
FY20241$100,000001too 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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