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

How have SBA loans in Other Vegetable (except Potato) and Melon Farming turned out?

Of 124 loans approved in fiscal 2002 to 2021 (at least five years old), 18 (14.5%) were charged off by the lender, against 15.6% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years. Other Vegetable (except Potato) and Melon Farming appears on 163 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2002 to 2026, $54.9 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 Vegetable (except Potato) and Melon FarmingIndustry NAICS 111219 · 163 loans
15%of seasoned loans charged off
  1. Other Vegetable (except Potato) and Melon Farming appears on 163 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2002 to 2026, $54.9 million in gross approvals.
  2. Of 124 loans approved in fiscal 2002 to 2021 (at least five years old), 18 (14.5%) 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%25%Fiscal 2015: 1 of 11 loans charged off (9.1%)Fiscal 2016: 2 of 17 loans charged off (11.8%)Fiscal 2017: 4 of 16 loans charged off (25.0%)Fiscal 2018: 1 of 11 loans charged off (9.1%)Fiscal 2021: 3 of 13 loans charged off (23.1%)20152016201720182021
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
FY20021$45,000100few loans
FY20032$182,500110few loans
FY20043$916,100210few loans
FY20053$185,000210few loans
FY20062$1.1 million110few loans
FY20072$1.5 million110few loans
FY20081$20,000100few loans
FY20098$1.1 million710few loans
FY20106$1.2 million600few loans
FY20114$5.5 million301few loans
FY20123$225,000210few loans
FY20135$3.9 million500few loans
FY20142$65,500200few loans
FY201511$2.7 million9119.1%
FY201617$6.1 million152011.8%
FY201716$4.2 million124025.0%
FY201811$1.1 million7139.1%
FY20197$5.2 million601few loans
FY20207$4.4 million502few loans
FY202113$5.2 million93123.1%
FY20227$648,000106too recent for a share
FY20239$4.2 million306too recent for a share
FY202410$964,700208too recent for a share
FY20255$1.3 million014too recent for a share
FY20268$2.8 million008too 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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