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

How have SBA loans in Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing turned out?

Of 257 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2021 (at least five years old), 49 (19.1%) were charged off by the lender, against 15.6% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years. Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing appears on 276 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2026, $92.0 million in gross approvals. These are loans, not a rating.
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Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment ManufacturingIndustry NAICS 334220 · 276 loans
19%of seasoned loans charged off
  1. Radio and Television Broadcasting and Wireless Communications Equipment Manufacturing appears on 276 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2026, $92.0 million in gross approvals.
  2. Of 257 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2021 (at least five years old), 49 (19.1%) 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%41%Fiscal 2000: 1 of 16 loans charged off (6.3%)Fiscal 2001: 4 of 12 loans charged off (33.3%)Fiscal 2002: 4 of 10 loans charged off (40.0%)Fiscal 2003: 7 of 17 loans charged off (41.2%)Fiscal 2004: 4 of 26 loans charged off (15.4%)Fiscal 2005: 4 of 21 loans charged off (19.0%)Fiscal 2006: 2 of 16 loans charged off (12.5%)Fiscal 2007: 5 of 16 loans charged off (31.3%)Fiscal 2008: 6 of 19 loans charged off (31.6%)Fiscal 2010: 1 of 11 loans charged off (9.1%)Fiscal 2011: 1 of 18 loans charged off (5.6%)Fiscal 2013: 1 of 12 loans charged off (8.3%)200020012002200320042005200620072008201020112013
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
FY200016$3.8 million15106.3%
FY200112$3.6 million84033.3%
FY200210$3.5 million64040.0%
FY200317$3.0 million107041.2%
FY200426$4.9 million224015.4%
FY200521$2.0 million174019.0%
FY200616$1.5 million142012.5%
FY200716$1.5 million115031.3%
FY200819$2.8 million136031.6%
FY20097$2.2 million520few loans
FY201011$2.2 million10109.1%
FY201118$13.6 million16115.6%
FY20125$2.0 million410few loans
FY201312$7.3 million11108.3%
FY20146$1.7 million510few loans
FY20156$1.3 million600few loans
FY20169$1.5 million810few loans
FY20179$8.3 million711few loans
FY20187$5.5 million610few loans
FY20194$225,000121few loans
FY20204$2.1 million202few loans
FY20216$4.8 million303few loans
FY20224$5.3 million103too recent for a share
FY20233$430,000003too recent for a share
FY20245$901,400104too recent for a share
FY20256$6.0 million006too recent for a share
FY20261$150,000001too recent for a share

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

StateLoans (FY2000 to 2021)Charged offShare
California47919.1%

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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