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

How have SBA loans in "Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences" turned out?

Of 381 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2014 (at least five years old), 44 (11.6%) were charged off by the lender, against 19.4% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years. "Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences" appears on 384 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2024, $66.3 million in gross approvals. These are loans, not a rating.
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"Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences"Industry NAICS 541710 · 384 loans
12%of seasoned loans charged off
  1. "Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences" appears on 384 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2024, $66.3 million in gross approvals.
  2. Of 381 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2014 (at least five years old), 44 (11.6%) were charged off by the lender, against 19.4% 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%16%Fiscal 2000: 2 of 26 loans charged off (7.7%)Fiscal 2001: 2 of 29 loans charged off (6.9%)Fiscal 2002: 1 of 29 loans charged off (3.4%)Fiscal 2003: 5 of 57 loans charged off (8.8%)Fiscal 2004: 7 of 53 loans charged off (13.2%)Fiscal 2005: 6 of 52 loans charged off (11.5%)Fiscal 2006: 11 of 69 loans charged off (15.9%)Fiscal 2007: 9 of 61 loans charged off (14.8%)20002001200220032004200520062007
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
FY200026$6.9 million24207.7%
FY200129$8.8 million27206.9%
FY200229$6.8 million28103.4%
FY200357$8.5 million52508.8%
FY200453$9.2 million467013.2%
FY200552$11.3 million456111.5%
FY200669$7.1 million5811015.9%
FY200761$6.3 million529014.8%
FY20081$12,500100few loans
FY20091$7,500010few loans
FY20112$400,000200few loans
FY20141$200,000100few loans
FY20231$250,000001too recent for a share
FY20242$315,000101too recent for a share

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

StateLoans (FY2000 to 2021)Charged offShare
California56712.5%
Texas3412.9%
Massachusetts30310.0%

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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