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 (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) turned out?

Of 63 loans approved in fiscal 2017 to 2021 (at least five years old), 2 (3.2%) were charged off by the lender, against 6.3% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years. Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) appears on 143 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2017 to 2026, $70.3 million in gross approvals. These are loans, not a rating.

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Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)Industry NAICS 541715 · 143 loans

3%of seasoned loans charged off

Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) appears on 143 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2017 to 2026, $70.3 million in gross approvals.
Of 63 loans approved in fiscal 2017 to 2021 (at least five years old), 2 (3.2%) were charged off by the lender, against 6.3% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years.
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.

Every approval year

Approval year	Loans	Approved	Paid in full	Charged off	Not yet resolved	Charged-off share
FY2017	8	$1.1 million	7	0	1	few loans
FY2018	9	$1.6 million	7	0	2	few loans
FY2019	22	$9.2 million	18	1	3	4.5%
FY2020	15	$11.6 million	8	1	6	6.7%
FY2021	9	$4.0 million	8	0	1	few loans
FY2022	20	$13.6 million	3	3	14	too recent for a share
FY2023	9	$5.1 million	0	0	9	too recent for a share
FY2024	16	$8.9 million	4	0	12	too recent for a share
FY2025	25	$9.5 million	1	0	24	too recent for a share
FY2026	10	$5.6 million	0	0	10	too 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.