SBA loan outcome check · franchise brand · SBA data as of 30 September 2026

How have SBA loans to Rita's Ice-Custard-Happiness franchisees turned out?

Of 33 loans approved in fiscal 2018 to 2021 (at least five years old), 3 (9.1%) were charged off by the lender, against 5.9% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years. Rita's Ice-Custard-Happiness appears on 92 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2018 to 2026, $33.8 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.

Rita's Ice-Custard-HappinessFranchise brand · 92 loans

9%of seasoned loans charged off

Rita's Ice-Custard-Happiness appears on 92 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2018 to 2026, $33.8 million in gross approvals.
Of 33 loans approved in fiscal 2018 to 2021 (at least five years old), 3 (9.1%) were charged off by the lender, against 5.9% 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
FY2018	14	$2.6 million	9	2	3	14.3%
FY2019	6	$1.4 million	2	1	3	few loans
FY2020	10	$3.7 million	4	0	6	0.0%
FY2021	3	$930,400	1	0	2	few loans
FY2022	13	$5.0 million	4	0	9	too recent for a share
FY2023	19	$9.6 million	3	0	16	too recent for a share
FY2024	12	$4.3 million	0	1	11	too recent for a share
FY2025	13	$5.7 million	0	0	13	too recent for a share
FY2026	2	$543,000	0	0	2	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.