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

How have SBA loans to Sears Catalog Store franchisees turned out?

Of 85 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2010 (at least five years old), 13 (15.3%) were charged off by the lender, against 22.8% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years. Sears Catalog Store appears on 85 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2010, $13.9 million in gross approvals. These are loans, not a rating.

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Sears Catalog StoreFranchise brand · 85 loans

15%of seasoned loans charged off

Sears Catalog Store appears on 85 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2010, $13.9 million in gross approvals.
Of 85 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2010 (at least five years old), 13 (15.3%) were charged off by the lender, against 22.8% 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.

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 year	Loans	Approved	Paid in full	Charged off	Charged-off share
FY2000	10	$2.5 million	9	1	10.0%
FY2001	3	$243,000	3	0	few loans
FY2002	10	$2.0 million	9	1	10.0%
FY2003	7	$767,400	7	0	few loans
FY2004	12	$2.0 million	9	3	25.0%
FY2005	7	$1.2 million	5	2	few loans
FY2006	7	$1.6 million	5	2	few loans
FY2007	9	$612,000	8	1	few loans
FY2008	3	$860,000	2	1	few loans
FY2009	4	$560,000	2	2	few loans
FY2010	13	$1.7 million	13	0	0.0%

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.