How have SBA loans in Sign Manufacturing turned out?
Of 2,319 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2021 (at least five years old), 393 (17.0%) were charged off by the lender, against 15.6% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years. Sign Manufacturing appears on 2,746 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2026, $814.6 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.
Sign Manufacturing appears on 2,746 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2026, $814.6 million in gross approvals.
Of 2,319 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2021 (at least five years old), 393 (17.0%) were charged off by the lender, against 15.6% 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
Not yet resolved
Charged-off share
FY2000
46
$14.3 million
38
8
0
17.4%
FY2001
86
$19.4 million
74
12
0
14.0%
FY2002
106
$20.3 million
89
17
0
16.0%
FY2003
158
$22.9 million
138
20
0
12.7%
FY2004
158
$23.0 million
128
30
0
19.0%
FY2005
171
$23.8 million
128
43
0
25.1%
FY2006
166
$33.9 million
109
56
1
33.7%
FY2007
168
$26.9 million
101
67
0
39.9%
FY2008
136
$27.4 million
96
40
0
29.4%
FY2009
70
$11.9 million
62
8
0
11.4%
FY2010
92
$18.1 million
83
7
2
7.6%
FY2011
94
$27.1 million
84
9
1
9.6%
FY2012
65
$13.7 million
56
7
2
10.8%
FY2013
62
$16.7 million
54
4
4
6.5%
FY2014
95
$25.7 million
81
13
1
13.7%
FY2015
105
$32.9 million
90
7
8
6.7%
FY2016
114
$30.1 million
96
9
9
7.9%
FY2017
94
$29.5 million
68
8
18
8.5%
FY2018
95
$37.0 million
60
16
19
16.8%
FY2019
85
$44.8 million
34
10
41
11.8%
FY2020
66
$43.5 million
37
1
28
1.5%
FY2021
87
$52.4 million
32
1
54
1.1%
FY2022
68
$30.1 million
12
2
54
too recent for a share
FY2023
90
$38.6 million
13
1
76
too recent for a share
FY2024
117
$63.6 million
8
0
109
too recent for a share
FY2025
98
$49.7 million
0
0
98
too recent for a share
FY2026
54
$37.5 million
1
0
53
too recent for a share
By state, where 30 or more loans are at least five years old
State
Loans (FY2000 to 2021)
Charged off
Share
California
231
42
18.2%
Texas
176
37
21.0%
Florida
146
29
19.9%
New York
117
27
23.1%
Ohio
99
12
12.1%
Minnesota
89
13
14.6%
Pennsylvania
85
11
12.9%
Massachusetts
82
8
9.8%
Illinois
73
9
12.3%
Michigan
73
14
19.2%
Washington
72
8
11.1%
Colorado
71
14
19.7%
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.