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

How have SBA loans in Sound Recording Studios turned out?

Of 513 loans approved in fiscal 2001 to 2021 (at least five years old), 107 (20.9%) were charged off by the lender, against 15.6% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years. Sound Recording Studios appears on 596 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2001 to 2026, $124.7 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.
Sound Recording StudiosIndustry NAICS 512240 · 596 loans
21%of seasoned loans charged off
  1. Sound Recording Studios appears on 596 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2001 to 2026, $124.7 million in gross approvals.
  2. Of 513 loans approved in fiscal 2001 to 2021 (at least five years old), 107 (20.9%) were charged off by the lender, against 15.6% 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%45%Fiscal 2001: 1 of 24 loans charged off (4.2%)Fiscal 2002: 6 of 29 loans charged off (20.7%)Fiscal 2003: 6 of 41 loans charged off (14.6%)Fiscal 2004: 7 of 49 loans charged off (14.3%)Fiscal 2005: 24 of 67 loans charged off (35.8%)Fiscal 2006: 18 of 47 loans charged off (38.3%)Fiscal 2007: 15 of 33 loans charged off (45.5%)Fiscal 2008: 6 of 32 loans charged off (18.8%)Fiscal 2009: 5 of 12 loans charged off (41.7%)Fiscal 2010: 1 of 13 loans charged off (7.7%)Fiscal 2011: 1 of 15 loans charged off (6.7%)Fiscal 2015: 2 of 23 loans charged off (8.7%)Fiscal 2016: 6 of 19 loans charged off (31.6%)Fiscal 2017: 2 of 23 loans charged off (8.7%)Fiscal 2018: 2 of 20 loans charged off (10.0%)Fiscal 2019: 1 of 15 loans charged off (6.7%)Fiscal 2021: 0 of 21 loans charged off (0.0%)200120032005200720092011201620182021
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
FY200124$3.0 million23104.2%
FY200229$6.1 million226120.7%
FY200341$3.4 million356014.6%
FY200449$4.9 million427014.3%
FY200567$7.8 million4124235.8%
FY200647$2.8 million2918038.3%
FY200733$2.5 million1815045.5%
FY200832$7.3 million256118.8%
FY200912$1.2 million75041.7%
FY201013$1.7 million11117.7%
FY201115$1.9 million14106.7%
FY20129$800,000621few loans
FY20139$2.1 million801few loans
FY20145$842,500410few loans
FY201523$7.2 million16258.7%
FY201619$5.8 million106331.6%
FY201723$11.4 million17248.7%
FY201820$5.7 million132510.0%
FY201915$6.4 million7176.7%
FY20207$6.7 million313few loans
FY202121$14.1 million90120.0%
FY202213$9.1 million427too recent for a share
FY202328$5.1 million7120too recent for a share
FY202419$2.1 million1018too recent for a share
FY202514$3.7 million0014too recent for a share
FY20269$932,000009too recent for a share

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

StateLoans (FY2001 to 2021)Charged offShare
California1292821.7%
New York621219.4%

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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