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

How have SBA loans to Super 8 Motel franchisees turned out?

Of 326 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2013 (at least five years old), 40 (12.3%) were charged off by the lender, against 20.2% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years. Super 8 Motel appears on 326 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2013, $399.0 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.
Super 8 MotelFranchise brand · 326 loans
12%of seasoned loans charged off
  1. Super 8 Motel appears on 326 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2013, $399.0 million in gross approvals.
  2. Of 326 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2013 (at least five years old), 40 (12.3%) were charged off by the lender, against 20.2% 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%35%Fiscal 2000: 7 of 37 loans charged off (18.9%)Fiscal 2001: 1 of 23 loans charged off (4.3%)Fiscal 2002: 11 of 43 loans charged off (25.6%)Fiscal 2003: 1 of 22 loans charged off (4.5%)Fiscal 2004: 1 of 39 loans charged off (2.6%)Fiscal 2005: 3 of 26 loans charged off (11.5%)Fiscal 2006: 6 of 17 loans charged off (35.3%)Fiscal 2007: 6 of 19 loans charged off (31.6%)Fiscal 2008: 2 of 11 loans charged off (18.2%)Fiscal 2009: 1 of 18 loans charged off (5.6%)Fiscal 2010: 0 of 18 loans charged off (0.0%)Fiscal 2011: 1 of 23 loans charged off (4.3%)Fiscal 2012: 0 of 14 loans charged off (0.0%)Fiscal 2013: 0 of 16 loans charged off (0.0%)2000200220042006200820102012
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
FY200037$37.0 million307018.9%
FY200123$26.2 million21114.3%
FY200243$48.8 million3211025.6%
FY200322$23.7 million21104.5%
FY200439$40.2 million38102.6%
FY200526$30.4 million223111.5%
FY200617$21.3 million116035.3%
FY200719$26.8 million126131.6%
FY200811$13.6 million92018.2%
FY200918$23.2 million16115.6%
FY201018$25.2 million17010.0%
FY201123$39.7 million22104.3%
FY201214$18.3 million14000.0%
FY201316$24.5 million12040.0%

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.

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