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

How have SBA loans to Sylvan Learning Center franchisees turned out?

Of 170 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2013 (at least five years old), 53 (31.2%) were charged off by the lender, against 20.2% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years. Sylvan Learning Center appears on 170 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2013, $46.7 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.
Sylvan Learning CenterFranchise brand · 170 loans
31%of seasoned loans charged off
  1. Sylvan Learning Center appears on 170 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2013, $46.7 million in gross approvals.
  2. Of 170 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2013 (at least five years old), 53 (31.2%) 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%54%Fiscal 2002: 1 of 13 loans charged off (7.7%)Fiscal 2003: 3 of 17 loans charged off (17.6%)Fiscal 2004: 4 of 15 loans charged off (26.7%)Fiscal 2005: 12 of 27 loans charged off (44.4%)Fiscal 2006: 7 of 13 loans charged off (53.8%)Fiscal 2007: 10 of 19 loans charged off (52.6%)Fiscal 2008: 9 of 28 loans charged off (32.1%)2002200320042005200620072008
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
FY20006$1.3 million510few loans
FY20019$1.8 million720few loans
FY200213$1.9 million12107.7%
FY200317$2.5 million143017.6%
FY200415$2.7 million114026.7%
FY200527$4.8 million1512044.4%
FY200613$4.2 million67053.8%
FY200719$8.9 million910052.6%
FY200828$13.1 million199032.1%
FY20095$1.4 million410few loans
FY20107$555,000520few loans
FY20114$1.7 million310few loans
FY20124$888,200400few loans
FY20133$1.0 million300few loans

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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