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

How have SBA loans to Travelodge franchisees turned out?

Of 52 loans approved in fiscal 2013 to 2018 (at least five years old), 2 (3.9%) were charged off by the lender, against 7.2% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years. Travelodge appears on 52 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2013 to 2018, $84.3 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.
TravelodgeFranchise brand · 52 loans
4%of seasoned loans charged off
  1. Travelodge appears on 52 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2013 to 2018, $84.3 million in gross approvals.
  2. Of 52 loans approved in fiscal 2013 to 2018 (at least five years old), 2 (3.9%) were charged off by the lender, against 7.2% 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%15%Fiscal 2014: 1 of 12 loans charged off (8.3%)Fiscal 2015: 0 of 10 loans charged off (0.0%)Fiscal 2017: 0 of 19 loans charged off (0.0%)201420152017
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
FY20134$8.6 million211few loans
FY201412$17.6 million10118.3%
FY201510$16.6 million9010.0%
FY20166$11.3 million402few loans
FY201719$29.7 million16030.0%
FY20181$592,000001few 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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