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

How have SBA loans to Tropical Smoothie franchisees turned out?

Of 135 loans approved in fiscal 2002 to 2013 (at least five years old), 32 (23.7%) were charged off by the lender, against 20.8% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years. Tropical Smoothie appears on 135 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2002 to 2013, $26.9 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.
Tropical SmoothieFranchise brand · 135 loans
24%of seasoned loans charged off
  1. Tropical Smoothie appears on 135 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2002 to 2013, $26.9 million in gross approvals.
  2. Of 135 loans approved in fiscal 2002 to 2013 (at least five years old), 32 (23.7%) were charged off by the lender, against 20.8% 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%50%Fiscal 2002: 2 of 10 loans charged off (20.0%)Fiscal 2004: 3 of 21 loans charged off (14.3%)Fiscal 2005: 6 of 13 loans charged off (46.2%)Fiscal 2006: 8 of 16 loans charged off (50.0%)Fiscal 2007: 9 of 19 loans charged off (47.4%)Fiscal 2008: 3 of 16 loans charged off (18.8%)200220042005200620072008
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
FY200210$1.3 million82020.0%
FY20036$947,500510few loans
FY200421$3.3 million183014.3%
FY200513$2.5 million76046.2%
FY200616$3.5 million88050.0%
FY200719$4.4 million109047.4%
FY200816$4.6 million133018.8%
FY20098$1.8 million800few loans
FY20107$1.3 million700few loans
FY20116$1.2 million600few loans
FY20127$932,500700few loans
FY20136$1.1 million600few 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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