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

How have SBA loans in Welding and Soldering Equipment Manufacturing turned out?

Of 268 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2021 (at least five years old), 26 (9.7%) were charged off by the lender, against 15.6% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years. Welding and Soldering Equipment Manufacturing appears on 349 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2026, $83.1 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.
Welding and Soldering Equipment ManufacturingIndustry NAICS 333992 · 349 loans
10%of seasoned loans charged off
  1. Welding and Soldering Equipment Manufacturing appears on 349 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2026, $83.1 million in gross approvals.
  2. Of 268 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2021 (at least five years old), 26 (9.7%) 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 2002: 1 of 11 loans charged off (9.1%)Fiscal 2003: 2 of 17 loans charged off (11.8%)Fiscal 2004: 0 of 10 loans charged off (0.0%)Fiscal 2005: 2 of 16 loans charged off (12.5%)Fiscal 2006: 2 of 12 loans charged off (16.7%)Fiscal 2007: 9 of 20 loans charged off (45.0%)Fiscal 2008: 3 of 17 loans charged off (17.6%)Fiscal 2009: 0 of 11 loans charged off (0.0%)Fiscal 2010: 0 of 11 loans charged off (0.0%)Fiscal 2011: 0 of 12 loans charged off (0.0%)Fiscal 2013: 0 of 10 loans charged off (0.0%)Fiscal 2014: 2 of 10 loans charged off (20.0%)Fiscal 2015: 1 of 11 loans charged off (9.1%)Fiscal 2016: 0 of 15 loans charged off (0.0%)Fiscal 2017: 0 of 13 loans charged off (0.0%)Fiscal 2018: 0 of 20 loans charged off (0.0%)Fiscal 2019: 2 of 14 loans charged off (14.3%)Fiscal 2021: 1 of 16 loans charged off (6.3%)200220042006200820102013201520172019
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
FY20001$2.0 million100few loans
FY20016$636,000510few loans
FY200211$3.0 million10109.1%
FY200317$2.4 million152011.8%
FY200410$3.7 million10000.0%
FY200516$3.9 million142012.5%
FY200612$1.6 million102016.7%
FY200720$3.3 million109145.0%
FY200817$2.6 million143017.6%
FY200911$3.4 million11000.0%
FY201011$2.1 million11000.0%
FY201112$1.6 million12000.0%
FY20127$2.7 million601few loans
FY201310$1.2 million8020.0%
FY201410$2.4 million82020.0%
FY201511$1.5 million10109.1%
FY201615$4.0 million14010.0%
FY201713$3.5 million11020.0%
FY201820$4.3 million19010.0%
FY201914$1.4 million102214.3%
FY20208$2.6 million800few loans
FY202116$9.3 million8176.3%
FY202213$3.2 million328too recent for a share
FY202310$2.7 million406too recent for a share
FY202432$4.6 million5126too recent for a share
FY202518$8.7 million0018too recent for a share
FY20268$606,700008too recent for a share

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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