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

How have SBA loans to Wetzel's Pretzel franchisees turned out?

Of 49 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2013 (at least five years old), 14 (28.6%) were charged off by the lender, against 20.2% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years. Wetzel's Pretzel appears on 49 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2013, $8.4 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.
Wetzel's PretzelFranchise brand · 49 loans
29%of seasoned loans charged off
  1. Wetzel's Pretzel appears on 49 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2013, $8.4 million in gross approvals.
  2. Of 49 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2013 (at least five years old), 14 (28.6%) 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.

Every approval year

Approval yearLoansApprovedPaid in fullCharged offNot yet resolvedCharged-off share
FY20006$919,500420few loans
FY20013$576,000300few loans
FY20021$170,000010few loans
FY20047$1.0 million610few loans
FY20053$476,400210few loans
FY20064$543,000220few loans
FY20076$1.6 million150few loans
FY20087$1.3 million610few loans
FY20094$791,800310few loans
FY20103$418,000300few loans
FY20113$477,400300few loans
FY20121$50,000100few loans
FY20131$35,000100few 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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