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

How have SBA loans in Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) turned out?

Of 333 loans approved in fiscal 2005 to 2020 (at least five years old), 52 (15.6%) were charged off by the lender, against 16.2% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years. Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) appears on 334 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2005 to 2023, $75.3 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.
Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite)Industry NAICS 517210 · 334 loans
16%of seasoned loans charged off
  1. Wireless Telecommunications Carriers (except Satellite) appears on 334 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2005 to 2023, $75.3 million in gross approvals.
  2. Of 333 loans approved in fiscal 2005 to 2020 (at least five years old), 52 (15.6%) were charged off by the lender, against 16.2% 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%46%Fiscal 2008: 26 of 56 loans charged off (46.4%)Fiscal 2009: 11 of 38 loans charged off (28.9%)Fiscal 2010: 3 of 30 loans charged off (10.0%)Fiscal 2011: 1 of 31 loans charged off (3.2%)Fiscal 2012: 2 of 32 loans charged off (6.3%)Fiscal 2013: 1 of 25 loans charged off (4.0%)Fiscal 2014: 0 of 33 loans charged off (0.0%)Fiscal 2015: 2 of 44 loans charged off (4.5%)Fiscal 2016: 1 of 23 loans charged off (4.3%)200820092010201120122013201420152016
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
FY20051$10,000010few loans
FY20061$15,000010few loans
FY20074$532,000130few loans
FY200856$5.7 million3026046.4%
FY200938$6.1 million2711028.9%
FY201030$5.3 million273010.0%
FY201131$9.4 million30103.2%
FY201232$7.4 million30206.3%
FY201325$5.3 million24104.0%
FY201433$11.5 million33000.0%
FY201544$8.4 million41214.5%
FY201623$7.4 million21114.3%
FY20179$3.1 million801few loans
FY20184$1.6 million301few loans
FY20202$3.5 million101few loans
FY20231$50,000001too recent for a share

By state, where 30 or more loans are at least five years old

StateLoans (FY2005 to 2021)Charged offShare
Texas36616.7%
California321443.8%

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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