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

How have SBA loans in Wood Preservation turned out?

Of 79 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2021 (at least five years old), 15 (19.0%) were charged off by the lender, against 15.6% across all 7(a) loans approved in those same years. Wood Preservation appears on 87 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2026, $22.6 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.
Wood PreservationIndustry NAICS 321114 · 87 loans
19%of seasoned loans charged off
  1. Wood Preservation appears on 87 SBA-guaranteed 7(a) loans approved from fiscal 2000 to 2026, $22.6 million in gross approvals.
  2. Of 79 loans approved in fiscal 2000 to 2021 (at least five years old), 15 (19.0%) 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.

Every approval year

Approval yearLoansApprovedPaid in fullCharged offNot yet resolvedCharged-off share
FY20002$1.6 million200few loans
FY20015$2.1 million320few loans
FY20023$360,000300few loans
FY20032$68,000110few loans
FY20049$550,000810few loans
FY20055$2.8 million320few loans
FY20067$320,000610few loans
FY20074$251,000400few loans
FY20083$835,000210few loans
FY20096$1.7 million510few loans
FY20103$175,100300few loans
FY20113$5.0 million120few loans
FY20132$146,000200few loans
FY20142$129,500200few loans
FY20153$282,500300few loans
FY20162$3.0 million200few loans
FY20175$197,400500few loans
FY20183$1.0 million201few loans
FY20195$553,700131few loans
FY20203$425,000111few loans
FY20212$367,000101few loans
FY20221$50,000100too recent for a share
FY20231$7,000001too recent for a share
FY20241$132,000001too recent for a share
FY20253$267,500003too recent for a share
FY20262$228,000002too 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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