Feasibility Study Data for the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area

What SBA's own loan files show about lending in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area, every asset class together, and what a feasibility study for a project there has to test.

Albuquerque: what the record shows

SBA approved 1,299 loans in Albuquerque from FY2017 to FY2026, $784.0 million in gross dollars. Its loan-count rank is 78 of 928; Albuquerque is one of those areas. Albuquerque loans center on $313,600, the median. For Albuquerque, the middle half lies at $101,800 to $697,250. Albuquerque: 1.51x of the national median. Albuquerque splits into 1,135 loans under 7(a) and 164 under 504. 14.6% of the loans in Albuquerque carry a franchise brand. Albuquerque dollars add to $784.0 million.

Albuquerque: asset mix and geography

Albuquerque class leaders by loans: hotel and motel (42), limited-service restaurant (42), and full-service restaurant (37). Next in Albuquerque comes automotive mechanical repair at 35 loans. The Albuquerque record also holds 893 loans in no tracked class. SBA assigns Albuquerque loans mostly to Bernalillo County, NM (1,104), Sandoval County, NM (137), and Valencia County, NM (43). Torrance County, NM is the smallest listed Albuquerque county, with 15 loans, so the area is uneven.

Albuquerque: who holds the loans

In Albuquerque, a holder can differ from the maker. Albuquerque lists, for 7(a), U.S. Bank, National Association with 127 loans ($24.9 million), Wells Fargo Bank National Association with 99 loans ($28.7 million), and Western Commerce Bank with 87 loans ($40.5 million). Albuquerque 504 holders include Capital Certified Development Corporation (92 loans, $66.9 million), Enchantment Land Certified Development Company (55 loans, $46.0 million), and B:Side Capital (9 loans, $6.5 million). A Albuquerque borrower reads these rows as context. Albuquerque rows promise no one a loan.

Albuquerque: floors, and what is withheld

12.1% is the Albuquerque cancellation floor for FY2017 to FY2024 approvals. Treating undisbursed Albuquerque loans as cancelled gives 13.2%, the ceiling. 589 Albuquerque loans make the FY2017 to FY2021 cohort; 5.4% are charged off, a floor. The Albuquerque five-year figure is 3.4%. Albuquerque rates are floors. Loans season, and Albuquerque events can still raise them. Albuquerque is built from county names. The July 2023 delineation defines Albuquerque. A county without a match leaves Albuquerque. Albuquerque totals count loans outside the tracked classes.

Albuquerque: testing a project

Albuquerque volume ranged from 102 loans in FY2022 to 159 in FY2021, the latter for $135.3 million. FY2017 opened the Albuquerque series with 151 loans ($65.0 million). FY2026 closes the Albuquerque series at 110 loans, $55.0 million. A Albuquerque study weighs local demand against Bernalillo County, NM competitors, not national patterns. Albuquerque costs sit beside a $313,600 median. Albuquerque stands at 1.51x nationally. Coverage for Albuquerque is run on weaker income. Albuquerque floors shape that downside. Albuquerque appraisal evidence comes from area sales. Albuquerque income evidence sits beside it. Sources and uses in Albuquerque must tie to bids near Bernalillo County, NM. Beside Bernalillo County, NM findings, the Albuquerque study lists what it could not test.

SBA loans in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY20261,299
Gross dollars approved$784.0 million
Median loan$313,600
Middle half of loans, from$101,800
Middle half of loans, to$697,250
SBA 7(a) loans1,135
SBA 504 loans164
Franchise share of loans14.6%
Rank among metro and micro areas by loans78 of 928
Median loan against the national median1.51x

Cancellation and charge-off

Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor)12.1%
The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling)13.2%
Charged off to date, FY2017 to FY2021 disbursed loans (a floor)5.4%
Charged off within five years of approval3.4%
Loans in that cohort589

Both rates are floors. SBA withholds the status of open loans, so a loan counts as charged off only once SBA reports it; a rate needs at least 30 loans in its cohort and is otherwise not reported.

SBA loans approved in the Albuquerque, NM Metro Area, by fiscal year

050100150200FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2017: 151Loans, FY2018: 120Loans, FY2019: 131Loans, FY2020: 122Loans, FY2021: 159Loans, FY2022: 102Loans, FY2023: 105Loans, FY2024: 141Loans, FY2025: 158Loans, FY2026: 110
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY2017151$65.0 million
FY2018120$73.6 million
FY2019131$64.4 million
FY2020122$72.3 million
FY2021159$135.3 million
FY2022102$73.8 million
FY2023105$63.1 million
FY2024141$77.6 million
FY2025158$104.1 million
FY2026110$55.0 million

Loans by asset class

Asset classLoans
Not in any of the 39 asset classes893
Hotel and motel42
Limited-service restaurant42
Full-service restaurant37
Automotive mechanical repair (car and truck)35
Dental office31
Fitness center28
Medical office (physicians)24
Child care center21
Beverage manufacturing (breweries, wineries, distilleries)19
Veterinary clinic18
Beauty salon18
Coffee shop and snack bar18
Self storage12
Liquor store11
Car wash9
Gas station and truck stop6
Assisted living (without nursing care)6
Rehabilitation and therapy clinic6

Classes with 5 or more loans; smaller ones are withheld, and more where a small one could be derived.

Most active SBA lenders

SBA 504: lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
Capital Certified Development Corporation92$66.9 million
Enchantment Land Certified Development Company55$46.0 million
B:Side Capital9$6.5 million
SBA 7(a): lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
BMO Bank National Association127$78.3 million
U.S. Bank, National Association127$24.9 million
Wells Fargo Bank National Association99$28.7 million
Western Commerce Bank87$40.5 million
PNC Bank, National Association60$14.7 million

Lenders with 5 or more loans here; a lender with fewer is not listed, and loans SBA or a receiver holds are counted but never listed as a lender.

Where the loans are, by county

CountyLoans
Bernalillo County, NM1,104
Sandoval County, NM137
Valencia County, NM43
Torrance County, NM15

Counties with 5 or more loans; smaller ones are not listed.

Metro is the CBSA (metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area) of the loan's project county, July 2023 delineation (OMB Bulletin 23-01). The county is matched by name (manifests/ld2/county-cbsa-map.csv); a loan whose county cannot be placed in a 2023 CBSA is left out of every metro.

All assets: every 7(a) and 504 approval in the metro, including those outside the 39 asset classes.

A value marked withheld rests on fewer than 5 loans, or is withheld so that such a figure cannot be derived from other published figures.

Source: U.S. Small Business Administration, 7(a) and 504 loan-level FOIA files (data.sba.gov), as of 2026-09-30; areas from the U.S. Census Bureau CBSA delineation, July 2023 (OMB Bulletin 23-01); Loan Analytics metro cell MT-10740.

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