Assisted Living Feasibility Study in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area

What SBA's own loan files show about assisted living (without nursing care) lending in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area, and what a feasibility study for a project there has to test.

Sacramento: assisted living home

Sacramento approved assisted living home loans: 127 in FY2017 to FY2026, worth $124.7 million. Sacramento ranks 3 of 321 for the class on 127 loans among metro areas; in Sacramento, the class ranks 4 of 39. Sacramento's location quotient reads 5.50x on 127 loans: a far heavier concentration. In Sacramento, ranks and the 5.50x quotient, from 127 loans, distinguish the class; Sacramento size is 1.03x the national median.

$786,000 marks the median of 127 loans, close to the national figure (1.03x), and $515,000 to $1.1 million bounds Sacramento's middle half. Of 127 loans in Sacramento, 114 used 7(a) and 13 used 504. 0.00% is the franchise share of 127 loans; the rest are independents.

Sacramento's 7(a) table, 53 loans at Pinnacle Bank (CA), $52.9 million; 11 at Harvest Small Business Finance, LLC, $9.2 million; 9 at Celtic Bank Corporation, $9.6 million; 9 at Columbia Bank (OR), $6.3 million; 5 at First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company, $5.5 million. Sacramento: holders under 5 loans go unnamed. Sacramento county counts, 127 loans: Sacramento County, CA 78.

The Sacramento loans' fate

13.0% at minimum: Sacramento's cancelled share through FY2024. Sacramento's ceiling for undisbursed loans: withheld. Sacramento charge-offs: too few, not zero. Sacramento floors may rise with open loans. Sacramento approvals ran from 7 loans and $5.5 million in FY2017 to 9 loans and $9.8 million in FY2026, peaking at 22 in FY2020 and dipping to 6 in FY2019. Sacramento loans per year: FY2017 7, FY2018 14, FY2019 6, FY2020 22, FY2021 13, FY2022 11, FY2023 13, FY2024 14, FY2025 18, FY2026 9. Yearly dollars: FY2017 $5.5 million, FY2018 $22.6 million, FY2019 $5.7 million, FY2020 $21.7 million, FY2021 $13.2 million, FY2022 $11.6 million, FY2023 $11.2 million, FY2024 $14.7 million, FY2025 $8.6 million, FY2026 $9.8 million.

Sacramento: the study's tests

For 127 loans in Sacramento, safety costs outside $515,000 to $1.1 million need cases. For 127 approvals in Sacramento, appraisers weigh beds and income. Sacramento approvals ran from 6 in FY2019 to 22 in FY2020; for Sacramento, plan for slow licensing. Sacramento's quotient, 5.50x: count rivals by price. Across 127 loans, stabilized private pay in Sacramento carries $786,000. Sacramento: facing slow fill, debt service holds with $124.7 million approved.

Sacramento's 127 loans cover homes without on-site nursing. Sacramento's 127 loans are placed by project county. Sacramento follows the July 2023 delineation. Sacramento drops unplaceable counties from $124.7 million. Treat 127 loans as a guide to Sacramento, not a census.

SBA assisted living (without nursing care) loans in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY2026127
Gross dollars approved$124.7 million
Median loan$786,000
Middle half of loans, from$515,000
Middle half of loans, to$1.1 million
SBA 7(a) loans114
SBA 504 loans13
Franchise share of loans0.00%
Rank among metro and micro areas for assisted living (without nursing care) loans3 of 321
Rank of assisted living (without nursing care) among the classes in this area4 of 39
Location quotient (share of loans against the national share)5.50x
Median loan against the national median for the class1.03x

Cancellation and charge-off

Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor)13.0%
The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling)withheld
Charged off to date, FY2017 to FY2021 disbursed loans (a floor)withheld

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 assisted living (without nursing care) loans approved in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area, by fiscal year

0510152025FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2017: 7Loans, FY2018: 14Loans, FY2019: 6Loans, FY2020: 22Loans, FY2021: 13Loans, FY2022: 11Loans, FY2023: 13Loans, FY2024: 14Loans, FY2025: 18Loans, FY2026: 9
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY20177$5.5 million
FY201814$22.6 million
FY20196$5.7 million
FY202022$21.7 million
FY202113$13.2 million
FY202211$11.6 million
FY202313$11.2 million
FY202414$14.7 million
FY202518$8.6 million
FY20269$9.8 million

Most active SBA lenders

SBA 7(a): lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
Pinnacle Bank (CA)53$52.9 million
Harvest Small Business Finance, LLC11$9.2 million
Celtic Bank Corporation9$9.6 million
Columbia Bank (OR)9$6.3 million
First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company5$5.5 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
Sacramento County, CA78

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.

Only assisted living without on-site nursing has its own code; memory care has none. Assisted living with nursing is counted in the skilled nursing and continuing care retirement community classes.

Shared code: Assisted living WITH nursing is indexed to 623110 and 623311.

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 MA-40900-C05.

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