Auto Repair Shop Feasibility Study in the Manchester-Nashua, NH Metro Area
What SBA's own loan files show about automotive mechanical repair (car and truck) lending in the Manchester-Nashua, NH Metro Area, and what a feasibility study for a project there has to test.
Auto repair shop in Manchester-Nashua against the national picture
With 53 SBA approvals worth $11.2 million between FY2017 and FY2026, Manchester-Nashua, NH stands 43 of 660 among metro and micro areas. Counting auto repair shop loans, Manchester-Nashua stands at 1.97x the national share: Manchester-Nashua favors the class heavily. Ranked inside Manchester-Nashua, the class sits 2 of 39, a core business. Each Manchester-Nashua project county is in NH.
The median Manchester-Nashua loan comes to $100,000, with its middle half between $25,000 and $258,100. That median is 0.43x the national class median, so Manchester-Nashua borrowers draw lighter loans. 46 loans use SBA 7(a) and 7 use SBA 504, a lender focus. Manchester-Nashua 504 requests lean on fixed assets. The franchise share for Manchester-Nashua is withheld on thin counts, so Manchester-Nashua leaves brand status open.
Auto repair shop lenders in Manchester-Nashua
Under 7(a) in Manchester-Nashua, the holders SBA lists are TD Bank, National Association: 20 loans, $1.2 million; and Merrimack County Savings Bank: 5 loans, $544,000. No 504 holder is listed for Manchester-Nashua. Every Manchester-Nashua row is an SBA record. These Manchester-Nashua loans sit with the lenders named. The Manchester-Nashua table describes files, not practices. No Manchester-Nashua row says what a lender requires. Manchester-Nashua place by place: Hillsborough County, NH records 53 loans.
Manchester-Nashua's published years show FY2017 (9 loans, $1.4 million), FY2021 (7 loans, $1.8 million), FY2022 (5 loans, $1.6 million) and FY2024 (13 loans, $3.2 million). FY2018 through FY2020, FY2023, FY2025 and FY2026 are held back for Manchester-Nashua on thin counts, and Manchester-Nashua blanks say nothing about activity. The FY2017 to FY2024 approvals recorded in Manchester-Nashua saw cancellation after approval of at least 11.9%. The ceiling, with undisbursed loans counted, is 11.9%. The Manchester-Nashua charge-off floor is withheld. Thin Manchester-Nashua cohorts mean unpublished, not none. Every Manchester-Nashua figure follows the 2023 federal definition, and each Manchester-Nashua project is placed by county, and Manchester-Nashua excludes any county it cannot match. Truck service near Manchester-Nashua cannot be separated from car repair, and body shops, glass shops and quick lubes fall outside this class.
A auto repair shop study for Manchester-Nashua: the tests
For a auto repair shop project in Manchester-Nashua, NH, the record gives context; a study proves. The Manchester-Nashua file should document vehicle counts and competing shops nearby. Manchester-Nashua lenders need the study to show coverage when repair orders thin out. In Manchester-Nashua, the study must show lifts, tools and environmental compliance. Manchester-Nashua analysis should establish which work falls outside the class. Lenders in Manchester-Nashua will look for whether truck service changes the picture. For Manchester-Nashua: demand, cost, coverage, value. A Manchester-Nashua study guarantees nothing to lenders.
SBA automotive mechanical repair (car and truck) loans in the Manchester-Nashua, NH Metro Area
| Loans approved, FY2017 to FY2026 | 53 |
|---|---|
| Gross dollars approved | $11.2 million |
| Median loan | $100,000 |
| Middle half of loans, from | $25,000 |
| Middle half of loans, to | $258,100 |
| SBA 7(a) loans | 46 |
| SBA 504 loans | 7 |
| Franchise share of loans | withheld |
| Rank among metro and micro areas for automotive mechanical repair (car and truck) loans | 43 of 660 |
| Rank of automotive mechanical repair (car and truck) among the classes in this area | 2 of 39 |
| Location quotient (share of loans against the national share) | 1.97x |
| Median loan against the national median for the class | 0.43x |
Cancellation and charge-off
| Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor) | 11.9% |
|---|---|
| The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling) | 11.9% |
| 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 automotive mechanical repair (car and truck) loans approved in the Manchester-Nashua, NH Metro Area, by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Loans | Dollars |
|---|---|---|
| FY2017 | 9 | $1.4 million |
| FY2018 | withheld | withheld |
| FY2019 | withheld | withheld |
| FY2020 | withheld | withheld |
| FY2021 | 7 | $1.8 million |
| FY2022 | 5 | $1.6 million |
| FY2023 | withheld | withheld |
| FY2024 | 13 | $3.2 million |
| FY2025 | withheld | withheld |
| FY2026 | withheld | withheld |
Most active SBA lenders
| Lender | Loans | Dollars |
|---|---|---|
| TD Bank, National Association | 20 | $1.2 million |
| Merrimack County Savings Bank | 5 | $544,000 |
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
| County | Loans |
|---|---|
| Hillsborough County, NH | 53 |
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.
Truck service cannot be separated from car repair. Not in this class: body, paint and interior 811121, glass 811122, oil change 811191 and all other automotive repair 811198.
Shared code: Truck repair shops are indexed to 811111 with car repair.
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-31700-C28.
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