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 Thin Manchester-Nashua cohorts mean unpublished, not none.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 FY202653
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) loans46
SBA 504 loans7
Franchise share of loanswithheld
Rank among metro and micro areas for automotive mechanical repair (car and truck) loans43 of 660
Rank of automotive mechanical repair (car and truck) among the classes in this area2 of 39
Location quotient (share of loans against the national share)1.97x
Median loan against the national median for the class0.43x

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

051015FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2017: 9Loans, FY2021: 7Loans, FY2022: 5Loans, FY2024: 13
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY20179$1.4 million
FY2018withheldwithheld
FY2019withheldwithheld
FY2020withheldwithheld
FY20217$1.8 million
FY20225$1.6 million
FY2023withheldwithheld
FY202413$3.2 million
FY2025withheldwithheld
FY2026withheldwithheld

Most active SBA lenders

SBA 7(a): lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
TD Bank, National Association20$1.2 million
Merrimack County Savings Bank5$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

CountyLoans
Hillsborough County, NH53

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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