Feasibility Study Data for the Bloomington, IN Metro Area

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

The Bloomington record in brief

In Bloomington, the agency's approval files hold 189 approvals over FY2017 to FY2026, totalling $83.8 million in gross dollars. Bloomington stands against every other area in the files, ranked by approvals, at 325 of 928. The core of Bloomington lending falls between $100,000 and $466,100, beside a median near $225,800; so the median stands at 1.09x the nationwide median. By program, Bloomington shows 172 loans under 7(a) against 17 under 504. Franchises make up 10.6% of the record.

Bloomington: classes and counties

Separately, among the tracked classes for Bloomington, full-service restaurant heads the list with 13 loans, and then limited-service restaurant (11) and fitness center, 8 loans. Another 133 loans in Bloomington fall outside the classes. By county, Monroe County, IN leads with 171 loans, then Owen County, IN (18).

Bloomington: who holds loans

Lenders listed for Bloomington are lifted from SBA's archived Bloomington records of the 189 loans in Bloomington, carried at present or before; these entries tie each holding yet say nothing about any lender's terms. Notably, under 7(a) in Bloomington, the top names are German American Bank (33 loans, $6.2 million) and Old National Bank (18 loans, $7.7 million). Also, for 504 lending around Monroe County, IN, the list reads Premier Capital Corporation, holding 11 loans worth $8.3 million, ahead of Indiana Statewide Certified Development Corporation, with 6 loans for $2.5 million. Beyond that, a borrower near Monroe County, IN should confirm with any lender which documents it requires, then fit the Bloomington study to satisfy those requests.

Bloomington: outcomes and calendar

Looking at Bloomington approvals from FY2017 through FY2024, at least 10.5% were cancelled after approval in Bloomington, and that is a floor; the real Bloomington figure can only be higher. Next, Loan Analytics withholds the charge-off rate for Bloomington, because the cohort is under 30 loans. That gap, for Monroe County, IN, should never be read as zero losses. Next, year by year, Bloomington reached its high in FY2017 at 27 loans and $6.4 million, and fell to its low in FY2020 at 12 loans and $12.0 million.

Bloomington: what a borrower checks

In Bloomington, demand comes first: who works in Monroe County, IN, who works in Owen County, IN, how that compares with Bloomington as a whole, and whether the 13 full-service restaurant loans leave room. Also, on cost: $225,800 is the Bloomington median and $100,000 to $466,100 the middle band, so a Monroe County, IN site must price itself against this $225,800 median. Coverage: Bloomington cash flow has to withstand a slow year, bearing in mind the 10.5% cancellation floor; The Bloomington charge-off rate is blank as well: Loan Analytics prints none for a cohort of under 30 loans. The Monroe County, IN appraisal needs to agree with the value the loan uses. Bloomington uses the 2023 July area map; an approval whose county fails to match drops out of every other area, Bloomington too, but the totals carry loans apart from the classes named.

SBA loans in the Bloomington, IN Metro Area

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY2026189
Gross dollars approved$83.8 million
Median loan$225,800
Middle half of loans, from$100,000
Middle half of loans, to$466,100
SBA 7(a) loans172
SBA 504 loans17
Franchise share of loans10.6%
Rank among metro and micro areas by loans325 of 928
Median loan against the national median1.09x

Cancellation and charge-off

Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor)10.5%
The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling)13.8%
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 loans approved in the Bloomington, IN Metro Area, by fiscal year

0102030FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2017: 27Loans, FY2018: 18Loans, FY2019: 18Loans, FY2020: 12Loans, FY2021: 21Loans, FY2022: 19Loans, FY2023: 13Loans, FY2024: 24Loans, FY2025: 21Loans, FY2026: 16
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY201727$6.4 million
FY201818$12.0 million
FY201918$2.9 million
FY202012$12.0 million
FY202121$8.9 million
FY202219$16.0 million
FY202313$3.8 million
FY202424$8.6 million
FY202521$6.6 million
FY202616$6.7 million

Loans by asset class

Asset classLoans
Not in any of the 39 asset classes133
Full-service restaurant13
Limited-service restaurant11
Fitness center8
Beauty salon6

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
Premier Capital Corporation11$8.3 million
Indiana Statewide Certified Development Corporation6$2.5 million
SBA 7(a): lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
German American Bank33$6.2 million
Old National Bank18$7.7 million
The Huntington National Bank16$3.8 million
Owen County State Bank9$8.0 million
Newtek Bank, National Association9$3.2 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
Monroe County, IN171
Owen County, IN18

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-14020.

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