Brewery, Winery and Distillery Feasibility Study in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area

What SBA's own loan files show about beverage manufacturing (breweries, wineries, distilleries) lending in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area, and what a feasibility study for a project there has to test.

The beverage producer record in Riverside

From FY2017 to FY2026, Riverside had 30 SBA-approved beverage producer loans worth $27.8 million. Riverside, on beverage producer loans, holds place 29 of 443 among areas. Inside Riverside, beverage producer places 19 of 39. Riverside has a quotient of 0.52x, beverage producer below the national share.

Riverside: loan size and franchise

Riverside shows half its loans at or under $277,800, with the middle half spanning $84,925 up to $728,750. Riverside loans sit at 0.96x of the national class median. In Riverside, borrowers draw smaller loans than nationally. Riverside counts 23 loans under SBA 7(a). Riverside counts 7 under SBA 504. Riverside finances fixed assets through 504. In Riverside, 7(a) is the broader program. Riverside's split shows its financing mix. Riverside loans show a 0.00% franchise share. Riverside shows a smaller median. Riverside projects were modest in scale. In Riverside, budget comparisons should note it.

Riverside: lenders and counties

Riverside lists no lender. Beverage producer holders in Riverside are many. Riverside borrowers open with the study itself. The Riverside rows by county read 22 in Riverside County, CA, then 8 in San Bernardino County, CA.

Riverside floors, limits and yearly record

Few Riverside years print. Riverside shows 6 loans, $3.0 million, in FY2019. Riverside shows 5 loans, $2.8 million, in FY2024. Riverside shows 0 loans, $0, in FY2026. Other Riverside years are withheld. Thin counts leave Riverside totals unknown. In Riverside, no blank is a zero, and Riverside treats FY2026 as complete. Floors in Riverside follow Loan Analytics' own rule. The Riverside cohort holds fewer than 30 loans. Riverside disbursements cover FY2017 to FY2021. No Riverside cancellation floor prints. No Riverside charge-off floor prints either. Riverside blanks are no zero. Riverside blanks are no clean book. Each Riverside rate is a floor. Riverside borders come from the July 2023 list. Riverside places each loan by project county. Riverside drops loans with unplaceable counties. Riverside note: This class pools makers of beer, wine and spirits, wineries included, and because the code follows what a borrower produces, taproom, tasting room or event income cannot be seen.

Riverside: beverage producer feasibility questions

Riverside modelling starts from the $277,800 median, against the project in Riverside. We would test the Riverside cost of grain, fruit, packaging and aging inventory, which ties up cash well before the first sale. The appraisal in Riverside separates the building, the production equipment and the brand, and a study tests each against its own evidence. A Riverside study should model a slow ramp, with debt service covered while inventory builds and distribution is still being won. Daniel Smith, MAI, signs every Riverside beverage producer study. For Riverside, demand and cost are tested. In Riverside, coverage and value are tested. Riverside borrowers are promised no approval here.

SBA beverage manufacturing (breweries, wineries, distilleries) loans in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY202630
Gross dollars approved$27.8 million
Median loan$277,800
Middle half of loans, from$84,925
Middle half of loans, to$728,750
SBA 7(a) loans23
SBA 504 loans7
Franchise share of loans0.00%
Rank among metro and micro areas for beverage manufacturing (breweries, wineries, distilleries) loans29 of 443
Rank of beverage manufacturing (breweries, wineries, distilleries) among the classes in this area19 of 39
Location quotient (share of loans against the national share)0.52x
Median loan against the national median for the class0.96x

Cancellation and charge-off

Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor)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 beverage manufacturing (breweries, wineries, distilleries) loans approved in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area, by fiscal year

0246FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2019: 6Loans, FY2024: 5Loans, FY2026: 0
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY2017withheldwithheld
FY2018withheldwithheld
FY20196$3.0 million
FY2020withheldwithheld
FY2021withheldwithheld
FY2022withheldwithheld
FY2023withheldwithheld
FY20245$2.8 million
FY2025withheldwithheld
FY20260$0

Where the loans are, by county

CountyLoans
Riverside County, CA22
San Bernardino County, CA8

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.

The code says the borrower makes beer, wine or spirits; a taproom, tasting room or event use is not visible. The class holds breweries, wineries and distilleries only; the rest of manufacturing is not in it.

Shared code: Wineries are in this class.

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-40140-C08.

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