Feasibility Study Data for the Burlington, NC Metro Area

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

Burlington, NC: SBA lending volume and loan size in Burlington

Ranked 358 of 928 by loans, Burlington drew 158 approvals between FY2017 and FY2026, $139.9 million gross. A median of $431,850 in Burlington sits at 2.08x the national median, above the usual ticket. Burlington loans in the middle half fall from $156,550 to $1.1 million. With $156,550 and $1.1 million bounding the middle half in Burlington, no single benchmark fits every project in Burlington.

In Burlington, 148 approvals are SBA 7(a) loans; 10 are SBA 504 loans. Burlington franchise share of loans is 21.5%. In Burlington, classes read gas station and truck stop with 11, full-service restaurant with 8 and limited-service restaurant with 8. In Burlington, outside the tracked classes, 96 loans make up the rest of the 158. A single county, Alamance County, NC, accounts for 158 Burlington loans.

Burlington, NC: who holds the loans, 158 in all

In Burlington, lender names come out of SBA's reporting on loans a holder in Burlington keeps or kept in Burlington, per the holder note in Burlington, so they record a portfolio only. Burlington holders should be read that way in Burlington. The largest Burlington holders under SBA 7(a) are United Community Bank (SC) with 10 loans worth $12.8 million; Wells Fargo Bank National in Burlington Association with 8 loans worth $1.4 million; The Huntington National Bank with 7 loans worth $5.2 million. No holder in Burlington, NC reaches the 504 table threshold. The Burlington 504 side carries no lender names. In Burlington, concentration among top holders says little. A Burlington study should stand on evidence alone in Burlington.

SBA's files show 8.8% of FY2017 to FY2024 approvals in Burlington cancelled, a floor. Burlington reaches a ceiling of 8.8% if undisbursed loans count as cancelled in Burlington. Charge-offs for Burlington within disbursed loans of FY2017 to in Burlington FY2021 is held back in Burlington, the cohort is small; silence about Burlington is not a claim of zero. Of the printed Burlington years, FY2025 leads with 25 loans. A loan joins Burlington through whichever county the project names by the July 2023 delineation, meaning any loan whose county is unplaceable goes uncounted in any area. The 158 loans in Burlington, NC include those in no named class in Burlington.

Burlington, NC: what the record asks of a Burlington feasibility study

In Burlington, demand is the opening test. Show the draw of that location, never Burlington at large, and stress the first year in Burlington. The Burlington budget is next. The norm of $431,850 is only a guide, however land and building need bids, with Burlington fees and reserves itemised. Serviceability is the heart of Burlington. Run the ratio at the proposed amount next to a in Burlington case with softer income, to find the Burlington breakeven revenue. Burlington appraisers challenge weak assumptions, so the study's rent and caps has to be defensible in Burlington. Inside Burlington, NC, submarkets differ widely. Its 158 loans average across them all, so a Burlington study must name the Burlington submarket it means. With Burlington at 2.08x the national median in Burlington, projects run large in Burlington. The study must justify its project for Burlington against $431,850.

SBA loans in the Burlington, NC Metro Area

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY2026158
Gross dollars approved$139.9 million
Median loan$431,850
Middle half of loans, from$156,550
Middle half of loans, to$1.1 million
SBA 7(a) loans148
SBA 504 loans10
Franchise share of loans21.5%
Rank among metro and micro areas by loans358 of 928
Median loan against the national median2.08x

Cancellation and charge-off

Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor)8.8%
The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling)8.8%
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 Burlington, NC Metro Area, by fiscal year

0510152025FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2017: 17Loans, FY2018: 15Loans, FY2019: 12Loans, FY2020: 12Loans, FY2021: 11Loans, FY2022: 17Loans, FY2023: 11Loans, FY2024: 18Loans, FY2025: 25Loans, FY2026: 20
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY201717$14.9 million
FY201815$10.8 million
FY201912$5.1 million
FY202012$13.0 million
FY202111$10.0 million
FY202217$22.8 million
FY202311$14.4 million
FY202418$16.0 million
FY202525$11.9 million
FY202620$20.9 million

Loans by asset class

Asset classLoans
Not in any of the 39 asset classes96
Gas station and truck stop11
Full-service restaurant8
Limited-service restaurant8
Hotel and motel6
Fitness center6

Classes with 5 or more loans; smaller ones are withheld, and more where a small one could be derived.

Most active SBA lenders

SBA 7(a): lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
United Community Bank (SC)10$12.8 million
Wells Fargo Bank National Association8$1.4 million
The Huntington National Bank7$5.2 million
Celtic Bank Corporation7$4.3 million
First Bank (NC)6$14.8 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
Alamance County, NC158

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-15500.

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