Feasibility Study Data for the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area

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

Burlington-South Burlington: volume, rank and ticket size across Burlington-South Burlington, VT

Project sites in Burlington-South Burlington drew 746 SBA approvals for Burlington-South Burlington projects between FY2017 and FY2026, worth $216.4 million in gross dollars. By loan count, Burlington-South Burlington ranks 130 of 928 against every other statistical area, Burlington-South Burlington among them. Loan size centers on $96,100, and the central half fall from $37,050 up to $250,000. Burlington-South Burlington borrowers borrow less, at 0.46x of the national median. Smaller Burlington-South Burlington tickets are the first thing that sets Burlington-South Burlington apart.

Burlington-South Burlington, VT loans and who holds them around Burlington-South Burlington

The program split in Burlington-South Burlington is 678 under 7(a) and 68 under 504, Burlington-South Burlington leaving 504 as the minority route. Loans tied to franchise systems make up 4.2%. The leading 7(a) holder by loans is TD Bank, National Association, with 108 loans worth $14.4 million. 83 loans and $20.7 million belong to Community National Bank (VT), in second place. 74 loans sit Burlington-South Burlington with Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company, and Peoples Trust Company of St. Albans at 48. Under 504, Granite State Economic Development Corporation is the lead holder with 58 loans and $35.2 million. Lender totals here are SBA records, nothing more. The threshold for TD Bank, National Association Burlington-South Burlington appears where SBA gives it as the Burlington-South Burlington holder; nothing here speaks to what Community National Bank (VT) asks of an applicant.

Burlington-South Burlington: class and county mix across Burlington-South Burlington, VT

Most of the Burlington-South Burlington total sits outside the tracked asset classes: 539 loans that carry codes outside the Burlington-South Burlington table. The Burlington-South Burlington class rows therefore describe a minority of Burlington-South Burlington lending. The Burlington-South Burlington class table opens with full-service restaurant, 45 loans, then beverage manufacturing (breweries, wineries, distilleries) with 33 and fitness center with 16. Smaller classes follow, among them medical office (physicians) at 14 loans and limited-service restaurant at 14. By county, Chittenden County, VT accounts for 587 loans, followed by Franklin County, VT with 134 and Grand Isle County, VT with 25. A project in one county encounters other land costs, which the metro area total blends together.

Burlington-South Burlington, VT: how to read Burlington-South Burlington cancellations and charge-offs

Of FY2017 to FY2024 approvals in Burlington-South Burlington, no fewer than 8.0% were cancelled before the loan closed out. Treating undisbursed Burlington-South Burlington loans as cancelled gives a ceiling of 9.3%. For the 385 loans disbursed in FY2017 to FY2021, Burlington-South Burlington charge-offs to date are no lower than 2.6%. As for the five-year Burlington-South Burlington rate, it is not reported, its group being under 30 loans, and any figure would be a guess. Seasoning continues, making these floors that can rise and cannot fall. Annual approvals peaked in FY2017 at 99 loans and $15.4 million, while FY2023 was the low point before FY2026, at 50 loans and $8.9 million. A loan joins the Burlington-South Burlington, VT figures through its project county, as with Chittenden County, VT or Franklin County, VT; the 2023 Burlington-South Burlington map of statistical areas sets the border, so a loan from an unmatched Burlington-South Burlington county appears nowhere.

Burlington-South Burlington, VT: the tests a Burlington-South Burlington study must pass

In Burlington-South Burlington, a analysis has to be written for the specific county, since area totals mix several markets. Full-service restaurant is the lead Burlington-South Burlington class in Burlington-South Burlington, so expect scrutiny of Burlington-South Burlington dining rooms and their weeknight trade, plus the lunch and dinner balance and seats against realistic covers. Projects in beverage manufacturing (breweries, wineries, distilleries) here turn on ingredient or grape supply, with seasonal cash cycles close behind. Cash flow for a Burlington-South Burlington loan should be run against a downturn; the Burlington-South Burlington appraisal has to rest on local Burlington-South Burlington comparables and income. With smaller tickets the norm in Burlington-South Burlington, an ask beyond the usual range needs a clear case for the project.

SBA loans in the Burlington-South Burlington, VT Metro Area

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY2026746
Gross dollars approved$216.4 million
Median loan$96,100
Middle half of loans, from$37,050
Middle half of loans, to$250,000
SBA 7(a) loans678
SBA 504 loans68
Franchise share of loans4.2%
Rank among metro and micro areas by loans130 of 928
Median loan against the national median0.46x

Cancellation and charge-off

Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor)8.0%
The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling)9.3%
Charged off to date, FY2017 to FY2021 disbursed loans (a floor)2.6%
Charged off within five years of approvalwithheld
Loans in that cohort385

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-South Burlington, VT Metro Area, by fiscal year

020406080100FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2017: 99Loans, FY2018: 96Loans, FY2019: 88Loans, FY2020: 60Loans, FY2021: 81Loans, FY2022: 64Loans, FY2023: 50Loans, FY2024: 76Loans, FY2025: 84Loans, FY2026: 48
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY201799$15.4 million
FY201896$18.1 million
FY201988$18.5 million
FY202060$13.1 million
FY202181$40.8 million
FY202264$17.9 million
FY202350$8.9 million
FY202476$24.4 million
FY202584$37.8 million
FY202648$21.5 million

Loans by asset class

Asset classLoans
Not in any of the 39 asset classes539
Full-service restaurant45
Beverage manufacturing (breweries, wineries, distilleries)33
Fitness center16
Medical office (physicians)14
Limited-service restaurant14
Dental office9
Veterinary clinic9
Beauty salon9
Automotive mechanical repair (car and truck)8
Child care center8
Rehabilitation and therapy clinic6
Caterers (includes banquet halls with catering staff)6
Coffee shop and snack bar6
Hotel and motel5
Grocery store5

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
Granite State Economic Development Corporation58$35.2 million
SBA 7(a): lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
TD Bank, National Association108$14.4 million
Community National Bank (VT)83$20.7 million
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company74$10.2 million
Peoples Trust Company of St. Albans48$4.3 million
KeyBank National Association40$10.3 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
Chittenden County, VT587
Franklin County, VT134
Grand Isle County, VT25

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-15540.

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