Child Care Center Feasibility Study in the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL Metro Area

What SBA's own loan files show about child care center lending in the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL Metro Area, and what a feasibility study for a project there has to test.

North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota: child care center lending

For North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, across FY2017 to FY2026, SBA recorded 29 child care center loans, totalling $31.4 million in gross approvals. Inside North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, child care center lending lands 6 of 39 among the asset classes. By contrast, North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota stands at 62 of 493 across every metro and micro area for child care center loans. North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota's location quotient is 0.91x: less weight than nationally. North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota's median loan size comes to $589,000. The central half of North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota loans extends from $379,000 to $1.2 million, and the median comes to 1.30x of the nationwide class median. North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota ranks child care sixth (6 of 39) locally and 62 of 493 nationally, with a location quotient of 0.91x that sits near the national share. Loans are larger than the nationwide class median, at $589,000 and 1.30x. FY2019 shows 6 loans worth $7.6 million, a large dollar total, and FY2020 shows 0 loans and $0.

Of North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota's 29 loans, 21 are SBA 7(a), 8 SBA 504. Franchise-affiliated units represent 27.6% of the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota loans. In North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, no holder hits five loans. North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota therefore lists no lender. By county: Manatee County, FL has 21 loans; Sarasota County, FL has 8 loans.

North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota: years, floors and limits

For North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, only some years can be shown: FY2019 has 6 loans worth $7.6 million. In FY2020, North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota has 0 loans and $0. Withheld for North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota: FY2017, FY2018 and FY2021 to FY2026. North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota's withheld years differ from none. North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota's cancellation rate: not published, under 30 loans. North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota's charge-off rate: withheld, below 30 loans. North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota's floor is Loan Analytics' own. North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota has a thin FY2017 to FY2021 cohort. The 2023 July list defines North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota. Each loan reaches North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota by way of its county. North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota drops unmatched loans. In North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, in-home child care shares a single code with North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota centers. North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota family child care homes cannot be separated out.

North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota: what to test

A North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota child care study should state licensed capacity, the enrolment curve from opening, the teacher ratios the licence requires, and the tuition the surrounding families can bear. With a middle half from $379,000 to $1.2 million, the study should place the project within that range and price land, building and equipment. Manatee County holds 21 of the loans and Sarasota County 8, so the study should name the county. The appraisal will lean on the income those enrolments produce.

SBA child care center loans in the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL Metro Area

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY202629
Gross dollars approved$31.4 million
Median loan$589,000
Middle half of loans, from$379,000
Middle half of loans, to$1.2 million
SBA 7(a) loans21
SBA 504 loans8
Franchise share of loans27.6%
Rank among metro and micro areas for child care center loans62 of 493
Rank of child care center among the classes in this area6 of 39
Location quotient (share of loans against the national share)0.91x
Median loan against the national median for the class1.30x

Cancellation and charge-off

Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor)not reported: fewer than 30 loans in the cohort
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 child care center loans approved in the North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL Metro Area, by fiscal year

0246FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2019: 6Loans, FY2020: 0
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY2017withheldwithheld
FY2018withheldwithheld
FY20196$7.6 million
FY20200$0
FY2021withheldwithheld
FY2022withheldwithheld
FY2023withheldwithheld
FY2024withheldwithheld
FY2025withheldwithheld
FY2026withheldwithheld

Where the loans are, by county

CountyLoans
Manatee County, FL21
Sarasota County, FL8

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.

Family child care homes cannot be separated from centers.

Shared code: 624410 also holds in-home child care.

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-35840-C36.

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