Coffee Shop Feasibility Study in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area
What SBA's own loan files show about coffee shop and snack bar lending in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area, and what a feasibility study for a project there has to test.
The Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood picture for coffee shops and snack bars
Coffee shops and snack bars in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood sit below the national share and below the national median loan, at 0.58x and 0.63x, and every loan in the cell is a 7(a) loan. The Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI record for coffee shops and snack bars stands at 29 loans and $7.4 million, approved during FY2017 to FY2026. At home in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood the class sits 7 of 39, while the area is 49 of 612 on the national list. A 0.58x location quotient means the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood mix leans away from coffee shops and snack bars, compared with the national mix. The median loan of $150,000 is 0.63x the national median, so Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood loans run lighter than the national norm.
Half of all Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood loans fall inside a band from $50,000 up to $318,400. A proposal's place in this Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood band is an early test. The Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood program split reads 29 for 7(a) and 0 for 504. SBA's franchise flag gives coffee shops and snack bars a share of 31.0% in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood. A reviewer reads requests against $150,000. The usual spread runs $50,000 to $318,400. Name the brand path early. Name the SBA structure the plan expects.
Who holds the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood loans, and when
Under SBA 7(a), SBA names The Huntington Nationwide Bank with 15 loans worth $2.8 million as current holders. These are holders of record. No credit practice shows in it. The county table lists Kent County, MI (21 loans). The Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood record is a lender's yardstick. Nothing here replaces local market evidence.
Testing a coffee shop or snack bar project in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood
Charge-off and cancellation rates: none for Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood. Too few loans sit in the cohort. None is shown as zero. The 2023 federal county groups define areas. Each loan is matched via its county. Name decides the match. Loans without a match drop out. Context here is $7.4 million on 29 loans. A study supplies what totals cannot. A study for a coffee shop or snack bar in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood has to test labor scheduling through the day; supplier and product costs; cafes and snack outlets nearby; foot traffic at the site; daily tickets at the planned average check; morning and afternoon sales against labor; espresso and display equipment set beside the $150,000 median loan; and leasehold or real estate value. This page offers no assurance to coffee shop or snack bar sponsors. Every request is judged separately.
SBA coffee shop and snack bar loans in the Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI Metro Area
| Loans approved, FY2017 to FY2026 | 29 |
|---|---|
| Gross dollars approved | $7.4 million |
| Median loan | $150,000 |
| Middle half of loans, from | $50,000 |
| Middle half of loans, to | $318,400 |
| SBA 7(a) loans | 29 |
| SBA 504 loans | 0 |
| Franchise share of loans | 31.0% |
| Rank among metro and micro areas for coffee shop and snack bar loans | 49 of 612 |
| Rank of coffee shop and snack bar among the classes in this area | 7 of 39 |
| Location quotient (share of loans against the national share) | 0.58x |
| Median loan against the national median for the class | 0.63x |
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.
Approvals by fiscal year are withheld for this area, so that no year of fewer than 5 loans can be derived.
Most active SBA lenders
| Lender | Loans | Dollars |
|---|---|---|
| The Huntington National Bank | 15 | $2.8 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
| County | Loans |
|---|---|
| Kent County, MI | 21 |
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.
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-24340-C39.
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