Dental Office Feasibility Study in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area

What SBA's own loan files show about dental office lending in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area, and what a feasibility study for a project there has to test.

The $800,000 median in Denver-Aurora-Centennial

Across FY2017 to FY2026, Denver borrowers in dental office drew 136 approvals worth $161.2 million. The median loan stands at $800,000, and the loans in the middle half run from $346,050 up to $1.8 million. Denver's median is 1.58x the national median for dental office, so loans here run larger than elsewhere.

Denver against the nation at 1.10x

Of the 136 loans, 129 are 7(a) and 7 are 504. The franchise share for Denver is not printed, as Loan Analytics withholds it; read the gap as a disclosure limit, not as zero franchises. Place in the national table: 13 of 562. Position among Denver classes: 8 of 39. A location quotient of 1.10x leaves dental office taking a bigger share of Denver, CO lending than nationally. The busiest counties: Arapahoe County, CO at 38 loans, Jefferson County, CO at 35, Denver County, CO at 31.

Who holds the 136 Denver loans

The busiest shown year was FY2021, 21 loans and $32.2 million; the quietest was FY2024, 7 loans and $10.8 million. Denver 7(a) holders, ranked by loans: Live Oak Banking Company, 48 loans, $94.6 million; Wells Fargo Bank National Association, 11 loans, $12.5 million; The Huntington National Bank, 6 loans, $5.5 million. SBA's file ties 48 Denver-Aurora-Centennial loans to Live Oak Banking Company as current holder for Denver; it says nothing of how Live Oak Banking Company underwrites. Cancellation after approval is 5.6% at minimum and 5.6% at most, for Denver-Aurora-Centennial approvals of FY2017 to FY2024. A loss rate for dental office in Denver, CO needs a larger disbursed cohort than the 136 loans offer, and Loan Analytics does not print it.

Testing a dental office project in Denver

Revenue around Denver rests on insurance participation, nearby practices and the mix of procedures offered, built from the ground up, not from 136 past loans. On cost, the Denver study prices a ramp to full chair use, imaging and practice-management software against Denver lease terms and Denver contractors. Coverage in Denver is tested at $800,000, $346,050 and $1.8 million alike, because the file spans that range. Denver, CO appraisers will value imaging equipment, practice goodwill and operatory buildout one at a time, so the Denver study ought to do the same. The $161.2 million Denver record is a benchmark, not a forecast across Denver, CO, and promises no Denver borrower approval.

Limits behind 136 Denver-Aurora-Centennial loans

By project county, Denver claims 136 loans. Counties such as Arapahoe County, CO join Denver by name under the July 2023 delineation. Denver-Aurora-Centennial cancellation covers FY2017 to FY2024 approvals around Denver, CO; charge-offs cover FY2017 to FY2021 disbursements.

SBA dental office loans in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY2026136
Gross dollars approved$161.2 million
Median loan$800,000
Middle half of loans, from$346,050
Middle half of loans, to$1.8 million
SBA 7(a) loans129
SBA 504 loans7
Franchise share of loanswithheld
Rank among metro and micro areas for dental office loans13 of 562
Rank of dental office among the classes in this area8 of 39
Location quotient (share of loans against the national share)1.10x
Median loan against the national median for the class1.58x

Cancellation and charge-off

Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor)5.6%
The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling)5.6%
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 dental office loans approved in the Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO Metro Area, by fiscal year

0510152025FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2017: 17Loans, FY2018: 10Loans, FY2019: 15Loans, FY2020: 11Loans, FY2021: 21Loans, FY2022: 17Loans, FY2023: 10Loans, FY2024: 7Loans, FY2025: 14Loans, FY2026: 14
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY201717$15.0 million
FY201810$13.7 million
FY201915$13.5 million
FY202011$10.1 million
FY202121$32.2 million
FY202217$17.8 million
FY202310$9.0 million
FY20247$10.8 million
FY202514$22.0 million
FY202614$17.2 million

Most active SBA lenders

SBA 7(a): lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
Live Oak Banking Company48$94.6 million
Wells Fargo Bank National Association11$12.5 million
The Huntington National Bank6$5.5 million
United Community Bank (SC)5$3.7 million
Readycap Lending, LLC5$2.6 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
Arapahoe County, CO38
Jefferson County, CO35
Denver County, CO31
Douglas County, CO16

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-19740-C20.

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