Feasibility Study Data for the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area

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

Elkhart-Goshen, IN: what the SBA record contains for Elkhart-Goshen

SBA approved 363 loans for Elkhart-Goshen projects over FY2017 to FY2026, for $245.8 million gross. Elkhart-Goshen holds rank 202 of 928 against every other statistical area, Elkhart-Goshen among them. The local median loan is $250,000, and the central half fall from $99,500 up to $752,000. Against the country, Elkhart-Goshen borrowers take larger loans, with a median 1.20x of the national one. Nationally, Elkhart-Goshen loans run smaller than they do here.

Elkhart-Goshen borrowers, programs and holders in Elkhart-Goshen, IN

The metro area shows 300 loans under 7(a), against 63 under 504; in Elkhart-Goshen, 7(a) carries the larger proportion. Franchise brands account for 12.7% of loans. On the 7(a) side, KeyBank National Association leads with 23 loans and $11.7 million. Second place is First State Bank of Middlebury: 19 loans, $14.1 million. Lake City Bank holds 17 loans, and Centier Bank at 17. For 504, the top name is Business Development Corporation (BDC), holding 54 loans worth $41.5 million. These are SBA's records of Elkhart-Goshen loans held or once held. KeyBank National Association Elkhart-Goshen appears where SBA gives it as the Elkhart-Goshen holder; nothing here speaks to what First State Bank of Middlebury asks of an applicant.

Elkhart-Goshen by asset class and by county in Elkhart-Goshen, IN

The larger share of the Elkhart-Goshen record falls outside the class table: 265 loans that carry codes outside the Elkhart-Goshen table. The Elkhart-Goshen class rows therefore describe a minority of Elkhart-Goshen lending. The class table opens with hotel and motel, 25 loans, then full-service restaurant with 11 and automotive Elkhart-Goshen mechanical repair (car and truck) with 7. Further down sit fitness center, 7 loans and limited-service restaurant at 7. The county table starts with Elkhart County, IN at 363 loans. Demand differs between these Elkhart-Goshen counties, so the Elkhart-Goshen figure hides some spread.

Elkhart-Goshen, IN: reading the outcome floors for Elkhart-Goshen

7.3% is the lowest the Elkhart-Goshen cancellation Elkhart-Goshen share can be for FY2017 to FY2024 Elkhart-Goshen approvals, and up to 9.3% if undisbursed Elkhart-Goshen loans are added to the cancelled. Of 187 disbursed loans in the FY2017 to FY2021 Elkhart-Goshen cohort, at least 3.2% have been charged off. The five-year Elkhart-Goshen rate is withheld because the Elkhart-Goshen cohort is below 30 loans, so no number sits in for it. Loans keep aging, making these minimums and can merely rise. Volume crested in FY2017, at 60 loans and $44.4 million, whereas FY2020 was the low Elkhart-Goshen point before FY2026, at 16 loans and $12.7 million. Elkhart-Goshen is built from project counties such as Elkhart County, IN; the 2023 Elkhart-Goshen delineation of statistical areas draws the line, yet Elkhart-Goshen counties Elkhart-Goshen that resist matching stay out of all sums.

Elkhart-Goshen: testing a project in Elkhart-Goshen, IN

A study for an Elkhart-Goshen project must start from the particular county, given how unlike its Elkhart-Goshen counties can be. The top class by count is hotel and motel, which means expect scrutiny of capital reserves for renewals, plus what competing Elkhart-Goshen rooms charge and the brand and flag question. An Elkhart-Goshen request in full-service restaurant turn on what prime cost leaves for debt, with the lease term against payback close behind. Cash flow for an Elkhart-Goshen loan has to survive a weak year; the appraisal needs local sales and Elkhart-Goshen rents behind it. With larger loans common in Elkhart-Goshen, the analysis should tie the amount to real outlays, and never to what neighbors borrowed.

SBA loans in the Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY2026363
Gross dollars approved$245.8 million
Median loan$250,000
Middle half of loans, from$99,500
Middle half of loans, to$752,000
SBA 7(a) loans300
SBA 504 loans63
Franchise share of loans12.7%
Rank among metro and micro areas by loans202 of 928
Median loan against the national median1.20x

Cancellation and charge-off

Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor)7.3%
The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling)9.3%
Charged off to date, FY2017 to FY2021 disbursed loans (a floor)3.2%
Charged off within five years of approvalwithheld
Loans in that cohort187

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 Elkhart-Goshen, IN Metro Area, by fiscal year

0204060FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2017: 60Loans, FY2018: 49Loans, FY2019: 26Loans, FY2020: 16Loans, FY2021: 48Loans, FY2022: 28Loans, FY2023: 30Loans, FY2024: 43Loans, FY2025: 36Loans, FY2026: 27
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY201760$44.4 million
FY201849$28.7 million
FY201926$22.6 million
FY202016$12.7 million
FY202148$27.4 million
FY202228$27.1 million
FY202330$14.0 million
FY202443$24.1 million
FY202536$23.6 million
FY202627$21.2 million

Loans by asset class

Asset classLoans
Not in any of the 39 asset classes265
Hotel and motel25
Full-service restaurant11
Automotive mechanical repair (car and truck)7
Fitness center7
Limited-service restaurant7
Beauty salon6
Gas station and truck stop5

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
Business Development Corporation (BDC)54$41.5 million
SBA 7(a): lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
1st Source Bank87$24.6 million
KeyBank National Association23$11.7 million
First State Bank of Middlebury19$14.1 million
Lake City Bank17$5.9 million
Centier Bank17$4.4 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
Elkhart County, IN363

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-21140.

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