Fitness Center Feasibility Study in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area

What SBA's own loan files show about fitness center lending in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area, and what a feasibility study for a project there has to test.

Fitness second on the local list

In Lexington-Fayette, fitness center loans stand at 2 of 39 within Lexington-Fayette's own classes, and the area is 76 of 608 nationally for them. 28 approvals totalling $8.4 million are recorded for FY2017 to FY2026, with 20 in Fayette County. With a quotient of 1.84x, Lexington-Fayette gives fitness center loans a heavier share of SBA lending than the country.

Median loan size is $188,500; relative to the national median throughout fitness centers that is 0.73x, and half of all loans fall from $68,750 to $440,625. A franchise brand attaches to 39.3% of the Lexington-Fayette loans, so independents are the majority. This cell does not show how these loans are divided throughout 7(a) and 504 in Lexington-Fayette in Lexington-Fayette. A lender weighing Lexington-Fayette should remember that the fitness center figures cover SBA-recorded loans merely, so a plan in Lexington-Fayette requires separate proof of revenue.

The holder and the printed years

The Huntington National Bank: 5 of the 7(a) loans, $1.3 million. SBA names the present holder and nothing about method. The page shows three years: FY2017 at 5 loans and $1.3 million, FY2020 at no loans and $0 and FY2023 with 5 loans and $1.8 million. We hold back Lexington-Fayette's two outcome rates since the Lexington-Fayette FY2017 to FY2021 cohort has beneath 30 loans, a number our cut-off will not rate for Lexington-Fayette. A withheld rate in Lexington-Fayette should never be read as zero.

The class ranks 2 of 39 in Lexington-Fayette, so fitness is among the most financed classes in Lexington-Fayette, yet the median is under the national one. For a lender, that means many loans of moderate size relative to the class nationally. For a borrower, it means a proposal well above $440,625 stands out beside the local record, and one near the Lexington-Fayette median will be read as typical.

A Lexington fitness study should show how many members the location can win given the supply already financed, then set equipment and buildout relative to a loan near $188,500. Revenue must cover rent or ownership alongside a slow case beside it. A lender will want the lease to outrun the loan and any real estate appraised on its own. The federal delineation draws Lexington-Fayette, so loans from counties Lexington-Fayette cannot place are excluded from the totals.

How to read Lexington-Fayette's cell

Fayette County supplies 20 of the 28 loans, so the record is largely a single-county one. A lender will notice a class with a below-national median and a wide band, and will ask if a request is a small studio or a full facility. Borrowers should answer that before it is asked, and should expect the 39.3% brand share to prompt a question about which model the project follows.

SBA fitness center loans in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY202628
Gross dollars approved$8.4 million
Median loan$188,500
Middle half of loans, from$68,750
Middle half of loans, to$440,625
SBA 7(a) loanswithheld
SBA 504 loanswithheld
Franchise share of loans39.3%
Rank among metro and micro areas for fitness center loans76 of 608
Rank of fitness center among the classes in this area2 of 39
Location quotient (share of loans against the national share)1.84x
Median loan against the national median for the class0.73x

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 fitness center loans approved in the Lexington-Fayette, KY Metro Area, by fiscal year

012345FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2017: 5Loans, FY2020: 0Loans, FY2023: 5
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY20175$1.3 million
FY2018withheldwithheld
FY2019withheldwithheld
FY20200$0
FY2021withheldwithheld
FY2022withheldwithheld
FY20235$1.8 million
FY2024withheldwithheld
FY2025withheldwithheld
FY2026withheldwithheld

Most active SBA lenders

SBA 7(a): lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
The Huntington National Bank5$1.3 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
Fayette County, KY20

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-30460-C33.

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