Fitness Center Feasibility Study in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area
What SBA's own loan files show about fitness center lending in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area, and what a feasibility study for a project there has to test.
Salt Lake City: fitness center
Salt Lake City approved fitness center loans: 78 in FY2017 to FY2026, worth $30.7 million. Salt Lake City ranks 37 of 608 for the class on 78 loans among metro areas; in Salt Lake City, the class ranks 5 of 39. Salt Lake City's location quotient reads 0.86x on 78 loans: a lighter concentration. In Salt Lake City, ranks and the 0.86x quotient, from 78 loans, distinguish the class; Salt Lake City size is 1.04x the national median.
$270,000 marks the median of 78 loans, close to the national figure (1.04x), and $89,025 to $497,675 bounds Salt Lake City's middle half. Salt Lake City program split: withheld, not zero. 64.1% is the franchise share of 78 loans; the rest are independents.
Salt Lake City's 7(a) table, 16 loans at The Huntington National Bank, $5.8 million; 6 at Central Bank (UT), $2.0 million; 5 at Zions Bancorporation, National Association, $720,800. Salt Lake City: holders under 5 loans go unnamed. Salt Lake City county counts, 78 loans: Salt Lake County, UT 78.
The Salt Lake City loans' fate
9.4% at minimum: Salt Lake City's cancelled share through FY2024. Salt Lake City's ceiling for undisbursed loans: withheld. Salt Lake City charge-offs: too few, not zero. Salt Lake City floors may rise with open loans. Salt Lake City approvals ran from 9 loans and $2.7 million in FY2019 to 12 loans and $4.5 million in FY2026, peaking at 13 in FY2025 and dipping to 6 in FY2020. Salt Lake City loans per year: FY2019 9, FY2020 6, FY2021 8, FY2023 9, FY2024 6, FY2025 13, FY2026 12. Yearly dollars: FY2019 $2.7 million, FY2020 $1.5 million, FY2021 $1.8 million, FY2023 $3.7 million, FY2024 $1.5 million, FY2025 $4.9 million, FY2026 $4.5 million. Withheld Salt Lake City years are not zero.
Salt Lake City: the study's tests
Across 78 loans, membership retention in Salt Lake City carries $270,000. Salt Lake City: facing weak signups, debt service holds with $30.7 million approved. For 78 loans in Salt Lake City, buildout costs outside $89,025 to $497,675 need cases. For 78 approvals in Salt Lake City, appraisers weigh lease and membership. Salt Lake City approvals ran from 6 in FY2020 to 13 in FY2025; for Salt Lake City, plan for slow signups. Salt Lake City's quotient, 0.86x: count rivals by price tier.
Salt Lake City's 78 loans are placed by project county. Salt Lake City follows the July 2023 delineation. Salt Lake City drops unplaceable counties from $30.7 million. Treat 78 loans as a guide to Salt Lake City, not a census.
SBA fitness center loans in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area
| Loans approved, FY2017 to FY2026 | 78 |
|---|---|
| Gross dollars approved | $30.7 million |
| Median loan | $270,000 |
| Middle half of loans, from | $89,025 |
| Middle half of loans, to | $497,675 |
| SBA 7(a) loans | withheld |
| SBA 504 loans | withheld |
| Franchise share of loans | 64.1% |
| Rank among metro and micro areas for fitness center loans | 37 of 608 |
| Rank of fitness center among the classes in this area | 5 of 39 |
| Location quotient (share of loans against the national share) | 0.86x |
| Median loan against the national median for the class | 1.04x |
Cancellation and charge-off
| Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor) | 9.4% |
|---|---|
| The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling) | withheld |
| 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 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area, by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Loans | Dollars |
|---|---|---|
| FY2017 | withheld | withheld |
| FY2018 | withheld | withheld |
| FY2019 | 9 | $2.7 million |
| FY2020 | 6 | $1.5 million |
| FY2021 | 8 | $1.8 million |
| FY2022 | withheld | withheld |
| FY2023 | 9 | $3.7 million |
| FY2024 | 6 | $1.5 million |
| FY2025 | 13 | $4.9 million |
| FY2026 | 12 | $4.5 million |
Most active SBA lenders
| Lender | Loans | Dollars |
|---|---|---|
| The Huntington National Bank | 16 | $5.8 million |
| Central Bank (UT) | 6 | $2.0 million |
| Zions Bancorporation, National Association | 5 | $720,800 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Salt Lake County, UT | 78 |
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-41620-C33.
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