Fitness Center Feasibility Study in the Springfield, MO Metro Area
What SBA's own loan files show about fitness center lending in the Springfield, MO Metro Area, and what a feasibility study for a project there has to test.
Fitness center in Springfield: the loan record
Springfield gets 35 loans approved for fitness center, $11.5 million gross, from FY2017 to FY2026. Springfield, for fitness center, ranks 65 of 608 in the area ranking. Within Springfield, fitness center ranks 4 of 39. Springfield's quotient is 1.15x: fitness center above the national share.
Springfield size and franchise status
Springfield shows half its loans at or under $191,000, with the middle half spanning $108,150 up to $367,700. Springfield stands at 0.74x against the national class median. Springfield loans run below the national middle. Springfield has 28 loans under 7(a). Springfield has 7 under 504. Springfield 504 loans fund property and equipment. In Springfield, 7(a) adds working capital or acquisitions. Springfield franchise share of loans is 31.4%. Springfield loans run smaller, so Springfield overruns weigh more.
Springfield holders and counties
Holder in Springfield: OakStar Bank, 8 loans, $2.1 million, SBA 7(a). Springfield SBA 504 holder: 7 loans, $3.8 million, Rural Missouri, Inc.. Listed Springfield names are current holders, per SBA. Springfield rows speak to files, not requirements. Springfield borrowers see holders, not lenders. Springfield has one county, Greene County, MO, with all 25 loans.
Springfield years, floors and coding limits
Springfield prints only these fiscal years. In FY2017, Springfield had 6 loans worth $728,000. In FY2018, Springfield had 5 loans worth $1.1 million. In FY2020, Springfield had 5 loans worth $1.4 million. Other Springfield years stay blank on thin counts. Springfield blanks are silence, never zero, and Springfield treats FY2026 as complete. Springfield floors follow Loan Analytics' own rule. That Springfield cohort holds fewer than 30 loans. The Springfield cohort covers FY2017 to FY2021 disbursements. So Springfield prints no cancellation floor. So Springfield prints no charge-off floor. Springfield's blank floor is no zero. Springfield borrowers learn little from it. Any Springfield rate that prints is a floor. Springfield borders come from the July 2023 list. Springfield places each loan by project county. Springfield drops loans with unplaceable counties.
Springfield: testing a fitness center project
Springfield fitness center requests start from the $191,000 median, a first yardstick in Springfield. A fitness center study in Springfield starts with membership: how many members the floor can hold, what they pay, and how many stay. In Springfield, churn is the quiet risk, so the study tests coverage in a year when joins fall short of the plan. A Springfield lender will ask what equipment costs, how long it lasts, and whether the lease on the space allows the layout. Daniel Smith, MAI, signs each Springfield study. Springfield demand and cost come first. In Springfield, coverage follows, then the appraisal. No Springfield approval is promised by any study.
SBA fitness center loans in the Springfield, MO Metro Area
| Loans approved, FY2017 to FY2026 | 35 |
|---|---|
| Gross dollars approved | $11.5 million |
| Median loan | $191,000 |
| Middle half of loans, from | $108,150 |
| Middle half of loans, to | $367,700 |
| SBA 7(a) loans | 28 |
| SBA 504 loans | 7 |
| Franchise share of loans | 31.4% |
| Rank among metro and micro areas for fitness center loans | 65 of 608 |
| Rank of fitness center among the classes in this area | 4 of 39 |
| Location quotient (share of loans against the national share) | 1.15x |
| Median loan against the national median for the class | 0.74x |
Cancellation and charge-off
| Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor) | 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 Springfield, MO Metro Area, by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Loans | Dollars |
|---|---|---|
| FY2017 | 6 | $728,000 |
| FY2018 | 5 | $1.1 million |
| FY2019 | withheld | withheld |
| FY2020 | 5 | $1.4 million |
| FY2021 | withheld | withheld |
| FY2022 | withheld | withheld |
| FY2023 | withheld | withheld |
| FY2024 | withheld | withheld |
| FY2025 | withheld | withheld |
| FY2026 | withheld | withheld |
Most active SBA lenders
| Lender | Loans | Dollars |
|---|---|---|
| Rural Missouri, Inc. | 7 | $3.8 million |
| Lender | Loans | Dollars |
|---|---|---|
| OakStar Bank | 8 | $2.1 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 |
|---|---|
| Greene County, MO | 25 |
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-44180-C33.
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