Fitness Center Feasibility Study in the Worcester, MA Metro Area
What SBA's own loan files show about fitness center lending in the Worcester, MA Metro Area, and what a feasibility study for a project there has to test.
How Worcester ranks for fitness center
With 41 SBA approvals worth $20.9 million between FY2017 and FY2026, Worcester, MA stands 58 of 608 among metro and micro areas. Counting fitness center loans, Worcester stands at 1.04x the share seen nationally: Worcester tracks the national weighting. Ranked inside Worcester, the class sits 3 of 39, a leading line here. Each Worcester project county is in MA.
The median Worcester loan comes to $167,000, with its middle half between $71,000 and $500,000. Our median is 0.64x the median nationally for the class, so Worcester loans run smaller. For Worcester, SBA 504 accounts for 7 loans and SBA 7(a) for 34, shaping each request. For Worcester, 504 means property and heavy equipment. In Worcester, franchised loans make up 39.0% of the class, a read on branding. Worcester lenders will see it as background.
Worcester holders and counties for fitness center
On the 7(a) side in Worcester, the holders on record, by loans, are TD Bank, National Association, with 5 loans worth $703,900. No 504 holder is listed for Worcester. Each Worcester row is an SBA record. The Worcester lenders named hold or held them. Worcester rows speak to files, not policy. No Worcester row says what a lender requires. In Worcester, by county, Worcester County, MA records 41 loans.
Worcester's published years show FY2018: 6 loans, $2.7 million, FY2019: 8 loans, $1.3 million, FY2022: 5 loans, $2.7 million, FY2023: 0 loans, $0 and FY2024: 10 loans, $7.4 million. FY2017, FY2020, FY2021, FY2025 and FY2026 stay blank for Worcester on thin counts, so blank years in Worcester may hold loans. Loans approved from FY2017 to FY2024 in Worcester ended in cancellation after approval, at least 13.9%; treat it as a floor. For Worcester, no charge-off floor is printed. In Worcester, a thin cohort means unpublished. Every Worcester figure follows the July 2023 delineation, where Worcester loans are placed by county, while Worcester leaves out unplaced counties.
What a Worcester fitness center study must prove
Worcester: this fitness center record sets context; a study supplies proof. Lenders in Worcester will look for rent risk in large leased boxes. Worcester reviewers will check franchise fees where a brand applies. A Worcester study begins by testing lease or building value in appraisal. In Worcester, a study has to test amenities promised against fees charged. Each Worcester study must establish replacement cycles for equipment. For Worcester: demand, cost, coverage, value. No Worcester approval is promised here.
SBA fitness center loans in the Worcester, MA Metro Area
| Loans approved, FY2017 to FY2026 | 41 |
|---|---|
| Gross dollars approved | $20.9 million |
| Median loan | $167,000 |
| Middle half of loans, from | $71,000 |
| Middle half of loans, to | $500,000 |
| SBA 7(a) loans | 34 |
| SBA 504 loans | 7 |
| Franchise share of loans | 39.0% |
| Rank among metro and micro areas for fitness center loans | 58 of 608 |
| Rank of fitness center among the classes in this area | 3 of 39 |
| Location quotient (share of loans against the national share) | 1.04x |
| Median loan against the national median for the class | 0.64x |
Cancellation and charge-off
| Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor) | 13.9% |
|---|---|
| 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 Worcester, MA Metro Area, by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Loans | Dollars |
|---|---|---|
| FY2017 | withheld | withheld |
| FY2018 | 6 | $2.7 million |
| FY2019 | 8 | $1.3 million |
| FY2020 | withheld | withheld |
| FY2021 | withheld | withheld |
| FY2022 | 5 | $2.7 million |
| FY2023 | 0 | $0 |
| FY2024 | 10 | $7.4 million |
| FY2025 | withheld | withheld |
| FY2026 | withheld | withheld |
Most active SBA lenders
| Lender | Loans | Dollars |
|---|---|---|
| TD Bank, National Association | 5 | $703,900 |
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 |
|---|---|
| Worcester County, MA | 41 |
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-49340-C33.
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