Feasibility Study Data for the Flagstaff, AZ Metro Area

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

Flagstaff, AZ in the national count, 283 loans

SBA files rank Flagstaff 255 of 928 by loans: 283 approvals in FY2017 to FY2026, $255.3 million gross. Median loan: $375,000 in Flagstaff, 1.80x the national median. That makes Flagstaff a larger-ticket market. In Flagstaff, the middle half of in Flagstaff loans runs from $150,000 to $1.2 million. Because $150,000 and $1.2 million frame the middle half, a Flagstaff borrower should weigh any Flagstaff request against $375,000.

Program mix in Flagstaff: 225 under SBA 7(a) and 58 under SBA 504. As SBA flags them, 15.9% of Flagstaff loans are franchise loans. Asset by asset, Flagstaff shows hotel and motel with 33, full-service restaurant with 15 and limited-service restaurant with 14. A further 166 Flagstaff loans sit in no named class in Flagstaff. The class lines for Flagstaff therefore never sum to 283. All Flagstaff loans trace to Coconino County, AZ, with 283 approvals, so Flagstaff behaves as a one-county market in Flagstaff.

Flagstaff, AZ lender names, as SBA lists them in Flagstaff

In Flagstaff, lenders listed derive from SBA's listing in Flagstaff of loans each institution keeps or kept in Flagstaff, in the holder field, so they record a portfolio only. Flagstaff holders should be read that way. The Flagstaff SBA 7(a) table in Flagstaff opens with Zions Bancorporation, National Association with 16 loans worth $1.4 million; JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association with 14 loans worth $4.5 million; St. Louis Bank with 13 loans worth $17.6 million. Under SBA 504, Flagstaff lists CDC Small Business Finance Corp. with 20 loans worth $19.5 million; Arizona Capital Source with 17 loans worth $27.6 million; The Mortgage Capital Development Corporation with 14 loans worth $13.9 million first. The first holder in Flagstaff sets the pace. Even so, a Flagstaff borrower may take a study elsewhere in Flagstaff.

Of Flagstaff approvals from FY2017 to FY2024, at least 10.0% were cancelled after approval. Flagstaff has a ceiling of 10.0% when undisbursed loans count as cancelled. The Flagstaff loss rate, to date, across the disbursed class of in Flagstaff FY2017 to FY2021 is withheld in Flagstaff, resting on too few loans; this page prints nothing for Flagstaff, not zero. Flagstaff's busiest printed year was FY2024, with 36 loans. Each loan lands in Flagstaff by a project's county, from the file under the July 2023 delineation, which means a loan whose county cannot be placed stays out of every area. The 283 loans in Flagstaff, AZ include those in no named class in Flagstaff.

Flagstaff, AZ: questions a study has to answer for Flagstaff

A Flagstaff study opens with demand in Flagstaff. Measure the trade area around the project address alone, and stress the first year in Flagstaff. Flagstaff cost is the second test. Lenders fund a $375,000 median here, while each line belongs on a quote in Flagstaff, with Flagstaff fees and reserves itemised. Debt service coverage is the Flagstaff hinge. Calculate coverage at the loan size also with lower sales, saying how far Flagstaff revenue can fall. An appraiser values the Flagstaff property independently, so the study's value logic ought to trace to evidence in Flagstaff. In Flagstaff, 283 loans spread over many neighbourhoods, and a Flagstaff study must say which it targets in Flagstaff. With the median at 1.80x the national level, a smaller Flagstaff project may look unusual in Flagstaff. The study should explain its sizing for Flagstaff against $375,000.

SBA loans in the Flagstaff, AZ Metro Area

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY2026283
Gross dollars approved$255.3 million
Median loan$375,000
Middle half of loans, from$150,000
Middle half of loans, to$1.2 million
SBA 7(a) loans225
SBA 504 loans58
Franchise share of loans15.9%
Rank among metro and micro areas by loans255 of 928
Median loan against the national median1.80x

Cancellation and charge-off

Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor)10.0%
The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling)10.0%
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 loans approved in the Flagstaff, AZ Metro Area, by fiscal year

010203040FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2017: 25Loans, FY2018: 27Loans, FY2019: 31Loans, FY2020: 24Loans, FY2021: 23Loans, FY2022: 33Loans, FY2023: 21Loans, FY2024: 36Loans, FY2025: 34Loans, FY2026: 29
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY201725$20.8 million
FY201827$16.1 million
FY201931$19.1 million
FY202024$25.6 million
FY202123$34.7 million
FY202233$40.6 million
FY202321$11.2 million
FY202436$32.9 million
FY202534$21.9 million
FY202629$32.2 million

Loans by asset class

Asset classLoans
Not in any of the 39 asset classes166
Hotel and motel33
Full-service restaurant15
Limited-service restaurant14
RV park and campground8
Automotive mechanical repair (car and truck)6
Gas station and truck stop5
Beverage manufacturing (breweries, wineries, distilleries)5
Veterinary clinic5
Fitness center5

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
CDC Small Business Finance Corp.20$19.5 million
Arizona Capital Source17$27.6 million
The Mortgage Capital Development Corporation14$13.9 million
Mountain West Small Business Finance7$9.0 million
SBA 7(a): lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
Zions Bancorporation, National Association16$1.4 million
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association14$4.5 million
St. Louis Bank13$17.6 million
Western Alliance Bank12$5.3 million
Wells Fargo Bank National Association11$8.8 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
Coconino County, AZ283

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-22380.

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