Gas Station Feasibility Study in the Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA Metro Area

Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard is a small metro with a remarkable fuel-station record. The location quotient is 6.63x, gas stations and truck stops hold 2 of 39 places locally and the area ranks 33 among 600. Over FY2017 to FY2026 the file lists 38 approvals worth $84.1 million. The $2.2 million median is 2.06x the figure for gas stations across the country, and the central band, $1.5 million to $3.0 million, marks these as large financings.

All 7(a), all in Kitsap County, mostly franchised

All of the loans used 7(a); 504 reads 0 loans, a printed count and not a hidden figure. Kitsap County, WA supplies all 38 loans. Franchise units are 71.1% of loans. Readycap Lending, LLC alone clears the display threshold, at 5 loans and $19.9 million, a very large average.

Years and the printed zero

FY2017 is printed as 0 loans and $0, an honest tally of none. FY2018 shows 7 loans and $14.1 million, FY2019 7 loans and $15.4 million and FY2021 9 loans and $19.0 million. FY2020 and FY2022 through FY2026 are hidden. The cohort holds under 30 loans, so no cancellation figure is printed for this station market, and charge-offs stay hidden. Neither should be read as nil.

Format, saturation and site risk

Because truck stops and travel centers share this code with stores that have no shop, and leaves electric charging out of the index, the study must define the format it means. A location quotient this high invites the question of saturation: how many competing stations serve the same corridors and how much of the volume the project can realistically capture. Site contamination history, tank condition and cleanup exposure belong in the cost test, which also has to be set against the $2.2 million median. With a franchise share of 71.1%, the brand's supply contract and image requirements are part of the budget. Fuel margin swings should be stressed in the cash model, and the appraisal should separate land, building, equipment and business value. Kitsap County is placed by the July 2023 delineation, and the study should also describe the site's access for fuel delivery trucks and the fire and environmental permits the use requires.