Feasibility Study Data for the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area

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

Grand Junction scale: counts, dollars and typical loans in Grand Junction, CO

SBA approved 352 loans for Grand Junction projects between FY2017 and FY2026, and $229.0 million in gross dollars stands behind them. Grand Junction holds rank 210 of 928 against every other statistical area, Grand Junction among them. The local median loan is $294,700, and the central half fall from $63,000 up to $765,575. The national comparison favors bigger tickets: at 1.42x of the national median. Large Grand Junction tickets are the first thing that sets Grand Junction apart.

Grand Junction, CO loans and who holds them around Grand Junction

The program split in Grand Junction is 311 under 7(a) and 41 under 504; in Grand Junction, 7(a) carries the larger Grand Junction share. Franchise brands account for 8.2% of loans in this metro area. 45 loans worth $4.9 million put U.S. Bank, National Association first among 7(a) holders, followed by Wells Fargo Bank National Association Grand Junction with 39 loans and $12.8 million. Further down, Timberline Bank shows 32 loans, then 31 for Zions Bancorporation, National Association. Under 504, B:Side Capital is the lead holder with 33 loans and $19.1 million. These are SBA's records of Grand Junction loans held or once held. The Grand Junction line for U.S. Bank, National Association Grand Junction appears because SBA lists it as current Grand Junction holder; that says nothing about how Wells Fargo Bank National Association underwrites.

Grand Junction by asset class and by county in Grand Junction, CO

Most of the Grand Junction total sits outside the tracked asset classes: 249 loans filed under other codes. Class figures here cover merely part of the area. Among tracked Grand Junction classes, full-service restaurant leads with 16 loans, ahead of hotel and motel at 14, and liquor store at 14. Further down sit dental office, 12 loans and automotive Grand Junction mechanical repair (car and truck) at 11. Mesa County, CO is the largest source of loans, with 352. Demand differs between these counties, so the Grand Junction figure hides some spread.

Grand Junction, CO: outcomes and data limits for Grand Junction

10.7% is the lowest the Grand Junction cancellation Grand Junction share can be for FY2017 to FY2024 approvals. Treating undisbursed Grand Junction loans as cancelled gives a ceiling of 12.6%. Grand Junction write-offs on 130 disbursed loans from FY2017 to FY2021 Grand Junction total at least 3.8% so far. As for the five-year Grand Junction rate, it is not reported, its Grand Junction cohort being under 30 Grand Junction loans, and it is not Grand Junction given a number here. Aging continues, so these rates are minimums so the final Grand Junction figure is higher or equal. Volume crested in FY2025, at 53 loans and $32.3 million, while FY2018 was the low point before FY2026, at 22 loans and $6.1 million. A loan joins the Grand Junction, CO figures through its project county, as with Mesa County, CO or Mesa County, CO; county membership follows the 2023 Grand Junction delineation, so a loan from an unmatched Grand Junction county appears nowhere.

Grand Junction projects and the study behind them in Grand Junction, CO

A study for a Grand Junction project has to be drafted for the particular county, because the Grand Junction counties inside the metro Grand Junction area are not alike. Since full-service restaurant leads the Grand Junction class table, the study should test seats against realistic covers, what prime cost leaves for debt and liquor licence timing and cost. For hotel and motel, the next Grand Junction class in Grand Junction, the questions are capital reserves for renewals and room-night demand by segment. Cash flow for a Grand Junction loan needs a poor-year test; the appraisal has to rest on local Grand Junction comparables and income. Since Grand Junction loans skew large, the report should tie the amount to real costs, and not to what neighbors borrowed.

SBA loans in the Grand Junction, CO Metro Area

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY2026352
Gross dollars approved$229.0 million
Median loan$294,700
Middle half of loans, from$63,000
Middle half of loans, to$765,575
SBA 7(a) loans311
SBA 504 loans41
Franchise share of loans8.2%
Rank among metro and micro areas by loans210 of 928
Median loan against the national median1.42x

Cancellation and charge-off

Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor)10.7%
The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling)12.6%
Charged off to date, FY2017 to FY2021 disbursed loans (a floor)3.8%
Charged off within five years of approvalwithheld
Loans in that cohort130

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 Grand Junction, CO Metro Area, by fiscal year

0204060FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2017: 37Loans, FY2018: 22Loans, FY2019: 29Loans, FY2020: 27Loans, FY2021: 37Loans, FY2022: 28Loans, FY2023: 30Loans, FY2024: 51Loans, FY2025: 53Loans, FY2026: 38
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY201737$14.0 million
FY201822$6.1 million
FY201929$16.9 million
FY202027$14.4 million
FY202137$34.3 million
FY202228$24.4 million
FY202330$29.1 million
FY202451$30.0 million
FY202553$32.3 million
FY202638$27.6 million

Loans by asset class

Asset classLoans
Not in any of the 39 asset classes249
Full-service restaurant16
Hotel and motel14
Liquor store14
Dental office12
Automotive mechanical repair (car and truck)11
Fitness center7
Limited-service restaurant7

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
B:Side Capital33$19.1 million
SBA 7(a): lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
U.S. Bank, National Association45$4.9 million
Wells Fargo Bank National Association39$12.8 million
Timberline Bank32$20.7 million
Zions Bancorporation, National Association31$3.9 million
Live Oak Banking Company21$25.7 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
Mesa County, CO352

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-24300.

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