Feasibility Study Data for the Grand Rapids, MN Micro Area
What SBA's own loan files show about lending in the Grand Rapids, MN Micro Area, every asset class together, and what a feasibility study for a project there has to test.
Grand Rapids, MN: scale and ticket size, 113 loans
Grand Rapids, MN holds rank 447 of 928 by loans, with 113 approvals for FY2017 to FY2026, $37.4 million gross. Ticket size in Grand Rapids leans low, with $150,000 at the median, 0.72x the national median. The middle half of Grand Rapids approvals runs from $63,000 up to $337,000. In Grand Rapids, a request far outside $63,000 to $337,000 will draw questions. The Grand Rapids study should answer them early in Grand Rapids.
In Grand Rapids, SBA 7(a) accounts for 84 loans, against 29 under SBA 504. 4.4% of the Grand Rapids loans went to franchised businesses. Grand Rapids named classes stand rv park and campground with 6. The Grand Rapids total of 113 also contains 68 loans that no named class captures. In Grand Rapids, only Itasca County, MN appears, holding 113 loans in Grand Rapids.
Grand Rapids lenders: the field in Grand Rapids, MN
In Grand Rapids, these tables draw on SBA's listing of loans each institution retains or retained, under the holder note, so they measure books, not rules. Grand Rapids holders should be read that way. Grand Rapids SBA 7(a) holders at the top: Northeast Entrepreneur Fund, Inc. with 20 loans worth $3.5 million; Members Cooperative Credit Union with 12 loans worth $865,800; Park State Bank with 9 loans worth $806,100. In Grand Rapids, SBA 504 holders are led by Midwest Business Finance Corporation with 21 loans worth $9.2 million. The first holder in Grand Rapids sets the pace. Even so, a Grand Rapids borrower may take a study elsewhere in Grand Rapids.
Among FY2017 to FY2024 approvals, Grand Rapids cancellation after approval is 8.7%, a floor. A Grand Rapids ceiling of 8.7% treats unfunded loans as cancelled. In Grand Rapids, the charge-off rate for the disbursed class of FY2017 to FY2021 remains hidden in Grand Rapids, cohort thin; do not read that as zero in Grand Rapids. FY2021, at 32 loans, tops the printed yearly counts for Grand Rapids. Parts of the Grand Rapids yearly series vanish for resting on too few loans, and we offer Grand Rapids no estimate for them. Boundaries for Grand Rapids come from a project's county, from the file per the July 2023 delineation, consequently one with a county left unresolved appears in no area. The 113 loans in Grand Rapids, MN include those in no named class in Grand Rapids.
Grand Rapids: the tests a study cannot skip in Grand Rapids, MN
Demand ranks first for Grand Rapids. Measure the trade area around the site, instead of the micropolitan area, with a cautious ramp shown in Grand Rapids. Grand Rapids cost comes next. Lenders fund a $150,000 median here, even if an outlier needs explaining, plus working capital and reserves in Grand Rapids. The Grand Rapids loan has to be serviceable. Calculate coverage at the loan size alongside a weaker revenue case, since approval is no guarantee in Grand Rapids. Appraisal closes the loop in Grand Rapids, so the study's value logic must explain any gap in Grand Rapids. Micropolitan Grand Rapids offers a thin base of 113 loans. A Grand Rapids study should disclose borrowed benchmarks. At 0.72x of the national median, a very large Grand Rapids project may look unusual. The study should explain its scale for Grand Rapids against $150,000.
SBA loans in the Grand Rapids, MN Micro Area
| Loans approved, FY2017 to FY2026 | 113 |
|---|---|
| Gross dollars approved | $37.4 million |
| Median loan | $150,000 |
| Middle half of loans, from | $63,000 |
| Middle half of loans, to | $337,000 |
| SBA 7(a) loans | 84 |
| SBA 504 loans | 29 |
| Franchise share of loans | 4.4% |
| Rank among metro and micro areas by loans | 447 of 928 |
| Median loan against the national median | 0.72x |
Cancellation and charge-off
| Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor) | 8.7% |
|---|---|
| The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling) | 8.7% |
| 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 Grand Rapids, MN Micro Area, by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Loans | Dollars |
|---|---|---|
| FY2017 | withheld | withheld |
| FY2018 | 16 | $3.5 million |
| FY2019 | 13 | $1.8 million |
| FY2020 | 15 | $1.5 million |
| FY2021 | 32 | $15.8 million |
| FY2022 | 9 | $3.4 million |
| FY2023 | withheld | withheld |
| FY2024 | 9 | $3.6 million |
| FY2025 | withheld | withheld |
| FY2026 | withheld | withheld |
Loans by asset class
| Asset class | Loans |
|---|---|
| Not in any of the 39 asset classes | 68 |
| RV park and campground | 6 |
Classes with 5 or more loans; smaller ones are withheld, and more where a small one could be derived.
Most active SBA lenders
| Lender | Loans | Dollars |
|---|---|---|
| Midwest Business Finance Corporation | 21 | $9.2 million |
| Lender | Loans | Dollars |
|---|---|---|
| Northeast Entrepreneur Fund, Inc. | 20 | $3.5 million |
| Members Cooperative Credit Union | 12 | $865,800 |
| Park State Bank | 9 | $806,100 |
| Woodland Bank | 8 | $492,500 |
| Frandsen Bank and Trust | 6 | $2.5 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 |
|---|---|
| Itasca County, MN | 113 |
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-24330.
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