Feasibility Study Data for the Greeley, CO Metro Area

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

Greeley: what the record shows

SBA approved 816 loans in Greeley from FY2017 to FY2026, $582.9 million in gross dollars. By loan count, Greeley stands 118 of 928 among all areas. Greeley loans center on $358,100, the median. $119,750 to $875,000 spans the Greeley middle half. Set beside the nation, Greeley stands at 1.72x. By program, Greeley has 685 7(a) loans and 131 504 loans. Franchise brands account for 13.4% of Greeley loans. Those 816 Greeley loans carry $582.9 million.

Greeley: asset mix and geography

Greeley leaders: full-service restaurant (47), then liquor store (41), then automotive mechanical repair (24). Next in Greeley comes dental office at 23 loans. 522 loans in Greeley fit no class, so Greeley class patterns say less. Greeley consists of Weld County, CO, where SBA places 816 loans.

Greeley: the lender side

A Greeley lender row names today's holder; the Greeley originator may be another. Among Greeley 7(a) holders: Wells Fargo Bank National Association with 75 loans ($17.9 million) and SouthState Bank, National Association with 52 loans ($49.5 million). Greeley holders under 504 include B:Side Capital (94 loans, $82.2 million) and Preferred Lending Partners (25 loans, $24.8 million). For a Greeley borrower, these rows give background only. No Greeley row states a holder's terms.

Greeley: floors, and what is withheld

A floor of 13.6% describes Greeley cancellations on FY2017 to FY2024 approvals. The Greeley ceiling is 14.8%, counting undisbursed loans as cancelled. 346 Greeley loans make the FY2017 to FY2021 cohort; 5.8% are charged off, a floor. The Greeley five-year figure is 3.8%. Treat Greeley rates as floors. Later events lift them, Greeley included. Greeley loans are placed by county name. For Greeley, the July 2023 list governs. Greeley omits loans with no county match. Greeley totals count loans outside the tracked classes.

Greeley: study points

By year, FY2024 was busiest for Greeley, at 106 loans and $65.4 million, and FY2018 quietest, at 61 loans and $44.9 million. The first year, FY2017, shows 84 loans and $53.6 million for Greeley. The latest year, FY2026, shows 63 loans and $46.3 million for Greeley. In Greeley, demand testing starts with Weld County, CO and the businesses already serving it. The Greeley budget is priced against a $358,100 median. Greeley sits at 1.72x nationally; site, build and equipment all count. Greeley coverage cannot assume smooth sailing. Greeley floors say why. Cost and value meet at the Greeley appraisal. Greeley readers see one set of local numbers. Sponsor equity and reserves in Greeley are shown beside Weld County, CO costs. Beside Weld County, CO findings, the Greeley study lists what it could not test.

SBA loans in the Greeley, CO Metro Area

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY2026816
Gross dollars approved$582.9 million
Median loan$358,100
Middle half of loans, from$119,750
Middle half of loans, to$875,000
SBA 7(a) loans685
SBA 504 loans131
Franchise share of loans13.4%
Rank among metro and micro areas by loans118 of 928
Median loan against the national median1.72x

Cancellation and charge-off

Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor)13.6%
The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling)14.8%
Charged off to date, FY2017 to FY2021 disbursed loans (a floor)5.8%
Charged off within five years of approval3.8%
Loans in that cohort346

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 Greeley, CO Metro Area, by fiscal year

0255075100125FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2017: 84Loans, FY2018: 61Loans, FY2019: 89Loans, FY2020: 73Loans, FY2021: 100Loans, FY2022: 72Loans, FY2023: 78Loans, FY2024: 106Loans, FY2025: 90Loans, FY2026: 63
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY201784$53.6 million
FY201861$44.9 million
FY201989$54.6 million
FY202073$55.8 million
FY2021100$85.5 million
FY202272$54.9 million
FY202378$58.1 million
FY2024106$65.4 million
FY202590$63.9 million
FY202663$46.3 million

Loans by asset class

Asset classLoans
Not in any of the 39 asset classes522
Full-service restaurant47
Liquor store41
Automotive mechanical repair (car and truck)24
Dental office23
Limited-service restaurant23
Hotel and motel22
Coffee shop and snack bar14
Fitness center13
Car wash12
Self storage10
Medical office (physicians)9
Child care center9
Gas station and truck stop8
Veterinary clinic8
Beverage manufacturing (breweries, wineries, distilleries)7
Beauty salon7
Nonresidential lessor (flex, office and retail investor buildings)6
Rehabilitation and therapy clinic5

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 Capital94$82.2 million
Preferred Lending Partners25$24.8 million
SBA 7(a): lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
Wells Fargo Bank National Association75$17.9 million
SouthState Bank, National Association52$49.5 million
First National Bank of Omaha45$15.7 million
U.S. Bank, National Association45$8.4 million
The Huntington National Bank37$11.3 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
Weld County, CO816

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-24540.

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