Feasibility Study Data for the Hailey, ID Micro Area

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

Volume and loan size in Hailey

160 loans within Hailey, ID from FY2017 and FY2026 carry $72.5 million in gross dollars. For context, Hailey places 356 of 928 among all CBSAs by loans. For context, $171,000 marks the central loan; the inner half extends from $50,000 to $403,000. Worth noting: the median here is 0.82x measured against the nation's median, so tickets run under the country's norm. Then, Hailey reads only its home counties, not a statewide average: 160 loans overall.

Lenders and programs in Hailey

131 SBA 7(a) loans stand against 29 loans under 504. 3.1% of all approvals involve franchised units here. Next, for 7(a) approvals, the largest lenders by approvals come out as D. L. Evans Bank at 52 loans totalling $5.8 million, U.S. Bank, National Association at 23 loans for $5.0 million, plus Zions Bancorporation, National Association with 16 loans for $5.9 million. Worth noting: within 504, the top certified development companies by count stand as Region IV Development Corporation booking 15 loans worth $8.4 million then Capital Matrix, Inc. at 9 loans totalling $3.2 million. All the names follow SBA data for 160 approvals; they list loans made only, and not what lenders apply across Hailey.

Where the loans sit in Hailey

Full-service restaurant with 9 and automotive mechanical repair at 6 head the class list by approvals. 131 loans sit apart from the named classes, so the Hailey total reaches beyond the class list. Next, Blaine County holds every one of 152 approvals, which makes area and county match. Year by year, FY2017 opens at 17 loans and $4.9 million; FY2024 is the busiest year at 21 loans and $6.3 million, then FY2026, a year that has not closed, rounds out the sequence at 16 loans and $4.7 million.

The outcome floors in Hailey

11.2% of FY2017 to FY2024 loans in Hailey were cancelled before disbursement, a floor. Here, the matching ceiling for Hailey stays withheld, so only the floor stands. 0.00% of FY2017 to FY2021 loans disbursed in Hailey were charged off, a floor; 0.00% were charged off within five years from approval, across a cohort of 61 disbursed loans. In practice, read every rate in this section like a minimum, because approvals made recently received little runway to cancel or default, across 160 loans. Then, each area here rests on the area holding every loan's project county, on the July 2023 definitions as adopted; each county are tied on name, while any loan whose project county does not map is missing from any area without exception. Named class or not, each 7(a) and 504 approval across Hailey is added towards its $72.5 million total.

The feasibility questions for Hailey

In Hailey, any serious study of a project begins with the subject property, not from the 160-loan file. For context, local demand in Hailey is tested first: can Hailey's local customer base carry the volume needed, set against rivals around Blaine County? Also, the local median is 0.82x compared with the country's median, so many deals are modest; a project that outsizes them must show that its debt is serviceable. Beyond that, the debt service test binds income to payments in Hailey: projected net operating income tested against the annual debt service, with a weak-sales case. Next, finally, the appraisal finishes the job for Hailey: the as-built value must carry the loan asked for. Any borrower holding a separate report for Hailey, when first approaching any lender, has met those floors first; credit is decided by the lender and the SBA guarantee office in Hailey, which a study informs but never decides.

SBA loans in the Hailey, ID Micro Area

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY2026160
Gross dollars approved$72.5 million
Median loan$171,000
Middle half of loans, from$50,000
Middle half of loans, to$403,000
SBA 7(a) loans131
SBA 504 loans29
Franchise share of loans3.1%
Rank among metro and micro areas by loans356 of 928
Median loan against the national median0.82x

Cancellation and charge-off

Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor)11.2%
The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling)withheld
Charged off to date, FY2017 to FY2021 disbursed loans (a floor)0.00%
Charged off within five years of approval0.00%
Loans in that cohort61

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 Hailey, ID Micro Area, by fiscal year

0510152025FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2017: 17Loans, FY2018: 12Loans, FY2019: 14Loans, FY2020: 6Loans, FY2021: 20Loans, FY2022: 15Loans, FY2023: 20Loans, FY2024: 21Loans, FY2025: 19Loans, FY2026: 16
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY201717$4.9 million
FY201812$777,600
FY201914$3.3 million
FY20206$2.3 million
FY202120$6.9 million
FY202215$14.9 million
FY202320$10.7 million
FY202421$6.3 million
FY202519$17.9 million
FY202616$4.7 million

Loans by asset class

Asset classLoans
Not in any of the 39 asset classes131
Full-service restaurant9
Automotive mechanical repair (car and truck)6

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
Region IV Development Corporation15$8.4 million
Capital Matrix, Inc.9$3.2 million
Panhandle Area Council, Inc.5$2.2 million
SBA 7(a): lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
D. L. Evans Bank52$5.8 million
U.S. Bank, National Association23$5.0 million
Zions Bancorporation, National Association16$5.9 million
Glacier Bank9$4.4 million
Wells Fargo Bank National Association6$2.4 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
Blaine County, ID152

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-25200.

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