Feasibility Study Data for the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area

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

Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood: what the record shows

SBA approved 6,094 loans in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood from FY2017 to FY2026, $2.77 billion in gross dollars. By loan count, Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood stands 22 of 928 among all areas. Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood loans center on $150,000, the median. Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood middle half: $50,000 to $427,875. 0.72x is the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood median set beside the national one. In Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, 5,592 loans were 7(a) and 502 were 504. 14.2% of the loans in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood carry a franchise brand. $2.77 billion is the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood dollar total.

Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood: where the loans land

In Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, full-service restaurant leads at 241 loans. Limited-service restaurant follows with 187. Fitness center follows with 137. That is the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood class lead. Next in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood comes beauty salon at 102 loans. The Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood record also holds 4,690 loans in no tracked class. The counties carrying most Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood loans: Marion County, IN (2,693), Hamilton County, IN (1,443), and Hendricks County, IN (544). At the other end, Brown County, IN holds 37 loans, a sign that Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood is not one market.

Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood: the lender side

Holders in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood may not be the makers. Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood 7(a) holders include KeyBank National Association with 251 loans ($144.6 million), First Merchants Bank with 153 loans ($37.6 million), and Citizens State Bank of New Castle with 141 loans ($42.4 million). Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood holders under 504 include 269 loans at Indiana Statewide Certified Development Corporation ($259.5 million) and 6 loans at Business Development Corporation (BDC) ($2.0 million). Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood rows serve a borrower as background. The Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood rows are silent on holder terms.

Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood: what the floors can say

Of Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood approvals from FY2017 to FY2024, 10.5% were cancelled, a floor. The Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood ceiling is 12.4%, counting undisbursed loans as cancelled. 5.3% is the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood charge-off floor, FY2017 to FY2021 disbursed loans, 2,739 in the cohort. Within five years of approval, Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood stands at 2.9%. Treat Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood rates as floors. Later events lift them, Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood included. Each Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood loan is placed by county name. Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood follows the July 2023 delineation. If a county fails to match, Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood omits it. The Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood total includes loans outside the classes.

Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood: testing a project

Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood approvals were thinnest in FY2026 (436 loans, $315.4 million) and heaviest in FY2018 (730 loans, $253.2 million). The first year, FY2017, shows 668 loans and $246.6 million for Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood. FY2026 closes the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood series at 436 loans, $315.4 million. In Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, demand testing starts with Marion County, IN and the businesses already serving it. Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood costs sit beside a $150,000 median. Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood stands at 0.72x nationally. Debt service in Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood is tested downside first. Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood lenders read the floors above. Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood appraisal evidence comes from area sales. Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood income evidence sits beside it. Absorption near Marion County, IN is tested for Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood on a slow case. Beside Marion County, IN findings, the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood study lists what it could not test.

SBA loans in the Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY20266,094
Gross dollars approved$2.77 billion
Median loan$150,000
Middle half of loans, from$50,000
Middle half of loans, to$427,875
SBA 7(a) loans5,592
SBA 504 loans502
Franchise share of loans14.2%
Rank among metro and micro areas by loans22 of 928
Median loan against the national median0.72x

Cancellation and charge-off

Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor)10.5%
The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling)12.4%
Charged off to date, FY2017 to FY2021 disbursed loans (a floor)5.3%
Charged off within five years of approval2.9%
Loans in that cohort2,739

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 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN Metro Area, by fiscal year

0200400600800FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2017: 668Loans, FY2018: 730Loans, FY2019: 548Loans, FY2020: 529Loans, FY2021: 616Loans, FY2022: 595Loans, FY2023: 627Loans, FY2024: 700Loans, FY2025: 645Loans, FY2026: 436
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY2017668$246.6 million
FY2018730$253.2 million
FY2019548$225.8 million
FY2020529$268.4 million
FY2021616$340.9 million
FY2022595$234.4 million
FY2023627$300.7 million
FY2024700$283.1 million
FY2025645$302.7 million
FY2026436$315.4 million

Loans by asset class

Asset classLoans
Not in any of the 39 asset classes4,690
Full-service restaurant241
Limited-service restaurant187
Fitness center137
Beauty salon102
Hotel and motel101
Automotive mechanical repair (car and truck)95
Child care center65
Coffee shop and snack bar63
Dental office61
Liquor store53
Beverage manufacturing (breweries, wineries, distilleries)51
Gas station and truck stop41
Rehabilitation and therapy clinic31
Medical office (physicians)29
Veterinary clinic21
Caterers (includes banquet halls with catering staff)21
Self storage20
Grocery store13
Car wash11
Behavioral health and addiction treatment9
Nonresidential lessor (flex, office and retail investor buildings)8
Assisted living (without nursing care)7
School (elementary and secondary, including charter)7
Life science lab (research and development)6
Data center6
Warehouse and distribution5

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
Indiana Statewide Certified Development Corporation269$259.5 million
Premier Capital Corporation211$172.4 million
Regional Development Company9$5.6 million
Business Development Corporation (BDC)6$2.0 million
SBA 7(a): lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
The Huntington National Bank2,207$412.4 million
KeyBank National Association251$144.6 million
First Merchants Bank153$37.6 million
Citizens State Bank of New Castle141$42.4 million
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association141$22.3 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
Marion County, IN2,693
Hamilton County, IN1,443
Hendricks County, IN544
Johnson County, IN529
Madison County, IN240
Boone County, IN227
Hancock County, IN189
Morgan County, IN109
Shelby County, IN73
Brown County, IN37

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-26900.

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