Feasibility Study Data for the Kahului-Wailuku, HI Metro Area

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

The Kahului-Wailuku record in brief

For Kahului-Wailuku, SBA's files carry 286 approved loans from FY2017 to FY2026, worth $84.0 million of gross dollars. Kahului-Wailuku stands among all such areas nationwide, counted by loans, in position 250 of 928. Also, the middle half of Kahului-Wailuku loans spans $50,000 to $300,000, with a typical loan near $100,000, which is 0.48x the nationwide median. By program, Kahului-Wailuku shows 220 loans in 7(a) and 66 under 504. Franchised units took 3.5% of the record.

Kahului-Wailuku: where loans cluster

Inside the business classes we break out for Kahului-Wailuku, limited-service restaurant leads with 14 loans, then rehabilitation and therapy clinic (9) and full-service restaurant, 8 loans. Also 216 loans in Kahului-Wailuku sit outside every class. Every loan in Kahului-Wailuku falls in Maui County, HI, at 286 loans, so a study around Kahului-Wailuku a one-county exercise.

Kahului-Wailuku: institutions behind approvals

Names listed for Kahului-Wailuku appear in SBA's published Kahului-Wailuku records of the 286 guaranteed loans in Kahului-Wailuku, whoever holds or held them; those records show each file yet say nothing of lender practice. In the same files, for Kahului-Wailuku loans under 7(a), the biggest holders are Central Pacific Bank (108 loans, $6.0 million), followed by First Hawaiian Bank, holding 19 loans worth $1.5 million. In the 504 program near Maui County, HI, SBA names HEDCO Local Development Corporation, holding 55 loans worth $25.3 million. A borrower near Maui County, HI can ask the leading Kahului-Wailuku holder Central Pacific Bank or other Kahului-Wailuku holders near Maui County, HI which documents it requires, then build the Kahului-Wailuku study to meet those answers.

Kahului-Wailuku: outcomes and calendar

Among Kahului-Wailuku approvals from FY2017 through FY2024, at least 11.2% ended in cancellation after approval in Kahului-Wailuku, which is a floor; the full Kahului-Wailuku share can only be higher. Among disbursed Kahului-Wailuku loans approved from FY2017 through FY2021, 5.4% stand charged off so far, a floor. Further, the within-five-years rate for Kahului-Wailuku is held back for lack of loans, so it stays blank, not zero. Beyond that, in the yearly line, Kahului-Wailuku hit its high in FY2018 at 49 loans and $16.1 million, and was weakest in FY2019 at 17 loans and $3.3 million.

Kahului-Wailuku: what a study proves

Around Maui County, HI, demand comes first: who lives in Maui County, HI, who visits from nearby, set against Kahului-Wailuku overall, and how much room 14 limited-service restaurant loans leave. Budget: $100,000 is the Kahului-Wailuku median and $50,000 to $300,000 the central range, so a Maui County, HI site should cost itself against that $100,000 midpoint. Repayment: Kahului-Wailuku coverage withstands a weak year against the 11.2% rate of cancellation and 5.4% rate of charge-off. An appraisal in Kahului-Wailuku must back the worth the loan uses. Kahului-Wailuku uses the July 2023 map; an approval whose project county is not matched drops out of each area, Kahului-Wailuku no exception, and the totals include loans sitting outside the listed classes.

SBA loans in the Kahului-Wailuku, HI Metro Area

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY2026286
Gross dollars approved$84.0 million
Median loan$100,000
Middle half of loans, from$50,000
Middle half of loans, to$300,000
SBA 7(a) loans220
SBA 504 loans66
Franchise share of loans3.5%
Rank among metro and micro areas by loans250 of 928
Median loan against the national median0.48x

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)5.4%
Charged off within five years of approvalwithheld
Loans in that cohort129

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 Kahului-Wailuku, HI Metro Area, by fiscal year

01020304050FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2017: 33Loans, FY2018: 49Loans, FY2019: 17Loans, FY2020: 20Loans, FY2021: 28Loans, FY2022: 28Loans, FY2023: 24Loans, FY2024: 24Loans, FY2025: 46Loans, FY2026: 17
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY201733$10.5 million
FY201849$16.1 million
FY201917$3.3 million
FY202020$4.7 million
FY202128$8.7 million
FY202228$7.9 million
FY202324$7.5 million
FY202424$4.9 million
FY202546$15.8 million
FY202617$4.5 million

Loans by asset class

Asset classLoans
Not in any of the 39 asset classes216
Limited-service restaurant14
Rehabilitation and therapy clinic9
Full-service restaurant8
Caterers (includes banquet halls with catering staff)6
Automotive mechanical repair (car and truck)5
Liquor store5
Coffee shop and snack bar5

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
HEDCO Local Development Corporation55$25.3 million
SBA 7(a): lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
Central Pacific Bank108$6.0 million
First Hawaiian Bank19$1.5 million
Northeast Bank (ME)13$3.2 million
BayFirst National Bank11$1.6 million
Bank of Hawaii9$695,000

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
Maui County, HI286

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-27980.

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