Worked Example: SBA 7(a) Assisted Living Feasibility Study in Utah
A worked example of the feasibility study a lender would read for an assisted living project in Utah, financed with an SBA 7(a) loan.
What SBA's own loan files show about lending in the Logan, UT-ID Metro Area, every asset class together, and what a feasibility study for a project there has to test.
For Logan, SBA shows $302.0 million on 538 loans, FY2017 to FY2026. By loan count, Logan stands 158 of 928 among all areas. Logan loans center on $258,600, the median. Logan loans in the middle half run $106,775 to $584,750. Logan: 1.24x of the national median. Logan splits into 357 loans under 7(a) and 181 under 504. Franchise brands account for 8.0% of Logan loans. $302.0 million is the Logan dollar total.
Logan class leaders by loans: dental office (16), self storage (14), and automotive mechanical repair (10). Next in Logan comes limited-service restaurant at 9 loans. The Logan record also holds 409 loans in no tracked class. County placement in Logan is led by Cache County, UT (501) and Franklin County, ID (37).
Logan holders are not always Logan originators. Among Logan 7(a) holders: Cache Valley Bank with 129 loans ($34.4 million), Mountain America FCU with 21 loans ($3.6 million), and U.S. Bank, National Association with 13 loans ($344,400). Logan lists, for 504, Mountain West Small Business Finance (155 loans, $123.8 million). For a Logan borrower, these rows give background only. No Logan row states a holder's terms.
Logan cancellation, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals: 12.0%. It is a floor for Logan. Treating undisbursed Logan loans as cancelled gives 13.7%, the ceiling. Charged off to date in Logan: 4.7%, a floor, across 213 disbursed loans of FY2017 to FY2021. Logan withholds a five-year rate: Logan loans are too few. A lender reading Logan takes both rates as the least. Logan history only grows. Logan loans are placed by county name. For Logan, the July 2023 list governs. Logan omits loans with no county match. Logan totals hold untracked-class loans too.
By year, FY2021 was busiest for Logan, at 71 loans and $55.1 million, and FY2019 quietest, at 33 loans and $14.8 million. FY2017 opened the Logan series with 51 loans ($30.6 million). The latest year, FY2026, shows 51 loans and $31.7 million for Logan. A Logan study weighs local demand against Cache County, UT competitors, not national patterns. The Logan budget is priced against a $258,600 median. Logan sits at 1.24x nationally; site, build and equipment all count. Logan coverage is tested with income below plan. The Logan outcome floors justify that. The Logan appraiser reads local comparables. The Logan study reconciles them to cost. Absorption near Cache County, UT is tested for Logan on a slow case. The Logan study states its limits beside Cache County, UT findings.
| Loans approved, FY2017 to FY2026 | 538 |
|---|---|
| Gross dollars approved | $302.0 million |
| Median loan | $258,600 |
| Middle half of loans, from | $106,775 |
| Middle half of loans, to | $584,750 |
| SBA 7(a) loans | 357 |
| SBA 504 loans | 181 |
| Franchise share of loans | 8.0% |
| Rank among metro and micro areas by loans | 158 of 928 |
| Median loan against the national median | 1.24x |
| Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor) | 12.0% |
|---|---|
| The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling) | 13.7% |
| Charged off to date, FY2017 to FY2021 disbursed loans (a floor) | 4.7% |
| Charged off within five years of approval | withheld |
| Loans in that cohort | 213 |
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 Logan, UT-ID Metro Area, by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Loans | Dollars |
|---|---|---|
| FY2017 | 51 | $30.6 million |
| FY2018 | 45 | $17.1 million |
| FY2019 | 33 | $14.8 million |
| FY2020 | 41 | $20.2 million |
| FY2021 | 71 | $55.1 million |
| FY2022 | 66 | $35.6 million |
| FY2023 | 52 | $29.7 million |
| FY2024 | 58 | $26.5 million |
| FY2025 | 70 | $40.7 million |
| FY2026 | 51 | $31.7 million |
| Asset class | Loans |
|---|---|
| Not in any of the 39 asset classes | 409 |
| Dental office | 16 |
| Self storage | 14 |
| Automotive mechanical repair (car and truck) | 10 |
| Limited-service restaurant | 9 |
| Hotel and motel | 8 |
| Fitness center | 8 |
| Full-service restaurant | 8 |
| Rehabilitation and therapy clinic | 7 |
| Coffee shop and snack bar | 7 |
| Car wash | 6 |
| Child care center | 6 |
| Beverage manufacturing (breweries, wineries, distilleries) | 5 |
| Grocery store | 5 |
Classes with 5 or more loans; smaller ones are withheld, and more where a small one could be derived.
| Lender | Loans | Dollars |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain West Small Business Finance | 155 | $123.8 million |
| Lender | Loans | Dollars |
|---|---|---|
| Cache Valley Bank | 129 | $34.4 million |
| Zions Bancorporation, National Association | 63 | $14.4 million |
| Mountain America FCU | 21 | $3.6 million |
| U.S. Bank, National Association | 13 | $344,400 |
| Live Oak Banking Company | 12 | $17.6 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.
| County | Loans |
|---|---|
| Cache County, UT | 501 |
| Franklin County, ID | 37 |
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-30860.
A worked example of the feasibility study a lender would read for an assisted living project in Utah, financed with an SBA 7(a) loan.
Loan Analytics prepares the feasibility study a lender reads before it commits: for a commercial project in the Logan, UT-ID Metro Area, financed under SBA 7(a), SBA 504, USDA Business and Industry or a conventional bank loan. Tell us the project and the lender's deadline, and we reply with scope, timeline and fee.
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