Feasibility Study Data for the Manchester-Nashua, NH Metro Area

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

Manchester-Nashua lending, in outline

The Manchester-Nashua metro area logged 1,556 approved loans and $474.3 million in FY2017 to FY2026. Manchester-Nashua sits at 70 of 928 among areas ranked by loans. The Manchester-Nashua median loan is $112,750. Manchester-Nashua sees its middle half between $50,000 and $250,000. The Manchester-Nashua median sits at 0.54x nationally. In Manchester-Nashua, 1,328 loans were 7(a) and 228 were 504. Franchise brands account for 6.6% of Manchester-Nashua loans. $474.3 million is the Manchester-Nashua dollar total.

Manchester-Nashua: asset mix and geography

Full-service restaurant (71) tops Manchester-Nashua; automotive mechanical repair (53) and limited-service restaurant (50) follow. Fourth in Manchester-Nashua is fitness center, with 36 loans. 1,158 loans in Manchester-Nashua fit no class, so Manchester-Nashua class patterns say less. SBA locates every Manchester-Nashua loan in Hillsborough County, NH, 1,556 in all.

Manchester-Nashua: SBA holders

These Manchester-Nashua tables show SBA's holders, not verdicts. Manchester-Nashua holders under 7(a) include 346 loans at TD Bank, National Association ($32.1 million), 114 loans at Primary Bank ($29.5 million), and 82 loans at Rockland Trust Company ($24.0 million). Among Manchester-Nashua 504 holders: 131 loans at Granite State Economic Development Corporation ($70.8 million), 36 loans at Capital Regional Development Council ($20.1 million), and 32 loans at New England Certified Development Corporation ($17.6 million). In Manchester-Nashua, a borrower treats the rows as context. Manchester-Nashua rows promise no one a loan.

Manchester-Nashua: what the floors can say

A floor of 12.3% describes Manchester-Nashua cancellations on FY2017 to FY2024 approvals. The Manchester-Nashua ceiling is 14.0%, counting undisbursed loans as cancelled. Manchester-Nashua charge-offs: 4.0% among 669 loans disbursed FY2017 to FY2021, a floor. Within five years of approval, Manchester-Nashua stands at 2.4%. Manchester-Nashua rates are floors. Loans season, and Manchester-Nashua events can still raise them. Manchester-Nashua is built from county names. Manchester-Nashua follows the July 2023 delineation. Unmatched counties drop out of Manchester-Nashua. Manchester-Nashua totals count loans outside the tracked classes.

Manchester-Nashua: testing a project

The Manchester-Nashua trend peaks in FY2025 with 188 loans ($86.8 million) and bottoms in FY2021 with 113 ($51.9 million). The first year, FY2017, shows 162 loans and $21.5 million for Manchester-Nashua. FY2026 closes the Manchester-Nashua series at 166 loans, $71.1 million. In Manchester-Nashua, demand testing starts with Hillsborough County, NH and the businesses already serving it. The Manchester-Nashua median is $112,750. Set Manchester-Nashua budgets beside it; nationally it is 0.54x. Coverage for Manchester-Nashua is run on weaker income. Manchester-Nashua floors shape that downside. Cost and value meet at the Manchester-Nashua appraisal. Manchester-Nashua readers see one set of local numbers. Sources and uses in Manchester-Nashua must tie to bids near Hillsborough County, NH. Manchester-Nashua readers get the limits of the data next to Hillsborough County, NH findings.

SBA loans in the Manchester-Nashua, NH Metro Area

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY20261,556
Gross dollars approved$474.3 million
Median loan$112,750
Middle half of loans, from$50,000
Middle half of loans, to$250,000
SBA 7(a) loans1,328
SBA 504 loans228
Franchise share of loans6.6%
Rank among metro and micro areas by loans70 of 928
Median loan against the national median0.54x

Cancellation and charge-off

Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor)12.3%
The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling)14.0%
Charged off to date, FY2017 to FY2021 disbursed loans (a floor)4.0%
Charged off within five years of approval2.4%
Loans in that cohort669

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 Manchester-Nashua, NH Metro Area, by fiscal year

050100150200FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2017: 162Loans, FY2018: 185Loans, FY2019: 165Loans, FY2020: 150Loans, FY2021: 113Loans, FY2022: 138Loans, FY2023: 115Loans, FY2024: 174Loans, FY2025: 188Loans, FY2026: 166
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY2017162$21.5 million
FY2018185$23.2 million
FY2019165$41.9 million
FY2020150$44.8 million
FY2021113$51.9 million
FY2022138$57.6 million
FY2023115$33.4 million
FY2024174$42.2 million
FY2025188$86.8 million
FY2026166$71.1 million

Loans by asset class

Asset classLoans
Not in any of the 39 asset classes1,158
Full-service restaurant71
Automotive mechanical repair (car and truck)53
Limited-service restaurant50
Fitness center36
Beauty salon26
Child care center21
Coffee shop and snack bar17
Gas station and truck stop15
Grocery store15
Dental office14
Self storage11
Behavioral health and addiction treatment9
Hotel and motel8
Beverage manufacturing (breweries, wineries, distilleries)7
Rehabilitation and therapy clinic7
Medical office (physicians)7
Veterinary clinic6

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
Granite State Economic Development Corporation131$70.8 million
Capital Regional Development Council36$20.1 million
New England Certified Development Corporation32$17.6 million
SBA 7(a): lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
TD Bank, National Association346$32.1 million
Eastern Bank120$20.1 million
Primary Bank114$29.5 million
Rockland Trust Company82$24.0 million
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company58$10.0 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
Hillsborough County, NH1,556

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-31700.

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