Feasibility Study Data for the Ocala, FL Metro Area

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

Ocala, FL: scale and ticket size, 498 loans

Ocala, FL holds rank 167 of 928 by loans, with 498 approvals for FY2017 to FY2026, $328.3 million gross. Ticket size in Ocala leans high, with $315,000 at the median, 1.51x the national median. The middle half of Ocala approvals runs from $114,375 up to $776,700. In Ocala, a request far outside $114,375 to $776,700 will draw questions. The Ocala study should answer them early in Ocala.

In Ocala, SBA 7(a) accounts for 435 loans, against 63 under SBA 504. 15.3% of the Ocala loans went to franchised businesses. Ocala named classes stand limited-service restaurant with 27, child care center with 21 and automotive mechanical repair with 16. The Ocala total of 498 also contains 338 loans that no named class captures. In Ocala, only Marion County, FL appears, holding 498 loans in Ocala.

Ocala lenders: the field in Ocala, FL

In Ocala, these tables draw on SBA's reporting in Ocala on loans a holder in Ocala has or had in Ocala, per the holder field in Ocala, and claim nothing about requirements. Ocala holders should be read that way. Ocala SBA 7(a) holders at the top: TD Bank, National Association with 41 loans worth $15.6 million; The Huntington National Bank with 32 loans worth $15.6 million; Newtek Bank, National Association with 27 loans worth $4.6 million. In Ocala, SBA 504 holders are led by Florida Business Development Corporation with 28 loans worth $23.8 million; Florida First Capital Finance Corporation in Ocala, Inc. with 23 loans worth $27.7 million. In Ocala, concentration among top holders says little. An Ocala study should stand on evidence alone in Ocala.

Among FY2017 to FY2024 approvals, Ocala cancellation after approval is 11.5%, a floor. An Ocala ceiling of 12.8% treats unfunded loans as cancelled. Ocala charge-offs to date, a floor, run 7.4% for the 162 loans disbursed from FY2017 to FY2021; 4.3% came within five years. FY2024, at 74 loans, tops the printed yearly counts for Ocala. Loans count toward Ocala via whichever county the project names with the July 2023 delineation, and some loan whose county has no match falls outside every area. The 498 loans in Ocala, FL include those in no named class in Ocala.

Ocala: the tests a study cannot skip in Ocala, FL

Demand ranks first for Ocala. Show the draw of the parcel itself in Ocala, never the metropolitan area, and keep the forecast cautious in Ocala. Ocala cost comes next. The norm of $315,000 is only a guide, though every line should rest on bids, and contingency kept apart in Ocala. Debt service coverage decides Ocala. Run the ratio at the proposed amount as well as in Ocala under a downside case, with interest and term stated for Ocala. Expect an Ocala appraiser to test values, so the study's in Ocala rent and caps has to be documented for Ocala. Inside Ocala, FL, submarkets differ widely. Its 498 loans average across them all, so an Ocala study must name the Ocala submarket it means. With Ocala at 1.51x the national median in Ocala, projects run large in Ocala. The study must justify its project for Ocala against $315,000.

SBA loans in the Ocala, FL Metro Area

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY2026498
Gross dollars approved$328.3 million
Median loan$315,000
Middle half of loans, from$114,375
Middle half of loans, to$776,700
SBA 7(a) loans435
SBA 504 loans63
Franchise share of loans15.3%
Rank among metro and micro areas by loans167 of 928
Median loan against the national median1.51x

Cancellation and charge-off

Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor)11.5%
The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling)12.8%
Charged off to date, FY2017 to FY2021 disbursed loans (a floor)7.4%
Charged off within five years of approval4.3%
Loans in that cohort162

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 Ocala, FL Metro Area, by fiscal year

020406080FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2017: 48Loans, FY2018: 43Loans, FY2019: 29Loans, FY2020: 26Loans, FY2021: 41Loans, FY2022: 45Loans, FY2023: 60Loans, FY2024: 74Loans, FY2025: 73Loans, FY2026: 59
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY201748$35.0 million
FY201843$21.6 million
FY201929$20.9 million
FY202026$15.9 million
FY202141$39.1 million
FY202245$32.8 million
FY202360$22.7 million
FY202474$53.4 million
FY202573$39.6 million
FY202659$47.2 million

Loans by asset class

Asset classLoans
Not in any of the 39 asset classes338
Limited-service restaurant27
Child care center21
Automotive mechanical repair (car and truck)16
Hotel and motel15
Full-service restaurant13
Medical office (physicians)12
Veterinary clinic8
Dental office7
Coffee shop and snack bar7
Self storage6
Assisted living (without nursing care)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
Florida Business Development Corporation28$23.8 million
Florida First Capital Finance Corporation, Inc.23$27.7 million
SBA 7(a): lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
TD Bank, National Association41$15.6 million
The Huntington National Bank32$15.6 million
Newtek Bank, National Association27$4.6 million
Wells Fargo Bank National Association23$5.1 million
PNC Bank, National Association19$2.1 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, FL498

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-36100.

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