Feasibility Study Data for the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area

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

The Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler record in brief

Across Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, the SBA loan files record 9,960 approvals from FY2017 through FY2026, totalling $6.43 billion in gross dollars. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler ranks against the whole list of areas, measured by loan count, at rank 13 of 928. The central half of Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler approvals falls between $110,750 and $778,250, about a typical loan of $334,000; which sets the median at 1.61x the national median. Here, SBA 7(a) holds 8,717 loans, and 1,243 by way of SBA 504. For the record, franchises make up 13.0% of the loans.

Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler: classes and counties

Inside the tracked classes we name for Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, full-service restaurant is largest with 348 loans, then limited-service restaurant (261) and fitness center (257). A further 7,337 loans in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler fall outside the classes. By county, Maricopa County, AZ holds 9,581 loans, and behind it come Pinal County, AZ (379).

Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler: who holds loans

Holders shown for Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler stem from SBA's published Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler records of the 9,960 approvals in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, carried at present or before; such records log every loan though pass no judgment on lender standards. Next, for Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler loans under 7(a), SBA's records name Wells Fargo Bank National Association (672 loans, $233.2 million); next, U.S. Bank, National Association at 591 loans and $136.0 million. Among 504 loans in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, SBA names The Mortgage Capital Development Corporation (479 loans, $610.3 million); next, CDC Small Business Finance Corp. ($335.0 million across 348 loans). Worth noting, these rows are context for a borrower near Maricopa County, AZ and do not rank one holder above another.

Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler: loss floors and years

Among Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler approvals from FY2017 through FY2024, not below 10.0% were cancelled after approval in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, and that is a floor; the full Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler share is no lower. Next, among disbursed Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler loans approved in FY2017 through FY2021, 5.0% are charged off as of today, again only a floor; 3.0% had been charged off in the first five years after approval, in a base of 4,095 loans. On the calendar, Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler peaked in FY2025 at 1,437 loans and $903.7 million, and was weakest in FY2020 at 753 loans and $485.8 million.

Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler: the tests ahead

In Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, demand comes first: who lives in Maricopa County, AZ, who lives in Pinal County, AZ, measured against Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler as a whole, and whether the 348 full-service restaurant loans leave room. Budget: $334,000 is the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler median and $110,750 to $778,250 the central range, so a Maricopa County, AZ site should cost itself against this $334,000 midpoint. Repayment: Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler coverage absorbs a slow year against the 10.0% rate of cancellation with the 5.0% charge-off floor. An appraisal in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler needs to agree with the figure assumed. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler adopts the July 2023 boundaries; a record whose project county is not matched appears in none of all areas, Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler no exception, while the totals cover loans sitting outside the class list.

SBA loans in the Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY20269,960
Gross dollars approved$6.43 billion
Median loan$334,000
Middle half of loans, from$110,750
Middle half of loans, to$778,250
SBA 7(a) loans8,717
SBA 504 loans1,243
Franchise share of loans13.0%
Rank among metro and micro areas by loans13 of 928
Median loan against the national median1.61x

Cancellation and charge-off

Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor)10.0%
The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling)11.3%
Charged off to date, FY2017 to FY2021 disbursed loans (a floor)5.0%
Charged off within five years of approval3.0%
Loans in that cohort4,095

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 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ Metro Area, by fiscal year

050010001500FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2017: 1020Loans, FY2018: 909Loans, FY2019: 902Loans, FY2020: 753Loans, FY2021: 975Loans, FY2022: 795Loans, FY2023: 1003Loans, FY2024: 1150Loans, FY2025: 1437Loans, FY2026: 1016
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY20171,020$552.8 million
FY2018909$495.1 million
FY2019902$510.7 million
FY2020753$485.8 million
FY2021975$815.4 million
FY2022795$586.0 million
FY20231,003$664.9 million
FY20241,150$672.6 million
FY20251,437$903.7 million
FY20261,016$747.9 million

Loans by asset class

Asset classLoans
Not in any of the 39 asset classes7,337
Full-service restaurant348
Limited-service restaurant261
Fitness center257
Medical office (physicians)226
Automotive mechanical repair (car and truck)201
Assisted living (without nursing care)165
Dental office151
Coffee shop and snack bar147
Beauty salon132
Child care center111
Hotel and motel85
Gas station and truck stop59
Car wash59
Rehabilitation and therapy clinic59
Behavioral health and addiction treatment56
Veterinary clinic54
School (elementary and secondary, including charter)38
Nonresidential lessor (flex, office and retail investor buildings)35
Liquor store28
Caterers (includes banquet halls with catering staff)24
Self storage22
Beverage manufacturing (breweries, wineries, distilleries)17
Skilled nursing15
Data center15
Grocery store14
Urgent care and ambulatory surgery11
Warehouse and distribution9
Multifamily (lessors of residential buildings)7

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
The Mortgage Capital Development Corporation479$610.3 million
CDC Small Business Finance Corp.348$335.0 million
Arizona Capital Source327$280.4 million
California Statewide Certified Development Corporation68$65.2 million
Preferred Lending Partners7$5.6 million
SBA 7(a): lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
Wells Fargo Bank National Association672$233.2 million
U.S. Bank, National Association591$136.0 million
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association563$207.3 million
The Huntington National Bank337$119.0 million
Live Oak Banking Company302$422.8 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
Maricopa County, AZ9,581
Pinal County, AZ379

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-38060.

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