Physical Therapy Clinic Feasibility Study in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area

What SBA's own loan files show about rehabilitation and therapy clinic lending in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area, and what a feasibility study for a project there has to test.

Chicago-Naperville-Elgin: $35.6 million in rehabilitation and therapy clinic loans

Across FY2017 to FY2026, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin businesses in rehabilitation and therapy clinic took 103 approvals summing to $35.6 million. The median loan stands at $150,000, with the middle half ranging $87,000 up to $331,300. At 1.00x of the national median for rehabilitation and therapy clinic, Chicago-Naperville-Elgin sits level with the national figure.

Chicago, IL ranks 4 of 406 for rehabilitation and therapy clinic

Counting Chicago by program, 7(a) has 84 loans and 504 has 19. No franchise share prints for rehabilitation and therapy clinic in Chicago, IL, because Loan Analytics withholds it on a base this small. The class holds 15 of 39 among Chicago industries, and Chicago holds 4 of 406 among areas for rehabilitation and therapy clinic. At 0.93x on the location quotient, rehabilitation and therapy clinic is lighter in Chicago than nationwide. By county, Cook County, IL leads with 51 loans, then DuPage County, IL with 15 and Will County, IL with 10.

Who holds the 103 Chicago, IL loans

By year, FY2021 tops the series with 14 loans and $9.9 million, while FY2025 trails with 9 and $3.9 million. Where a Chicago year has too few rehabilitation and therapy clinic loans, Loan Analytics leaves the year blank. Chicago, IL 7(a) holders, ranked by loans: JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association, 13 loans, $1.9 million; The Huntington National Bank, 9 loans, $2.9 million; Byline Bank, 7 loans, $3.8 million. JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association holds the most loans of the three, while Byline Bank holds the most dollars. SBA's file ties 13 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin loans to JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association as the current holder, and that tells a reader nothing about the bank's credit approach. SBA 504 loans in Chicago are listed to SomerCor 504, Inc. (9 loans, $2.9 million). The Chicago cancellation floor is 13.3%; Loan Analytics withholds the ceiling, and a blank is not zero. Chicago prints no charge-off rate either: of the 103 loans, too few were disbursed in the cohort to print a rate, and that is not a zero.

The Chicago-Naperville-Elgin study: demand, cost, coverage, appraisal at $331,300

Revenue around Chicago, IL rests on nearby clinics, payer mix and the share of self-pay patients, built from the ground up, not from 103 past loans. On cost, the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin study prices staff licensing, treatment space and the months a new clinic needs to fill its schedule against Chicago lease terms and Chicago contractors. Coverage in Chicago, IL is tested at $150,000, $87,000 and $331,300 alike, since the record spans that range. Chicago, IL appraisers will value referral goodwill, therapy equipment and specialized buildout one at a time, so the Chicago study ought to do the same. A $35.6 million record cannot approve a Chicago project, and nothing in it is a promise of funding.

Limits behind 103 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin loans

Placement of 103 Chicago, IL loans runs on the project county. Matching Cook County, IL and its neighbors to Chicago uses names under the July 2023 delineation. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin cancellation covers FY2017 to FY2024 approvals across Chicago; charge-offs cover FY2017 to FY2021 disbursements.

SBA rehabilitation and therapy clinic loans in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY2026103
Gross dollars approved$35.6 million
Median loan$150,000
Middle half of loans, from$87,000
Middle half of loans, to$331,300
SBA 7(a) loans84
SBA 504 loans19
Franchise share of loanswithheld
Rank among metro and micro areas for rehabilitation and therapy clinic loans4 of 406
Rank of rehabilitation and therapy clinic among the classes in this area15 of 39
Location quotient (share of loans against the national share)0.93x
Median loan against the national median for the class1.00x

Cancellation and charge-off

Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor)13.3%
The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling)withheld
Charged off to date, FY2017 to FY2021 disbursed loans (a floor)withheld

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 rehabilitation and therapy clinic loans approved in the Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN Metro Area, by fiscal year

051015FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2017: 13Loans, FY2018: 12Loans, FY2021: 14Loans, FY2022: 14Loans, FY2023: 9Loans, FY2024: 13Loans, FY2025: 9Loans, FY2026: 11
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY201713$2.5 million
FY201812$1.9 million
FY2019withheldwithheld
FY2020withheldwithheld
FY202114$9.9 million
FY202214$2.7 million
FY20239$6.6 million
FY202413$2.7 million
FY20259$3.9 million
FY202611$3.7 million

Most active SBA lenders

SBA 504: lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
SomerCor 504, Inc.9$2.9 million
SBA 7(a): lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association13$1.9 million
The Huntington National Bank9$2.9 million
Byline Bank7$3.8 million
Centier Bank7$1.2 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
Cook County, IL51
DuPage County, IL15
Will County, IL10
Lake County, IN8
Lake County, IL7
Porter County, IN6

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.

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 MA-16980-C22.

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