Feasibility Study Data for the Plymouth, IN Micro Area

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

Plymouth among micropolitan areas, ranked by 139 loans

Among metro and micro areas, Plymouth ranks 391 of 928 by loans, with 139 approvals over FY2017 to FY2026 and $66.1 million gross. Smaller tickets mark Plymouth. The Plymouth median of $150,000 is 0.72x the national figure; in Plymouth, half of loans span $69,500 to $500,000. The gap between $69,500 and $500,000 in Plymouth shows how varied borrowers are. Plymouth offers no typical loan in Plymouth.

By program, Plymouth holds 112 SBA 7(a) loans beside 27 SBA 504 loans. Franchised businesses in Plymouth make up 22.3% of loans. In Plymouth, IN, classes rank automotive mechanical repair with 6, hotel and motel with 5 and coffee shop and snack bar with 5. 106 Plymouth loans belong to no tracked class. The 139 total counts them. The Plymouth project county is Marshall County, IN alone, at 139 loans in Plymouth.

Plymouth, IN: lenders behind the 139 loans

In Plymouth, these tables draw on SBA's record of loans a bank owns or owned, per the note, and claim nothing about requirements. Plymouth holders should be read that way. In Plymouth, leading SBA 7(a) holders are Lake City Bank with 10 loans worth $2.0 million; Centier Bank with 7 loans worth $944,300; Live Oak Banking Company in Plymouth with 5 loans worth $6.8 million. In the Plymouth SBA 504 table, the leading holders are Business Development Corporation (BDC) with 15 loans worth $6.7 million. In Plymouth, the top holder leads the rest. A Plymouth borrower may still approach any lender in Plymouth.

Cancellation floor, Plymouth: 8.7% of FY2017 to FY2024 approvals. Plymouth ceiling: the figure counting unfunded loans as cancelled remains hidden, nothing guessed for Plymouth. In Plymouth, the charge-off rate for FY2017 to FY2021 loans that funded is held back, the cohort is small; a Plymouth reader should never take it for zero. Plymouth approvals peaked in FY2017, at 23 loans. Loans count toward Plymouth via its project county, matched by name per the July 2023 delineation, consequently some loan whose county has no match is dropped from all areas. The 139 loans in Plymouth, IN include those in no named class in Plymouth.

Plymouth: testing a project in Plymouth, IN

Demand ranks first for Plymouth. Count the customers within reach of the proposed site in Plymouth, not a micropolitan area, and keep the forecast cautious in Plymouth. Plymouth cost comes next. The middle half runs $69,500 to $500,000, so every line item wants a source, and contingency kept apart in Plymouth. The Plymouth loan has to be serviceable. Present the ratio for the amount next to a case with softer income, naming the cushion left in Plymouth. Appraisal closes the loop in Plymouth, so each source behind the numbers has to be defensible in Plymouth. In Plymouth, a micropolitan area, the base is thin: 139 loans. A large Plymouth project may borrow comparables elsewhere. At 0.72x of the national median, Plymouth projects run modest in Plymouth. A large project must show why Plymouth can absorb its scale, against $150,000.

SBA loans in the Plymouth, IN Micro Area

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY2026139
Gross dollars approved$66.1 million
Median loan$150,000
Middle half of loans, from$69,500
Middle half of loans, to$500,000
SBA 7(a) loans112
SBA 504 loans27
Franchise share of loans22.3%
Rank among metro and micro areas by loans391 of 928
Median loan against the national median0.72x

Cancellation and charge-off

Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor)8.7%
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 loans approved in the Plymouth, IN Micro Area, by fiscal year

0510152025FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2017: 23Loans, FY2018: 8Loans, FY2019: 18Loans, FY2020: 10Loans, FY2021: 20Loans, FY2022: 18Loans, FY2023: 13Loans, FY2024: 5Loans, FY2025: 15Loans, FY2026: 9
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY201723$11.7 million
FY20188$7.1 million
FY201918$6.1 million
FY202010$3.2 million
FY202120$6.9 million
FY202218$8.5 million
FY202313$4.6 million
FY20245$4.7 million
FY202515$10.3 million
FY20269$3.0 million

Loans by asset class

Asset classLoans
Not in any of the 39 asset classes106
Automotive mechanical repair (car and truck)6
Hotel and motel5
Coffee shop and snack bar5

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
Business Development Corporation (BDC)15$6.7 million
SBA 7(a): lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
1st Source Bank51$9.4 million
Lake City Bank10$2.0 million
Centier Bank7$944,300
Live Oak Banking Company5$6.8 million
The Huntington National Bank5$970,800

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
Marshall County, IN139

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-38500.

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