Quick Service Restaurant Feasibility Study in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area
What SBA's own loan files show about limited-service restaurant lending in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area, and what a feasibility study for a project there has to test.
Lakeland-Winter Haven: quick-service restaurant lending
For Lakeland-Winter Haven, between FY2017 and FY2026, SBA approved 32 quick-service restaurant loans, worth $24.7 million in gross dollars. In Lakeland-Winter Haven, quick-service restaurant lending lands 1 of 39 against every other class here, and Lakeland-Winter Haven lands at 111 of 779 across every metro and micro area for quick-service restaurant loans. Lakeland-Winter Haven's location quotient is 1.06x: more weight than nationally. Lakeland-Winter Haven's median loan size is $557,300. The inner half of Lakeland-Winter Haven loans runs from $293,625 to $1.1 million, and the median is which sits at 1.79x against the national class median. Leading its own table of classes (1 of 39), the category has a location quotient of only 1.06x, close to the national share. The unusual part is size: the median of $557,300 is 1.79x the class median nationally, so the typical loan here is well above what the same kind of restaurant borrows elsewhere. Polk County holds all 32 loans.
Of Lakeland-Winter Haven's 32 loans, 27 are SBA 7(a), 5 SBA 504. Franchise-affiliated units make up 65.6% of the Lakeland-Winter Haven loans. Among the Lakeland-Winter Haven holders The Huntington National Bank holds $1.9 million across 7 SBA 7(a) loans. Lakeland-Winter Haven's holder lines record current holders only. Lakeland-Winter Haven applicants get no signal of lender standards here. The whole count of 32 sits in Polk County, FL.
Lakeland-Winter Haven: years, floors and limits
In Lakeland-Winter Haven, a few years can be printed: FY2021 records 5 loans totalling $4.8 million; FY2023 has 5 loans valued at $3.9 million. In FY2017, Lakeland-Winter Haven records 0 loans and $0. Withheld for Lakeland-Winter Haven: FY2018 to FY2020, FY2022 and FY2024 to FY2026. The years held back for Lakeland-Winter Haven differ from none. The Lakeland-Winter Haven cancellation rate: withheld, fewer than 30 loans. The charge-off rate in Lakeland-Winter Haven: withheld, below 30 loans. Lakeland-Winter Haven's floor is ours, not SBA's. Lakeland-Winter Haven has a short FY2017 to FY2021 cohort. Lakeland-Winter Haven takes the July 2023 list. Lakeland-Winter Haven admits a loan only by its county. Lakeland-Winter Haven leaves out unmatched loans.
Lakeland-Winter Haven: what to test
Lakeland-Winter Haven sponsors must explain why the project needs capital near the median of $557,300 when the national class median is lower. If the answer is a ground-up building, the study should show land and construction cost; if a conversion, the retrofit. It should test the sales a drive-through or counter unit can reach at the specific site, and cover the payment at a cautious level, since FY2017 shows 0 loans and FY2021 shows 5 worth $4.8 million.
SBA limited-service restaurant loans in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area
| Loans approved, FY2017 to FY2026 | 32 |
|---|---|
| Gross dollars approved | $24.7 million |
| Median loan | $557,300 |
| Middle half of loans, from | $293,625 |
| Middle half of loans, to | $1.1 million |
| SBA 7(a) loans | 27 |
| SBA 504 loans | 5 |
| Franchise share of loans | 65.6% |
| Rank among metro and micro areas for limited-service restaurant loans | 111 of 779 |
| Rank of limited-service restaurant among the classes in this area | 1 of 39 |
| Location quotient (share of loans against the national share) | 1.06x |
| Median loan against the national median for the class | 1.79x |
Cancellation and charge-off
| Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor) | not reported: fewer than 30 loans in the cohort |
|---|---|
| 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 limited-service restaurant loans approved in the Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL Metro Area, by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Loans | Dollars |
|---|---|---|
| FY2017 | 0 | $0 |
| FY2018 | withheld | withheld |
| FY2019 | withheld | withheld |
| FY2020 | withheld | withheld |
| FY2021 | 5 | $4.8 million |
| FY2022 | withheld | withheld |
| FY2023 | 5 | $3.9 million |
| FY2024 | withheld | withheld |
| FY2025 | withheld | withheld |
| FY2026 | withheld | withheld |
Most active SBA lenders
| Lender | Loans | Dollars |
|---|---|---|
| The Huntington National Bank | 7 | $1.9 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
| County | Loans |
|---|---|
| Polk County, FL | 32 |
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-29460-C35.
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