Feasibility Study Data for the Reno, NV Metro Area

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

Reno, NV: SBA lending volume and loan size in Reno

Ranked 79 of 928 by loans, Reno drew 1,250 approvals between FY2017 and FY2026, $792.6 million gross. A median of $300,000 in Reno sits at 1.44x the national median, above the usual ticket. Reno loans in the middle in Reno half fall from $100,000 to $753,375. With $100,000 and $753,375 bounding the middle half in Reno, no single benchmark fits every project in Reno.

In Reno, 952 approvals are SBA 7(a) loans; 298 are SBA 504 loans. Reno franchise share of loans is 12.6%. In Reno, classes read full-service restaurant with 46, fitness center with 42 and limited-service restaurant with 41. In Reno, outside the tracked classes, 886 loans make up the rest of the 1,250. Geography inside Reno: Washoe County, NV with 1,143, Lyon County, NV with 96 and Storey County, NV with 11 in Reno.

Reno, NV: who holds the loans, 1,250 in all

In Reno, holder lines build on SBA's file in Reno view of loans a firm carries or carried, as current holder, so they measure books, not rules. Reno holders should be read that way in Reno. The largest Reno holders under SBA 7(a) in Reno are U.S. Bank, National Association with 115 loans worth $33.4 million in Reno; Wells Fargo Bank National in Reno Association with 99 loans worth $40.0 million; Zions Bancorporation, National Association with 78 loans worth $18.8 million. Reno SBA 504 list starts with Nevada State Development Corporation with 189 loans worth $147.5 million; California Statewide Certified Development Corporation with 72 loans worth $67.5 million; The Mortgage Capital Development Corporation with 29 loans worth $39.9 million. In Reno, the top holder leads the rest. A Reno borrower may still approach any lender in Reno.

SBA's files show 10.5% of FY2017 to FY2024 approvals in Reno cancelled, a floor. Reno reaches a ceiling of 11.9% if undisbursed loans count as cancelled. Among 475 Reno loans disbursed FY2017 to FY2021, SBA shows 3.8% charged off so far in Reno, a floor in Reno, and withholds the five-year rate in Reno. Of the printed Reno years, FY2025 leads with 187 loans. Each loan lands in Reno by the county of the project, matched to the July 2023 delineation, hence every loan lacking a usable county appears in no area. The 1,250 loans in Reno, NV include those in no named class in Reno.

Reno, NV: what the record asks of a Reno feasibility study

Demand leads the Reno list. Size the real catchment of the exact address in Reno, not the metropolitan area in Reno, with a cautious ramp shown in Reno. Project cost follows in Reno. $300,000 is the median ticket in Reno, a guide in Reno, yet rebuild the budget from quotes, plus working capital and reserves in Reno. Serviceability is the heart of Reno. Test coverage at the requested size then in a stress case, since approval is no guarantee in Reno. Reno appraisers challenge weak assumptions, so any rent figure should be verifiable in Reno. In Reno, 1,250 loans spread over many neighbourhoods, and a Reno study must say which it targets. With Reno at 1.44x the national median in Reno, projects run large in Reno. The study must justify its project for Reno against $300,000.

SBA loans in the Reno, NV Metro Area

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY20261,250
Gross dollars approved$792.6 million
Median loan$300,000
Middle half of loans, from$100,000
Middle half of loans, to$753,375
SBA 7(a) loans952
SBA 504 loans298
Franchise share of loans12.6%
Rank among metro and micro areas by loans79 of 928
Median loan against the national median1.44x

Cancellation and charge-off

Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor)10.5%
The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling)11.9%
Charged off to date, FY2017 to FY2021 disbursed loans (a floor)3.8%
Charged off within five years of approvalwithheld
Loans in that cohort475

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 Reno, NV Metro Area, by fiscal year

050100150200FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2017: 119Loans, FY2018: 113Loans, FY2019: 89Loans, FY2020: 79Loans, FY2021: 148Loans, FY2022: 108Loans, FY2023: 110Loans, FY2024: 161Loans, FY2025: 187Loans, FY2026: 136
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY2017119$57.9 million
FY2018113$59.0 million
FY201989$45.4 million
FY202079$61.2 million
FY2021148$107.0 million
FY2022108$84.6 million
FY2023110$73.9 million
FY2024161$99.8 million
FY2025187$100.0 million
FY2026136$103.6 million

Loans by asset class

Asset classLoans
Not in any of the 39 asset classes886
Full-service restaurant46
Fitness center42
Limited-service restaurant41
Automotive mechanical repair (car and truck)32
Medical office (physicians)26
Child care center22
Hotel and motel21
Dental office21
Beauty salon19
Rehabilitation and therapy clinic13
Coffee shop and snack bar13
Car wash11
Self storage10
Assisted living (without nursing care)8
Gas station and truck stop7
Liquor store7
Beverage manufacturing (breweries, wineries, distilleries)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
Nevada State Development Corporation189$147.5 million
California Statewide Certified Development Corporation72$67.5 million
The Mortgage Capital Development Corporation29$39.9 million
SBA 7(a): lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
U.S. Bank, National Association115$33.4 million
Wells Fargo Bank National Association99$40.0 million
Zions Bancorporation, National Association78$18.8 million
Plumas Bank43$30.0 million
The Huntington National Bank41$10.9 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

CountyLoans
Washoe County, NV1,143
Lyon County, NV96
Storey County, NV11

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-39900.

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