Feasibility Study Data for the Rutland, VT Micro Area

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

Rutland, VT: scale and ticket size, 155 loans

Rutland, VT holds rank 364 of 928 by loans, with 155 approvals for FY2017 to FY2026, $35.5 million gross. Ticket size in Rutland leans low, with $55,000 at the median, 0.26x the national median. The middle half of Rutland approvals runs from $25,000 up to $126,500. In Rutland, a request far outside $25,000 to $126,500 will draw questions. The Rutland study should answer them early in Rutland.

In Rutland, SBA 7(a) accounts for 150 loans, against 5 under SBA 504. 3.9% of the Rutland loans went to franchised businesses. Rutland named classes stand full-service restaurant with 10 and hotel and motel with 6. The Rutland total of 155 also contains 108 loans that no named class captures. In Rutland, only Rutland County, VT appears, holding 155 loans in Rutland.

Rutland lenders: the field in Rutland, VT

In Rutland, lenders listed derive from SBA's records of loans a in Rutland lender owns or owned in Rutland, per the note, so no underwriting can be read. Rutland holders should be read that way. Rutland SBA 7(a) holders at the top: Heritage Family FCU with 47 loans worth $4.6 million; TD Bank, National Association with 23 loans worth $1.6 million; Beacon Bank and Trust with 16 loans worth $1.3 million. In Rutland, SBA 504 holders are led by Granite State in Rutland Economic Development Corporation with 5 loans worth $6.7 million. In Rutland, the top holder leads the rest. A Rutland borrower may still approach any lender in Rutland.

Among FY2017 to FY2024 approvals, Rutland cancellation after approval is 10.4%, a floor. A Rutland ceiling of 10.4% treats unfunded loans as cancelled. Among 55 Rutland loans disbursed FY2017 to FY2021, SBA shows 10.9% charged off so far, a floor, and withholds the five-year rate. FY2023, at 29 loans, tops the printed yearly counts for Rutland. Each loan lands in Rutland by that county as SBA records it by the July 2023 delineation, meaning every loan lacking a usable county sits in none of the areas in Rutland. The 155 loans in Rutland, VT include those in no named class in Rutland.

Rutland: the tests a study cannot skip in Rutland, VT

Demand leads the Rutland list. Study the market around that location, never Rutland at large, with a cautious ramp shown in Rutland. Project cost follows in Rutland. Tickets cluster near $55,000 at the median, however land and building need bids, plus working capital and reserves in Rutland. Debt service coverage is the Rutland hinge. Show coverage at the requested loan next to a in Rutland case with softer income, because loans in Rutland can still fail. An appraiser values the Rutland property independently, so the study's own comparables has to be defensible in Rutland. Micropolitan Rutland offers a thin base of 155 loans. A Rutland study should disclose borrowed benchmarks. At 0.26x of the national median, Rutland projects run modest in Rutland. A large project must show why Rutland can absorb its scale, against $55,000.

SBA loans in the Rutland, VT Micro Area

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY2026155
Gross dollars approved$35.5 million
Median loan$55,000
Middle half of loans, from$25,000
Middle half of loans, to$126,500
SBA 7(a) loans150
SBA 504 loans5
Franchise share of loans3.9%
Rank among metro and micro areas by loans364 of 928
Median loan against the national median0.26x

Cancellation and charge-off

Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor)10.4%
The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling)10.4%
Charged off to date, FY2017 to FY2021 disbursed loans (a floor)10.9%
Charged off within five years of approvalwithheld
Loans in that cohort55

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 Rutland, VT Micro Area, by fiscal year

0102030FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2017: 23Loans, FY2018: 10Loans, FY2019: 6Loans, FY2020: 11Loans, FY2021: 13Loans, FY2022: 19Loans, FY2023: 29Loans, FY2024: 14Loans, FY2025: 18Loans, FY2026: 12
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY201723$2.9 million
FY201810$573,700
FY20196$493,300
FY202011$507,500
FY202113$2.5 million
FY202219$7.9 million
FY202329$7.7 million
FY202414$6.3 million
FY202518$4.9 million
FY202612$1.8 million

Loans by asset class

Asset classLoans
Not in any of the 39 asset classes108
Full-service restaurant10
Hotel and motel6

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
Granite State Economic Development Corporation5$6.7 million
SBA 7(a): lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
Heritage Family FCU47$4.6 million
TD Bank, National Association23$1.6 million
Beacon Bank and Trust16$1.3 million
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company13$1.6 million
EastRise Federal Credit Union7$217,500

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
Rutland County, VT155

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-40860.

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