Feasibility Study Data for the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area

What SBA's own loan files show about lending in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area, every asset class together, and what a feasibility study for a project there has to test.

Salt Lake City-Murray lending, in outline

$2.86 billion over 4,663 loans is the Salt Lake City-Murray total, FY2017 through FY2026. Its loan-count rank is 30 of 928; Salt Lake City-Murray is one of those areas. Half the Salt Lake City-Murray loans are $285,000 or smaller. Salt Lake City-Murray sees its middle half between $95,750 and $720,000. Against the national median, Salt Lake City-Murray comes to 1.37x. Salt Lake City-Murray splits into 3,775 loans under 7(a) and 888 under 504. 9.8% of the loans in Salt Lake City-Murray carry a franchise brand. Salt Lake City-Murray dollars add to $2.86 billion.

Salt Lake City-Murray: where the loans land

In Salt Lake City-Murray, the tracked classes lead with full-service restaurant (158), limited-service restaurant (117), and dental office (114). Fourth in Salt Lake City-Murray is automotive mechanical repair, with 97 loans. 3,558 Salt Lake City-Murray loans sit in no tracked class. Most Salt Lake City-Murray credit is general business lending. By county, Salt Lake City-Murray loans concentrate in Salt Lake County, UT (4,476) and Tooele County, UT (187).

Salt Lake City-Murray: SBA holders

In Salt Lake City-Murray, a holder can differ from the maker. Among Salt Lake City-Murray 7(a) holders: Mountain America FCU with 466 loans ($189.8 million) and U.S. Bank, National Association with 299 loans ($80.3 million). Salt Lake City-Murray 504 holders include 695 loans at Mountain West Small Business Finance ($682.6 million) and 161 loans at Intermountain Business Lending, Inc. ($141.0 million). For a Salt Lake City-Murray borrower, these rows give background only. No Salt Lake City-Murray row states a holder's terms.

Salt Lake City-Murray: what the floors can say

Salt Lake City-Murray shows 9.5% cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024, a floor. The Salt Lake City-Murray ceiling is 10.1%, counting undisbursed loans as cancelled. Salt Lake City-Murray charge-offs: 4.4% among 2,034 loans disbursed FY2017 to FY2021, a floor. The Salt Lake City-Murray five-year figure is 2.5%. Treat Salt Lake City-Murray rates as floors. Later events lift them, Salt Lake City-Murray included. Salt Lake City-Murray loans are placed by county name. For Salt Lake City-Murray, the July 2023 list governs. Unmatched counties drop out of Salt Lake City-Murray. The Salt Lake City-Murray total includes loans outside the classes.

Salt Lake City-Murray: study points

By year, FY2025 was busiest for Salt Lake City-Murray, at 593 loans and $375.8 million, and FY2020 quietest, at 369 loans and $237.2 million. The first year, FY2017, shows 486 loans and $224.8 million for Salt Lake City-Murray. The latest year, FY2026, shows 491 loans and $344.0 million for Salt Lake City-Murray. A Salt Lake City-Murray study weighs local demand against Salt Lake County, UT competitors, not national patterns. The Salt Lake City-Murray budget is priced against a $285,000 median. Salt Lake City-Murray sits at 1.37x nationally; site, build and equipment all count. A Salt Lake City-Murray study runs coverage on a slow ramp. Salt Lake City-Murray history of cancellations argues for it. Last, the Salt Lake City-Murray appraisal rests on local sales and income. Value must meet the Salt Lake City-Murray project cost. Absorption near Salt Lake County, UT is tested for Salt Lake City-Murray on a slow case. The Salt Lake City-Murray study states its limits beside Salt Lake County, UT findings.

SBA loans in the Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY20264,663
Gross dollars approved$2.86 billion
Median loan$285,000
Middle half of loans, from$95,750
Middle half of loans, to$720,000
SBA 7(a) loans3,775
SBA 504 loans888
Franchise share of loans9.8%
Rank among metro and micro areas by loans30 of 928
Median loan against the national median1.37x

Cancellation and charge-off

Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor)9.5%
The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling)10.1%
Charged off to date, FY2017 to FY2021 disbursed loans (a floor)4.4%
Charged off within five years of approval2.5%
Loans in that cohort2,034

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 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT Metro Area, by fiscal year

0200400600FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2017: 486Loans, FY2018: 496Loans, FY2019: 414Loans, FY2020: 369Loans, FY2021: 465Loans, FY2022: 388Loans, FY2023: 419Loans, FY2024: 542Loans, FY2025: 593Loans, FY2026: 491
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY2017486$224.8 million
FY2018496$246.1 million
FY2019414$222.3 million
FY2020369$237.2 million
FY2021465$369.1 million
FY2022388$274.8 million
FY2023419$251.5 million
FY2024542$311.6 million
FY2025593$375.8 million
FY2026491$344.0 million

Loans by asset class

Asset classLoans
Not in any of the 39 asset classes3,558
Full-service restaurant158
Limited-service restaurant117
Dental office114
Automotive mechanical repair (car and truck)97
Fitness center78
Medical office (physicians)72
Coffee shop and snack bar68
Beauty salon65
Child care center60
Assisted living (without nursing care)33
Car wash31
Behavioral health and addiction treatment29
Hotel and motel26
Rehabilitation and therapy clinic24
Gas station and truck stop22
Nonresidential lessor (flex, office and retail investor buildings)17
Grocery store15
Caterers (includes banquet halls with catering staff)12
Self storage11
Beverage manufacturing (breweries, wineries, distilleries)11
Veterinary clinic10
Warehouse and distribution5
Manufactured housing community (lessors of other real estate)5

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
Mountain West Small Business Finance695$682.6 million
Intermountain Business Lending, Inc.161$141.0 million
B:Side Capital20$25.0 million
SBA 7(a): lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
Zions Bancorporation, National Association491$97.1 million
Mountain America FCU466$189.8 million
U.S. Bank, National Association299$80.3 million
America First Federal Credit Union187$143.7 million
Celtic Bank Corporation157$78.0 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
Salt Lake County, UT4,476
Tooele County, UT187

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-41620.

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