Feasibility Study Data for the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area
What SBA's own loan files show about lending in the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area, every asset class together, and what a feasibility study for a project there has to test.
San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR: SBA lending volume and loan size in San Juan
Ranked 39 of 928 by loans, San Juan drew 3,435 approvals between FY2017 and FY2026, $702.2 million gross. A median of $100,000 in San Juan sits at 0.48x the national median, below the usual ticket. San Juan loans in the middle half fall from $35,700 to $220,500. With $35,700 and $220,500 bounding the middle half in San Juan, no single benchmark fits every project in San Juan.
In San Juan, 3,047 approvals are SBA 7(a) loans; 388 are SBA 504 loans. San Juan franchise share of loans is 2.2%. In San Juan, classes read medical office with 274, full-service restaurant with 218 and limited-service restaurant with 117. In San Juan, outside the tracked classes, 2,263 loans make up the rest of the 3,435. Geography inside San Juan: San Juan Municipio, PR with 1,065, Bayamón Municipio, PR with 401 and Caguas Municipio, PR with 303 in San Juan.
San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR: who holds the loans, 3,435 in all
In San Juan, this section reflects SBA's reporting in San Juan on loans a holder holds or held, as current holder in San Juan, so they measure books, not rules. San Juan holders should be read that way in San Juan. The largest San Juan holders under SBA 7(a) are Banco Popular de Puerto Rico with 1,697 loans worth $310.5 million; Oriental Bank with 864 loans worth $135.2 million; FirstBank Puerto Rico with 354 loans worth $59.0 million. San Juan SBA 504 list starts with Marketing Small Business Finance Corporation with 154 loans worth $57.5 million; Corp. Financiamiento Empresarial del in San Juan Comercio y Comunidades (COFECC) with 143 loans worth $52.9 million; PYMES Financial Partners, Inc. with 91 loans worth $46.4 million. The first holder in San Juan sets the pace. Even so, a San Juan borrower may take a study elsewhere in San Juan.
SBA's files show 13.1% of FY2017 to FY2024 approvals in San Juan cancelled, a floor. San Juan reaches a ceiling of 16.4% if undisbursed loans count as cancelled. Of 1,161 disbursed San Juan loans in the FY2017 to FY2021 cohort, 1.6% are charged off to date (a floor), 0.86% within five years. Of the printed San Juan years, FY2024 leads with 494 loans. Files place a loan in San Juan using whichever county the project names against the July 2023 delineation, so every loan lacking a usable county is dropped from all areas. The 3,435 loans in San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR include those in no in San Juan named class in San Juan.
San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR: what the record asks of a San Juan feasibility study
First, prove demand in San Juan. Show the draw of the actual site, not the metropolitan area in San Juan, with a cautious ramp shown in San Juan. Next, price the San Juan project. The norm of $100,000 is only a guide, but the budget needs local bids, plus working capital and reserves in San Juan. Coverage of debt service is the San Juan test. Run the ratio at the proposed amount then in a stress case, because loans in San Juan can still fail. The San Juan appraisal is the final gate in San Juan: so the study's rent and caps should be verifiable in San Juan. Inside San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR, submarkets differ widely. Its 3,435 loans average across them all, so a San Juan study must name the San Juan submarket it means in San Juan. At 0.48x of the national median, San Juan projects run modest in San Juan. A large project must show why San Juan can absorb its scale, against $100,000.
SBA loans in the San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area
| Loans approved, FY2017 to FY2026 | 3,435 |
|---|---|
| Gross dollars approved | $702.2 million |
| Median loan | $100,000 |
| Middle half of loans, from | $35,700 |
| Middle half of loans, to | $220,500 |
| SBA 7(a) loans | 3,047 |
| SBA 504 loans | 388 |
| Franchise share of loans | 2.2% |
| Rank among metro and micro areas by loans | 39 of 928 |
| Median loan against the national median | 0.48x |
Cancellation and charge-off
| Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor) | 13.1% |
|---|---|
| The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling) | 16.4% |
| Charged off to date, FY2017 to FY2021 disbursed loans (a floor) | 1.6% |
| Charged off within five years of approval | 0.86% |
| Loans in that cohort | 1,161 |
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 San Juan-Bayamón-Caguas, PR Metro Area, by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Loans | Dollars |
|---|---|---|
| FY2017 | 262 | $37.7 million |
| FY2018 | 232 | $37.7 million |
| FY2019 | 297 | $52.0 million |
| FY2020 | 269 | $49.7 million |
| FY2021 | 318 | $76.1 million |
| FY2022 | 327 | $74.3 million |
| FY2023 | 368 | $88.9 million |
| FY2024 | 494 | $120.6 million |
| FY2025 | 415 | $81.2 million |
| FY2026 | 453 | $84.1 million |
Loans by asset class
| Asset class | Loans |
|---|---|
| Not in any of the 39 asset classes | 2,263 |
| Medical office (physicians) | 274 |
| Full-service restaurant | 218 |
| Limited-service restaurant | 117 |
| Dental office | 77 |
| Rehabilitation and therapy clinic | 67 |
| Grocery store | 62 |
| Beauty salon | 55 |
| Assisted living (without nursing care) | 33 |
| Veterinary clinic | 33 |
| Automotive mechanical repair (car and truck) | 27 |
| Fitness center | 24 |
| Coffee shop and snack bar | 22 |
| Child care center | 21 |
| Gas station and truck stop | 19 |
| Diagnostic imaging center | 19 |
| School (elementary and secondary, including charter) | 15 |
| Skilled nursing | 13 |
| Caterers (includes banquet halls with catering staff) | 13 |
| Hotel and motel | 12 |
| Nonresidential lessor (flex, office and retail investor buildings) | 9 |
| Beverage manufacturing (breweries, wineries, distilleries) | 7 |
| Cold storage | 5 |
| Hospital | 5 |
| Parking lot and garage | 5 |
Classes with 5 or more loans; smaller ones are withheld, and more where a small one could be derived.
Most active SBA lenders
| Lender | Loans | Dollars |
|---|---|---|
| Marketing Small Business Finance Corporation | 154 | $57.5 million |
| Corp. Financiamiento Empresarial del Comercio y Comunidades (COFECC) | 143 | $52.9 million |
| PYMES Financial Partners, Inc. | 91 | $46.4 million |
| Lender | Loans | Dollars |
|---|---|---|
| Banco Popular de Puerto Rico | 1,697 | $310.5 million |
| Oriental Bank | 864 | $135.2 million |
| FirstBank Puerto Rico | 354 | $59.0 million |
| Economic Development Bank for Puerto Rico | 93 | $12.2 million |
| Corp. Financiamiento Empresarial del Comercio y Comunidades (COFECC) | 13 | $1.6 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 |
|---|---|
| San Juan Municipio, PR | 1,065 |
| Bayamón Municipio, PR | 401 |
| Caguas Municipio, PR | 303 |
| Guaynabo Municipio, PR | 209 |
| Carolina Municipio, PR | 205 |
| Toa Baja Municipio, PR | 123 |
| Manatí Municipio, PR | 75 |
| Cidra Municipio, PR | 72 |
| Trujillo Alto Municipio, PR | 69 |
| Humacao Municipio, PR | 57 |
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-41980.
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