SBA 504 Hotel Feasibility Study in Nebraska
What SBA's own loan files show about SBA 504 lending to hotel and motel projects in Nebraska, and what a feasibility study for an SBA 504 loan there has to test.
Size and standing of the Nebraska hotel and motel record
The Nebraska hotel and motel cell holds 27 loans under SBA 504, $57.1 million in all, from FY2017 through FY2026. Nebraska is 31 among states by hotel and motel loan count, while Nebraska holds hotel and motel at 2 of 39 among its classes. Nebraska borrowers took a median of $1.3 million, which is 0.65x of the figure that hotel and motel borrowers elsewhere receive, in Nebraska, below the SBA 504 norm for hotel and motel. The central half of Nebraska loans starts at $933,500 and, for hotel and motel, tops out near $3.4 million; 77.8% of Nebraska hotel and motel loans carry a franchise flag.
Nebraska holders and counties
By hotel and motel loans approved in Nebraska, Nebraska Economic Development Corporation (24; $52.4 million) come first. SBA lists each Nebraska hotel and motel holder as current. Geographically, Sarpy (5), Douglas (4), Hall (4), Buffalo (2) and Lincoln (2) lead Nebraska hotel and motel lending.
How the hotel and motel pipeline moved
Nebraska hotel and motel approvals per year: FY2017 4 ($8.3 million), FY2018 2, FY2019 5, FY2020 0, FY2021 0 ($0); then for hotel and motel in Nebraska FY2022 5, FY2023 2, FY2024 4, FY2025 2, FY2026 3. The top Nebraska dollar year, $8.6 million, was FY2019. In FY2020 and FY2021, Nebraska saw no hotel and motel approvals.
How Nebraska loans ended up
In Nebraska, no cancellation rate is published for hotel and motel; the Nebraska cohort is too thin, and silence on hotel and motel is not zero. Charge-offs of Nebraska hotel and motel loans are withheld: Nebraska funded too few hotel and motel loans in Nebraska, so no rate is printed in Nebraska for FY2017 to FY2021; a blank there means withheld data, not a rate of zero.
Nebraska hotels financed under SBA 504
A hotel loan under SBA 504 funds the building and its fixed assets, and a Nebraska study should therefore show demand sources, whether travelers on the interstate, business travel or events, and the competing properties in the set. Franchise terms, flagged on 77.8% of loans, add brand standards. Construction or acquisition cost is set against the $1.3 million median, coverage is shown through a ramped occupancy, and the appraiser values the hotel on income.
Nebraska lodging in one code
Limited and full service share a single hotel code, so the Nebraska figures blend them and the study should place the project.
SBA 504 hotel and motel loans in Nebraska
| Loans approved, FY2017 to FY2026 | 27 |
|---|---|
| Gross dollars approved | $57.1 million |
| Median loan | $1.3 million |
| Middle half of loans, from | $933,500 |
| Middle half of loans, to | $3.4 million |
| Franchise share of loans | 77.8% |
| Rank among states for SBA 504 hotel and motel loans, by number of loans | 31 |
| Rank of hotel and motel among classes in Nebraska | 2 of 39 |
| Median loan against the national SBA 504 median for the class | 0.65x |
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) | not reported: fewer than 30 loans in the cohort |
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 504 hotel and motel loans approved in Nebraska, by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Loans | Dollars |
|---|---|---|
| FY2017 | 4 | $8.3 million |
| FY2018 | 2 | $379,000 |
| FY2019 | 5 | $8.6 million |
| FY2020 | 0 | $0 |
| FY2021 | 0 | $0 |
| FY2022 | 5 | $7.1 million |
| FY2023 | 2 | $4.8 million |
| FY2024 | 4 | $10.5 million |
| FY2025 | 2 | $7.8 million |
| FY2026 | 3 | $9.6 million |
Most active SBA lenders
| Lender | Loans | Dollars |
|---|---|---|
| Nebraska Economic Development Corporation | 24 | $52.4 million |
Where the loans are, by county
| County | Loans |
|---|---|
| SARPY | 5 |
| DOUGLAS | 4 |
| HALL | 4 |
| BUFFALO | 2 |
| LINCOLN | 2 |
| PLATTE | 2 |
| BUTLER | 1 |
| CHEYENNE | 1 |
| DAKOTA | 1 |
| DODGE | 1 |
One code for hotels and motels; limited service and full service cannot be separated. Shared code: Hotels and motels share 721110.
Source: U.S. Small Business Administration, 7(a) and 504 loan-level FOIA files (data.sba.gov), as of 2026-09-30; Loan Analytics loan-outcome cell SAP-NE-C07-504.
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