SBA 504 Quick Service Restaurant Feasibility Study in Ohio

What SBA's own loan files show about SBA 504 lending to limited-service restaurant projects in Ohio, and what a feasibility study for an SBA 504 loan there has to test.

What Ohio records for SBA 504 quick service restaurant loans

Across FY2017 and FY2026, SBA approved 41 loans in the 504 program to quick service restaurant projects in Ohio, carrying $28.1 million in gross dollars. Among the states, Ohio sits at 13 for quick service restaurant lending under SBA 504 by count, while within Ohio the class takes spot 4 of 39. Usual size: $556,000. Against the nationwide SBA 504 median for this class, the Ohio median loan stands at 0.87x, a smaller ticket profile. Between $465,000 and $964,000 sits half of the approvals in Ohio. Franchised clients account for 65.9% of the 41 loans. Beside the median of $556,000, the lender names and the local spread in Ohio add the most detail.

Who lends, where and when in Ohio

The certified development companies holding the most Ohio quick service restaurant loans are Alloy Development Co., Inc. at $6.0 million across 10 loans, Growth Capital Corp. at $5.5 million across 8 loans and Ohio Statewide Development Corporation at $2.6 million across 5 loans. The Ohio quick service restaurant ranking tracks whoever holds each Ohio loan. By county, Lucas with 5, Cuyahoga with 4, Franklin with 3 and Clermont with 2 lead the quick service restaurant loans in Ohio. Across the years, Ohio approvals reached a high of 7 loans, worth $5.0 million, in FY2020, while the latest year, FY2026, shows 6 loans and $4.9 million; the series began in FY2017 with 2.

Ohio: outcomes, read as minimums for quick service restaurant

A floor of 10.0% for cancellations, with the upper bound at 10.0%, describes FY2017 to FY2024 Ohio quick service restaurant approvals, so undisbursed loans change nothing. Looking at Ohio quick service restaurant money paid out in FY2017 to FY2021, the charge-off cohort drawn from 41 loans is statistically thin, so Loan Analytics prints no figure for Ohio, and the blank must not be taken as a zero. Treat these Ohio rates, drawn from 41 loans, as minimums, never as settled results.

Matters an SBA 504 quick service restaurant study in Ohio has to pass

In Ohio, two debts sit behind each of the 41 504 quick service restaurant projects: one from an Ohio certified development company, one from a separate Ohio lender. A quick service restaurant study has to demonstrate that the owned quick service restaurant property and its improvements can service both, with Ohio cash from the borrower. An Ohio quick service restaurant study needs to compare the site's visibility and stacking capacity beside competing quick service sites. Franchise fees and mandated build-out features put weight on the Ohio plan, and the study carries those. Test the Ohio quick service restaurant numbers at the $556,000 median plus at $964,000: coverage which survives only in the best year is not persuasive. The appraisal for quick service restaurant real estate in Ohio should value the property apart from the franchised operator. A borrower who approaches Alloy Development Co., Inc. can read its 10 loans here as perspective alone: SBA's numbers show loans, not any terms.

What SBA approved in Ohio before is record, 41 loans' worth; a quick service restaurant study from Daniel Smith, MAI, for Ohio handles the project and site issues, and these Ohio figures promise no approval.

SBA 504 limited-service restaurant loans in Ohio

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY202641
Gross dollars approved$28.1 million
Median loan$556,000
Middle half of loans, from$465,000
Middle half of loans, to$964,000
Franchise share of loans65.9%
Rank among states for SBA 504 limited-service restaurant loans, by number of loans13
Rank of limited-service restaurant among classes in Ohio4 of 39
Median loan against the national SBA 504 median for the class0.87x

Cancellation and charge-off

Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor) 10.0%
The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling)10.0%
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 limited-service restaurant loans approved in Ohio, by fiscal year

02468FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2017: 2Loans, FY2018: 2Loans, FY2019: 3Loans, FY2020: 7Loans, FY2021: 6Loans, FY2022: 3Loans, FY2023: 4Loans, FY2024: 3Loans, FY2025: 5Loans, FY2026: 6
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY20172$1.1 million
FY20182$1.4 million
FY20193$1.6 million
FY20207$5.0 million
FY20216$4.2 million
FY20223$1.4 million
FY20234$2.0 million
FY20243$2.7 million
FY20255$3.8 million
FY20266$4.9 million

Most active SBA lenders

SBA 504: lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
Alloy Development Co., Inc.10$6.0 million
Growth Capital Corp.8$5.5 million
Ohio Statewide Development Corporation5$2.6 million

Where the loans are, by county

CountyLoans
LUCAS5
CUYAHOGA4
FRANKLIN3
CLERMONT2
HAMILTON2
LAKE2
MAHONING2
MEDINA2
MONTGOMERY2
UNION2

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-OH-C35-504.

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