SBA 7(a) Brewery, Winery and Distillery Feasibility Study in New Hampshire

What SBA's own loan files show about SBA 7(a) lending to beverage manufacturing (breweries, wineries, distilleries) projects in New Hampshire, and what a feasibility study for an SBA 7(a) loan there has to test.

The New Hampshire brewery, winery and distillery (SBA 7(a)) record in detail

SBA's files show 31 approvals under 7(a) for brewery, winery and distillery projects in New Hampshire from FY2017 to FY2026, worth $5.8 million. Of all the states, New Hampshire sits at 28 for brewery, winery and distillery lending under SBA 7(a) on count, and within New Hampshire brewery, winery and distillery takes spot 10 of 39. Midpoint size: $100,000. Relative to SBA 7(a) brewery, winery and distillery loans nationwide, New Hampshire runs at 0.40x on the median, a smaller loan size. The middle half of New Hampshire loans fall from $41,500 to $225,000. The franchise share of New Hampshire loans is 0.00%. New Hampshire brewery, winery and distillery lending blends into its parents across 31 loans: nothing in New Hampshire clears the distinctness margin, so New Hampshire readers should use New Hampshire's lender, county and timing detail.

For New Hampshire brewery, winery and distillery: lenders and local spread

Among New Hampshire institutions, the leaders here are Primary Bank (5 loans, $1.5 million) and Rockland Trust Company (5 loans, $1.3 million). The New Hampshire brewery, winery and distillery table follows whoever holds each New Hampshire loan; the originator of those 5 loans can differ. By county, Rockingham with 12, Merrimack with 6, Hillsborough with 5 and Strafford with 5 top the brewery, winery and distillery approvals in New Hampshire. Timing tells a clear story for brewery, winery and distillery in New Hampshire: approvals peaked at 7 loans, worth $842,000, in FY2017, and the latest year, FY2026, ends with 1 loans and $85,000.

New Hampshire: floors for cancellation and loss, with one brewery, winery and distillery coding caveat

A minimum of 10.0% for cancellations, with the ceiling at 10.0%, covers FY2017 to FY2024 New Hampshire brewery, winery and distillery approvals, and undisbursed loans add no figure. Losses get no printed rate for New Hampshire brewery, winery and distillery: the FY2017 to FY2021 disbursed cohort, drawn from 31 loans, is too small for a figure, so the New Hampshire figure is held back, and a held-back figure is not a zero for brewery, winery and distillery. Readers must take these New Hampshire rates, drawn from 31 loans, as floors, not as final outcomes. One coding limit shapes New Hampshire brewery, winery and distillery figures: SBA's code records only that the borrower makes alcohol, so a New Hampshire taproom, tasting room or event use stays invisible in these loans; vineyards are placed into this class under our own grouping.

Issues an SBA 7(a) brewery, winery and distillery study in New Hampshire has to pass

A 7(a) loan for a New Hampshire brewery, winery and distillery project, one of 31 on record, is made by a New Hampshire participating lender, with SBA guaranteeing part of the brewery, winery and distillery loan; the study must answer to that New Hampshire lender's credit matters, from how the money is used to brewery, winery and distillery repayment. Sales for a New Hampshire brewery, winery and distillery splits into wholesale, taproom visits and tasting-room traffic, so the study tests every channel. Production lines, vessels and permit steps drive brewery, winery and distillery budgets in New Hampshire. Debt service coverage for New Hampshire brewery, winery and distillery must be tested at the $100,000 median and again near $225,000, the upper end of the New Hampshire middle half, with a slower brewery, winery and distillery scenario beside both. An appraiser will split special-purpose real estate from trade fixtures, and the study keeps the same. Lenders such as Primary Bank appear in this New Hampshire record; the record is history, and what Primary Bank or any other New Hampshire lender wants from a brewery, winery and distillery study is its own to state.

Treat the New Hampshire brewery, winery and distillery history above, 31 loans, as background: a brewery, winery and distillery study from Loan Analytics for New Hampshire, signed by Daniel Smith, MAI, for brewery, winery and distillery, does the site-specific New Hampshire testing, and nothing here assures New Hampshire approval of a brewery, winery and distillery loan.

SBA 7(a) beverage manufacturing (breweries, wineries, distilleries) loans in New Hampshire

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY202631
Gross dollars approved$5.8 million
Median loan$100,000
Middle half of loans, from$41,500
Middle half of loans, to$225,000
Franchise share of loans0.00%
Rank among states for SBA 7(a) beverage manufacturing (breweries, wineries, distilleries) loans, by number of loans28
Rank of beverage manufacturing (breweries, wineries, distilleries) among classes in New Hampshire10 of 39
Median loan against the national SBA 7(a) median for the class0.40x

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 7(a) beverage manufacturing (breweries, wineries, distilleries) loans approved in New Hampshire, by fiscal year

02468FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2017: 7Loans, FY2018: 3Loans, FY2019: 4Loans, FY2020: 3Loans, FY2021: 4Loans, FY2022: 5Loans, FY2023: 2Loans, FY2024: 2Loans, FY2025: 0Loans, FY2026: 1
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY20177$842,000
FY20183$195,000
FY20194$1.4 million
FY20203$647,000
FY20214$793,000
FY20225$630,000
FY20232$205,400
FY20242$1.0 million
FY20250$0
FY20261$85,000

Most active SBA lenders

SBA 7(a): lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
Primary Bank5$1.5 million
Rockland Trust Company5$1.3 million

Where the loans are, by county

CountyLoans
ROCKINGHAM12
MERRIMACK6
HILLSBOROUGH5
STRAFFORD5
BELKNAP2
CARROLL1

The code says the borrower makes beer, wine or spirits; a taproom, tasting room or event use is not visible. The class holds breweries, wineries and distilleries only; the rest of manufacturing is not in it. Shared code: Wineries are in this class.

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-NH-C08-7A.

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