SBA 7(a) Self Storage Feasibility Study in Idaho

What SBA's own loan files show about SBA 7(a) lending to self storage projects in Idaho, and what a feasibility study for an SBA 7(a) loan there has to test.

Self storage borrowers under SBA 7(a) in Idaho

Idaho borrowers received 28 SBA 7(a) approvals for self storage during FY2017 to FY2026, a gross $46.2 million. State rank for self storage loan volume is 20, and within Idaho the class stands 13 of 39. The typical Idaho self storage ticket, $1.3 million, sits above the national median for self storage under SBA 7(a) (1.33x), and half of approvals land between $399,250 and $2.4 million. Franchise-flagged self storage loans make up 3.6% of the Idaho cell.

Lenders and counties in Idaho

Idaho self storage holders are Glacier Bank, 9 loans, $7.5 million | Live Oak Banking Company, 6 loans, $18.2 million. Self storage holder names are SBA's. In Idaho, Bonner and Canyon have 5 each, Ada has 4, Valley has 3 and Kootenai has 2 self storage loans.

The FY2017 to FY2026 self storage run

For Idaho self storage, year by year, FY2021 is busiest, with 9 loans and $19.8 million; FY2017 had 3, FY2024 had 1 and FY2026 had 1.

Idaho cancellations and charge-offs

For Idaho self storage approvals the cancellation rate is withheld: Idaho has too few self storage approvals ; SBA 7(a) publishes no stable self storage rate, and self storage readers should assume none. The Idaho self storage loss record is likewise withheld: the Idaho cohort is too small, with scant self storage lending in Idaho, and a missing number is no clean self storage record for FY2017 to FY2021.

Idaho self storage: what the study proves

The central question in Idaho is how much competing storage exists against the demand a site can show. A study should inventory competing facilities and unit sizes, show rents by unit type, indoor or drive-up, and estimate how long absorption takes from opening to a stable census. Land and construction, perhaps phased, go against loans centred near $1.3 million, with coverage tested at slow lease-up. The appraiser capitalises stabilised net income, so expenses and management cost must be defended.

Idaho storage and vehicles

Space for RVs and boats has no code of its own; it falls under this class or other warehousing, so an Idaho plan for vehicles should be supported on its own evidence.

SBA 7(a) self storage loans in Idaho

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY202628
Gross dollars approved$46.2 million
Median loan$1.3 million
Middle half of loans, from$399,250
Middle half of loans, to$2.4 million
Franchise share of loans3.6%
Rank among states for SBA 7(a) self storage loans, by number of loans20
Rank of self storage among classes in Idaho13 of 39
Median loan against the national SBA 7(a) median for the class1.33x

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 7(a) self storage loans approved in Idaho, by fiscal year

0246810FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2017: 3Loans, FY2018: 4Loans, FY2019: 1Loans, FY2020: 1Loans, FY2021: 9Loans, FY2022: 2Loans, FY2023: 5Loans, FY2024: 1Loans, FY2025: 1Loans, FY2026: 1
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY20173$2.4 million
FY20184$9.1 million
FY20191$494,500
FY20201$65,000
FY20219$19.8 million
FY20222$3.7 million
FY20235$5.1 million
FY20241$300,000
FY20251$187,000
FY20261$5.0 million

Most active SBA lenders

SBA 7(a): lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
Glacier Bank9$7.5 million
Live Oak Banking Company6$18.2 million

Where the loans are, by county

CountyLoans
BONNER5
CANYON5
ADA4
VALLEY3
KOOTENAI2
TWIN FALLS2
BOISE1
BONNEVILLE1
JEROME1
LATAH1

RV and boat storage cannot be separated from self storage. Shared code: RV and boat storage has no own code; it is self storage (531130) or other warehousing (493190).

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-ID-C04-7A.

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