SBA 7(a) Veterinary Clinic Feasibility Study in New Mexico

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

What New Mexico shows for SBA 7(a) veterinary clinic loans

Across FY2017 and FY2026, SBA approved 28 loans in the 7(a) program to veterinary clinic projects in New Mexico, worth $34.2 million in gross dollars. New Mexico's veterinary clinic book under SBA 7(a) ranks 32 across the states by loan count, and veterinary clinic is 9 of 39 among New Mexico's asset classes. The median veterinary clinic loan in New Mexico is $1.1 million; against the national median for veterinary clinic loans under SBA 7(a), 1.74x is the ratio, so New Mexico projects use heavier loans than their peers elsewhere. Half of all New Mexico loans run from $292,275 to $1.8 million. The franchise share of New Mexico loans is 0.00%. Beside the $1.1 million median, the named institutions and local spread add the most detail.

For New Mexico veterinary clinic: institutions and local spread

The institutions with the most New Mexico veterinary clinic loans are Firstrust Savings Bank with 7 loans worth $10.3 million and First Financial Bank with 5 loans worth $5.4 million. The New Mexico veterinary clinic ranking tracks whoever holds each New Mexico loan. New Mexico's veterinary clinic loans sort by county as follows: Bernalillo with 11, Valencia with 6, Santa Fe with 5 and Otero with 2. Timing tells a clear story for veterinary clinic in New Mexico: approvals peaked at 5 loans, worth $5.5 million, in FY2022, alongside FY2026 at 0 loans plus $0; this series opened alongside 4 loans in FY2017.

New Mexico: outcomes, read as minimums for veterinary clinic

Loan Analytics holds back the New Mexico veterinary clinic cancellation rate, since too few New Mexico loans sit in the cohort; treat the New Mexico gap as withheld, not as zero veterinary clinic cancellations. Charge-offs get no rate for New Mexico veterinary clinic: that funded New Mexico cohort holds also too few loans, so the New Mexico figure stays withheld and never means zero for veterinary clinic. Each New Mexico veterinary clinic rate above is a minimum, as undisbursed veterinary clinic loans can yet fail.

The work behind a New Mexico veterinary clinic loan application

For a New Mexico veterinary clinic, the 7(a) request needs New Mexico cash flow and collateral that the New Mexico study must document. Demand for a New Mexico veterinary clinic rests on local residents, nearby clinics and how many veterinarians it could retain. Build-out cost of a New Mexico veterinary clinic must price drainage, air handling and medical lists. The coverage test runs at $1.1 million and as well at $1.8 million, with a downside scenario, so a New Mexico lender can see where veterinary clinic the margin thins. The appraisal should separate the building from the practice, so the study keeps each apart. Firstrust Savings Bank's 7 loans show only what it holds today; they say nothing about its terms.

Take the New Mexico veterinary clinic history above, 28 loans, as background: a veterinary clinic study from Loan Analytics for New Mexico, signed by Daniel Smith, MAI, for veterinary clinic, handles the project-level New Mexico testing, and nothing here assures New Mexico approval of a veterinary clinic loan.

SBA 7(a) veterinary clinic loans in New Mexico

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY202628
Gross dollars approved$34.2 million
Median loan$1.1 million
Middle half of loans, from$292,275
Middle half of loans, to$1.8 million
Franchise share of loans0.00%
Rank among states for SBA 7(a) veterinary clinic loans, by number of loans32
Rank of veterinary clinic among classes in New Mexico9 of 39
Median loan against the national SBA 7(a) median for the class1.74x

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) veterinary clinic loans approved in New Mexico, by fiscal year

012345FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2017: 4Loans, FY2018: 4Loans, FY2019: 3Loans, FY2020: 4Loans, FY2021: 1Loans, FY2022: 5Loans, FY2023: 1Loans, FY2024: 3Loans, FY2025: 3Loans, FY2026: 0
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY20174$1.6 million
FY20184$7.4 million
FY20193$2.2 million
FY20204$6.2 million
FY20211$1.7 million
FY20225$5.5 million
FY20231$1.9 million
FY20243$3.1 million
FY20253$4.6 million
FY20260$0

Most active SBA lenders

SBA 7(a): lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
Firstrust Savings Bank7$10.3 million
First Financial Bank5$5.4 million

Where the loans are, by county

CountyLoans
BERNALILLO11
VALENCIA6
SANTA FE5
OTERO2
SAN JUAN2
CURRY1
SANDOVAL1

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-NM-C21-7A.

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