Self Storage Feasibility Study in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area

What SBA's own loan files show about self storage lending in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area, and what a feasibility study for a project there has to test.

Self storage loans in Sacramento at a glance

Sacramento reports FY2017 to FY2026 approvals: 25 self storage loans, $46.4 million gross. Sacramento, for self storage, ranks 9 of 513 in the area ranking. Within Sacramento, self storage ranks 18 of 39. Sacramento has a quotient of 1.17x, self storage above the national share.

Sacramento size and franchise status

Loan size in Sacramento centres on $1.2 million, and its middle half runs between $485,000 and $2.8 million. Sacramento stands at 1.31x against the national class median. Sacramento loans run above the national middle. Sacramento has 12 SBA 7(a) loans. Sacramento has 13 SBA 504 loans. Sacramento finances fixed assets through 504. In Sacramento, 7(a) is the broader program. Sacramento's split shows its financing mix. Sacramento prints no franchise share. Too few Sacramento loans support one. Sacramento loans run bigger. In Sacramento, a study must prove the payment.

Sacramento loan holders and counties

Holder in Sacramento: The Mortgage Capital Development Corporation, 5 loans, $16.3 million, SBA 504. Listed Sacramento names are current holders, per SBA. Sacramento rows speak to files, not requirements. Sacramento borrowers read the list as holders. Sacramento self storage lenders get first tests. Sacramento has one county, Sacramento County, CA, with all 16 loans.

Sacramento years, floors and coding limits

Sacramento years print only in part. FY2021 brings Sacramento 8 loans, $11.3 million. FY2025 brings Sacramento 0 loans, $0. FY2026 brings Sacramento 0 loans, $0. Other Sacramento years are withheld. Thin counts leave Sacramento totals unknown. In Sacramento, no blank is a zero, and Sacramento treats FY2026 as complete. Sacramento floors follow Loan Analytics' own rule. That Sacramento cohort holds fewer than 30 loans. The Sacramento cohort covers FY2017 to FY2021 disbursements. So Sacramento prints no cancellation floor. So Sacramento prints no charge-off floor. Sacramento's blank floor is no zero. Sacramento borrowers learn little from it. Any Sacramento rate that prints is a floor. Sacramento borders come from the July 2023 list. Sacramento places each loan by project county. Sacramento drops loans with unplaceable counties. Sacramento note: The code has no line of its own for RV and boat storage, which means Sacramento totals mix it with ordinary self storage and other warehousing.

Sacramento: what a study must prove

Sacramento modelling starts from the $1.2 million median, against the project in Sacramento. We would test the Sacramento site for visibility and traffic, then price the building, paving and security systems from bids. The appraisal in Sacramento turns on stabilized income, so a study documents how long the path to stabilization is and what it costs. A Sacramento study should test management software, staffing and marketing expense, which are small lines with a large effect on net income. Daniel Smith, MAI, signs each Sacramento study. Sacramento demand and cost come first. In Sacramento, coverage follows, then the appraisal. Sacramento borrowers are promised no approval here.

SBA self storage loans in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY202625
Gross dollars approved$46.4 million
Median loan$1.2 million
Middle half of loans, from$485,000
Middle half of loans, to$2.8 million
SBA 7(a) loans12
SBA 504 loans13
Franchise share of loanswithheld
Rank among metro and micro areas for self storage loans9 of 513
Rank of self storage among the classes in this area18 of 39
Location quotient (share of loans against the national share)1.17x
Median loan against the national median for the class1.31x

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)withheld

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 self storage loans approved in the Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA Metro Area, by fiscal year

02468FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2021: 8Loans, FY2025: 0Loans, FY2026: 0
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY2017withheldwithheld
FY2018withheldwithheld
FY2019withheldwithheld
FY2020withheldwithheld
FY20218$11.3 million
FY2022withheldwithheld
FY2023withheldwithheld
FY2024withheldwithheld
FY20250$0
FY20260$0

Most active SBA lenders

SBA 504: lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
The Mortgage Capital Development Corporation5$16.3 million

Lenders with 5 or more loans here; a lender with fewer is not listed, and loans SBA or a receiver holds are counted but never listed as a lender.

Where the loans are, by county

CountyLoans
Sacramento County, CA16

Counties with 5 or more loans; smaller ones are not listed.

Metro is the CBSA (metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area) of the loan's project county, July 2023 delineation (OMB Bulletin 23-01). The county is matched by name (manifests/ld2/county-cbsa-map.csv); a loan whose county cannot be placed in a 2023 CBSA is left out of every metro.

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).

A value marked withheld rests on fewer than 5 loans, or is withheld so that such a figure cannot be derived from other published figures.

Source: U.S. Small Business Administration, 7(a) and 504 loan-level FOIA files (data.sba.gov), as of 2026-09-30; areas from the U.S. Census Bureau CBSA delineation, July 2023 (OMB Bulletin 23-01); Loan Analytics metro cell MA-40900-C04.

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