Feasibility Study Data for the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area

What SBA's own loan files show about lending in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area, every asset class together, and what a feasibility study for a project there has to test.

Spartanburg, SC: SBA lending volume and loan size in Spartanburg

Ranked 199 of 928 by loans, Spartanburg drew 380 approvals between FY2017 and FY2026, $258.1 million gross. A median of $308,850 in Spartanburg sits at 1.48x the national median, above the usual ticket. Spartanburg loans in the middle in Spartanburg half fall from $100,000 to $820,300. With $100,000 and $820,300 bounding the middle half in Spartanburg, no single benchmark fits every project in Spartanburg.

In Spartanburg, 354 approvals are SBA 7(a) loans; 26 are SBA 504 loans. Spartanburg franchise share of loans is 21.1%. In Spartanburg, classes read full-service restaurant with 21, automotive mechanical repair with 17 and hotel and motel with 15. In Spartanburg, outside the tracked classes, 276 loans make up the rest of the 380. Geography inside Spartanburg: Spartanburg County, SC with 371 and Union County, SC with 9 in Spartanburg.

Spartanburg, SC: who holds the loans, 380 in all

In Spartanburg, lenders listed derive from SBA's record in Spartanburg of loans a bank holds or once held in Spartanburg, per holder field in Spartanburg, and carry no judgment of lenders. Spartanburg holders should be read that way in Spartanburg. The largest Spartanburg holders under SBA 7(a) are TD Bank, National Association with 40 loans worth $13.7 million; Wells Fargo Bank National Association with 37 loans worth $5.4 million; Countybank with 31 loans worth $33.7 million. Spartanburg SBA 504 list starts with Provident Business Financial Services, Inc. with 11 loans worth $10.2 million; Appalachian Development Corporation with 9 loans worth $6.7 million. In Spartanburg, the top holder leads the rest. A Spartanburg borrower may still approach any lender in Spartanburg.

SBA's files show 11.6% of FY2017 to FY2024 approvals in Spartanburg cancelled, a floor. A Spartanburg ceiling that treats unfunded loans in Spartanburg as cancelled is withheld, Spartanburg having too few. In Spartanburg, 6.4% of the 110 loans disbursed in FY2017 in Spartanburg to FY2021 are charged in Spartanburg off to date in Spartanburg, a floor in Spartanburg; the five-year measure is withheld. Of the printed Spartanburg years, FY2025 leads with 64 loans. The Spartanburg area rests on its project county, matched by name under the July 2023 delineation, which means one with a county left unresolved goes uncounted in any area. The 380 loans in Spartanburg, SC include those in no named class in Spartanburg.

Spartanburg, SC: what the record asks of a Spartanburg feasibility study

A Spartanburg study opens with demand in Spartanburg. Count the customers within reach of one site in Spartanburg, not the metropolitan area average, so timing may slip, for Spartanburg. Spartanburg cost is the second test. The middle half runs $100,000 to $820,300, still quotes and comps must drive it in Spartanburg, and an honest Spartanburg contingency. Debt service coverage is the Spartanburg hinge. Present the ratio for the amount as well as under a downside case, letting a Spartanburg lender see the margin in Spartanburg. An appraiser values the Spartanburg property independently, so each source behind in Spartanburg the numbers has to be documented for Spartanburg. Inside Spartanburg, SC, submarkets differ widely. Its 380 loans average across them all, so a Spartanburg study must name the Spartanburg submarket it means. With Spartanburg at 1.48x the national median in Spartanburg, projects run large in Spartanburg. The study must justify its project for Spartanburg against $308,850.

SBA loans in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY2026380
Gross dollars approved$258.1 million
Median loan$308,850
Middle half of loans, from$100,000
Middle half of loans, to$820,300
SBA 7(a) loans354
SBA 504 loans26
Franchise share of loans21.1%
Rank among metro and micro areas by loans199 of 928
Median loan against the national median1.48x

Cancellation and charge-off

Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor)11.6%
The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling)withheld
Charged off to date, FY2017 to FY2021 disbursed loans (a floor)6.4%
Charged off within five years of approvalwithheld
Loans in that cohort110

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 loans approved in the Spartanburg, SC Metro Area, by fiscal year

020406080FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2017: 22Loans, FY2018: 22Loans, FY2019: 30Loans, FY2020: 20Loans, FY2021: 36Loans, FY2022: 43Loans, FY2023: 52Loans, FY2024: 42Loans, FY2025: 64Loans, FY2026: 49
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY201722$14.7 million
FY201822$21.3 million
FY201930$18.6 million
FY202020$12.7 million
FY202136$34.4 million
FY202243$35.3 million
FY202352$28.9 million
FY202442$25.4 million
FY202564$41.2 million
FY202649$25.9 million

Loans by asset class

Asset classLoans
Not in any of the 39 asset classes276
Full-service restaurant21
Automotive mechanical repair (car and truck)17
Hotel and motel15
Limited-service restaurant13
Fitness center5
Beauty salon5

Classes with 5 or more loans; smaller ones are withheld, and more where a small one could be derived.

Most active SBA lenders

SBA 504: lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
Provident Business Financial Services, Inc.11$10.2 million
Appalachian Development Corporation9$6.7 million
SBA 7(a): lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
TD Bank, National Association40$13.7 million
Wells Fargo Bank National Association37$5.4 million
Countybank31$33.7 million
Newtek Bank, National Association21$4.2 million
The Huntington National Bank14$8.0 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
Spartanburg County, SC371
Union County, SC9

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.

All assets: every 7(a) and 504 approval in the metro, including those outside the 39 asset classes.

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 MT-43900.

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