SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · INDIANA
Aamco Transmissions franchise in Indiana: what the public record shows
Franchisees of Aamco Transmissions in Indiana have taken 11 SBA loans since 1991 (average $182,236)— too few resolved loans in-state to publish a local failure rate (we require a resolved cohort, never extrapolate), so the brand's national rate of 28.6% is the better guide.
Loans in IN
11
Resolved
7
Local charge-off
thin
National charge-off
28.6%
Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = IN. Charge-off rate = charged-off ÷ (charged-off + paid-in-full); open loans excluded. A local rate is published only when the resolved cohort clears our floor of 30 loans.
Businesses in this industry
2,248
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
32.5
national 30.2
Versus the country
+8%
denser
Every business in Aamco Transmissions's industry operating in Indiana — franchised and independent — from the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns (2023), against 2024 population estimates. Counter-intuitively, density is not a warning: across 198 brand-state cells in our loan data, the densest quartile charges off at 5.6% versus 18.1% in the thinnest. A crowded market is usually proven demand; an empty one is often empty for a reason.
Avg weekly wage, this industry
$925
Indiana, BLS QCEW 2025
National average
$1,002
same industry, all states
Versus the country
-8%
cheaper to staff
What Aamco Transmissions's industry actually pays workers in Indiana, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (2025), employment-weighted across counties. This is a real cost signal independent of the FDD — a market can look demand-rich above and still carry a margin headwind here if local wages run hot for the sector.
| System | Loans in IN | Local charge-off | Units in IN |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midas Muffler Shop | 35 | 0.0% | — |
| Meineke | 24 | 13.6% | — |
| Marathon Oil | 12 | thin | — |
| Maaco Auto Painting Center | 9 | thin | — |
| Shell Service Station | 9 | thin | — |
| Citgo Service Station | 8 | thin | — |
| Phillips 66 | 8 | thin | — |
| All Tune and Lube | 7 | thin | — |
| LINE-X | 7 | thin | 2 |
| Amoco (Gas Station) | 6 | thin | — |
| Sunoco Service Station | 6 | thin | — |
| JIFFY LUBE | 5 | thin | 70 |
Same sector, same state, same public records — how Aamco Transmissions compares to the systems a buyer in Indiana would actually be choosing between. Local rates under 10 resolved loans are marked thin, not hidden.
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