SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · COLORADO
AFC/AMERICAN FAMILY CARE franchise in Colorado: what the public record shows
Franchisees of AFC/AMERICAN FAMILY CARE in Colorado have taken 8 SBA loans since 1991 (average $2,062,112)— 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 3.6% is the better guide. Its latest FDD Item 20 state table reports 24 franchised outlets in Colorado (fiscal 2024) — about 0.4 per 100k residents.
Loans in CO
8
Resolved
3
Local charge-off
thin
National charge-off
3.6%
Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = CO. 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
603
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
10.1
national 11.6
Versus the country
-13%
thinner
Every business in AFC/AMERICAN FAMILY CARE's industry operating in Colorado — 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
$1,004
Colorado, BLS QCEW 2025
National average
$806
same industry, all states
Versus the country
+25%
costlier to staff
What AFC/AMERICAN FAMILY CARE's industry actually pays workers in Colorado, 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.
| Fiscal year | Franchised | Company-owned |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 18 | — |
| 2023 | 22 | — |
| 2024 | 24 | — |
| System | Loans in CO | Local charge-off | Units in CO |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pearle Vision | 12 | 0.0% | — |
| 100% Chiropractic | 11 | thin | — |
| THE JOINT CHIROPRACTIC (RD) | 6 | thin | — |
| Gameday Men's Health | 5 | thin | — |
| Success On The Spectrum | 5 | thin | — |
Same sector, same state, same public records — how AFC/AMERICAN FAMILY CARE compares to the systems a buyer in Colorado would actually be choosing between. Local rates under 10 resolved loans are marked thin, not hidden.
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