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SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · MARYLAND

All Tune and Lube franchise in Maryland: what the public record shows

Franchisees of All Tune and Lube in Maryland have taken 16 SBA loans since 1991 (average $87,712), and of the 15 loans whose story has ended, 26.7% were charged off — versus 42.3% for All Tune and Lube nationally and 14.8% across all rateable franchise brands.

SBA loan outcomes · Marylandvs national

Loans in MD

16

Resolved

15

Local charge-off

26.7%

National charge-off

42.3%

Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = MD. 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.

Market density · Maryland vs nationalTypical density

Businesses in this industry

1,911

statewide, all operators

Per 100k residents

30.5

national 30.2

Versus the country

+1%

denser

Every business in All Tune and Lube's industry operating in Maryland — 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.

Same-sector systems with SBA loan history in Maryland12 systems

Same sector, same state, same public records — how All Tune and Lube compares to the systems a buyer in Maryland would actually be choosing between. Local rates under 10 resolved loans are marked thin, not hidden.

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