SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · SOUTH CAROLINA
ANYTIME FITNESS; ANYTIME FITNESS EXPRESS franchise in South Carolina: what the public record shows
Franchisees of ANYTIME FITNESS; ANYTIME FITNESS EXPRESS in South Carolina have taken 29 SBA loans since 1991 (average $491,071), and of the 17 loans whose story has ended, 11.8% were charged off — versus 11.6% for ANYTIME FITNESS; ANYTIME FITNESS EXPRESS nationally and 14.8% across all rateable franchise brands.
Loans in SC
29
Resolved
17
Local charge-off
11.8%
National charge-off
11.6%
Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = SC. 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.
Businesses in this industry
565
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
10.3
national 11.9
Versus the country
-13%
thinner
Every business in ANYTIME FITNESS; ANYTIME FITNESS EXPRESS's industry operating in South Carolina — 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.
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