SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · IDAHO
Arby's franchise in Idaho: what the public record shows
Franchisees of Arby's in Idaho have taken 6 SBA loans since 1991 (average $347,500)— 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 16.7% is the better guide.
Loans in ID
6
Resolved
5
Local charge-off
thin
National charge-off
16.7%
Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = ID. 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
3,287
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
164.2
national 179.9
Versus the country
-9%
thinner
Every business in Arby's's industry operating in Idaho — 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.
| System | Loans in ID | Local charge-off | Units in ID |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dutch Bros. Coffee | 19 | 0.0% | — |
| Quiznos | 18 | 23.5% | — |
| Blimpie | 13 | 10.0% | — |
| Cold Stone Creamery | 13 | thin | — |
| Domino's Pizza | 13 | 0.0% | — |
| Jimmy John's | 10 | thin | — |
| GREAT HARVEST BREAD CO. | 9 | thin | — |
| Papa Murphy'S Take & Bake Pizza | 8 | thin | — |
| A & W Restaurant | 7 | thin | — |
| TCBY | 7 | thin | — |
| Baskin-Robbins 31 Ice Cream | 6 | thin | — |
| Crumbl Cookies | 6 | thin | — |
Same sector, same state, same public records — how Arby's compares to the systems a buyer in Idaho would actually be choosing between. Local rates under 10 resolved loans are marked thin, not hidden.
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