SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · UTAH
Bee Hive Homes franchise in Utah: what the public record shows
Franchisees of Bee Hive Homes in Utah have taken 68 SBA loans since 1991 (average $1,250,089), and of the 44 loans whose story has ended, 2.3% were charged off — versus 2.1% for Bee Hive Homes nationally and 14.8% across all rateable franchise brands.
Loans in UT
68
Resolved
44
Local charge-off
2.3%
National charge-off
2.1%
Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = UT. 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
407
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
11.6
national 17.4
Versus the country
-33%
thinner
Every business in Bee Hive Homes's industry operating in Utah — 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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