SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · NORTH DAKOTA
Blimpie franchise in North Dakota: what the public record shows
Franchisees of Blimpie in North Dakota have taken 5 SBA loans since 1991 (average $78,560)— 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 29.8% is the better guide.
Loans in ND
5
Resolved
5
Local charge-off
thin
National charge-off
29.8%
Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = ND. 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
1,253
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
157.3
national 179.9
Versus the country
-13%
thinner
Every business in Blimpie's industry operating in North Dakota — 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 ND | Local charge-off | Units in ND |
|---|---|---|---|
| PIZZA RANCH | 12 | thin | 14 |
| Mrs. Fields Cookies | 9 | thin | — |
| Quiznos | 9 | thin | — |
| Papa Murphy'S Take & Bake Pizza | 6 | thin | — |
| Cold Stone Creamery | 5 | thin | — |
| Culver's | 5 | thin | — |
Same sector, same state, same public records — how Blimpie compares to the systems a buyer in North Dakota would actually be choosing between. Local rates under 10 resolved loans are marked thin, not hidden.
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