SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · MINNESOTA
Budget Blinds franchise in Minnesota: what the public record shows
Franchisees of Budget Blinds in Minnesota have taken 19 SBA loans in the FY1991–present FOIA files (average $184,142). Fewer than 30 of them were approved through FY2020 and have resolved, so no local loss ratio is published. Budget Blinds's national ratio is 1.0× (not clearly different from 1.0×).
Loans in MN
19
Charged off (all years)
2 of 9
Loss ratio in MN
—
Loss ratio nationally (not clear)
1.0×
Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = MN. Loss ratio = charge-offs among loans approved through FY2020 ÷ the charge-offs expected if each had defaulted at the national rate for franchise loans approved the same year; 1.0× is the same. Only charged-off and paid-in-full loans count. A ratio is shown at 30+ such loans; “not clear” marks a ratio chance alone could produce. The all-years count mixes every era and is evidence, not a rate to compare. Borrowers are matched to the brand by name and SBA franchise code; some matches may be wrong or missing.
Businesses in this industry
2,985
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
51.5
national 39.6
Versus the country
+30%
denser
Every business in Budget Blinds's industry operating in Minnesota — franchised and independent — from the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns (2023), against 2024 population estimates. Counter-intuitively, density is not a warning: across the brand-state cells in the loan data, denser markets have historically charged off less often than the thinnest (see the research page). A crowded market is usually proven demand; an empty one is often empty for a reason.
Avg weekly wage, this industry
$1,382
Minnesota, BLS QCEW 2025
National average
$1,252
same industry, all states
Versus the country
+10%
costlier to staff
What Budget Blinds's industry actually pays workers in Minnesota, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (2025), employment-weighted across counties. This cost signal is independent of the FDD: a market can look demand-rich above and still carry a margin headwind here if local wages run hot for the sector.
| System | Loans in MN | Charged off (all years) | Loss ratio in MN | Units in MN |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culligan | 10 | 0 of 8 | — | 35 |
| CERTA PROPAINTERS | 8 | 3 of 8 | — | 6 |
| FCI | 7 | 2 of 4 | — | 8 |
| Two Men and a Truck | 7 | 0 of 3 | — | — |
| Mr. Electric | 5 | 1 of 3 | — | — |
Other systems in Budget Blinds's sector whose franchisees borrowed in Minnesota. A loss ratio appears only where at least 30 loans approved through FY2020 have resolved; “—” means too few.
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