SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · FLORIDA
Bumble Bee Blinds franchise in Florida: what the public record shows
Franchisees of Bumble Bee Blinds in Florida have taken 9 SBA loans since 1991 (average $216,400)— 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 0.0% is the better guide. Its latest FDD Item 20 state table reports 22 franchised outlets in Florida (fiscal 2025) — about 0.09 per 100k residents.
Loans in FL
9
Resolved
1
Local charge-off
thin
National charge-off
0.0%
Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = FL. 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
10,280
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
44
national 39.6
Versus the country
+11%
denser
Every business in Bumble Bee Blinds's industry operating in Florida — 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.
Avg weekly wage, this industry
$1,152
Florida, BLS QCEW 2025
National average
$1,252
same industry, all states
Versus the country
-8%
cheaper to staff
What Bumble Bee Blinds's industry actually pays workers in Florida, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (2025), employment-weighted across counties. This is a real cost signal 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.
| Fiscal year | Franchised | Company-owned |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | 0 | — |
| 2024 | 9 | 0 |
| 2024 | 9 | — |
| 2025 | 22 | — |
| System | Loans in FL | Local charge-off | Units in FL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ace Hardware | 47 | 11.5% | — |
| Budget Blinds | 34 | 22.2% | — |
| MIGHTY DOG ROOFING | 20 | thin | — |
| SAM THE CONCRETE MAN | 12 | thin | — |
| Mr. Electric | 10 | thin | — |
| Mr. Handyman | 10 | thin | — |
| ACE HANDYMAN SERVICES | 9 | thin | 43 |
| GLASS DOCTOR | 9 | thin | 14 |
| Closets By Design | 8 | thin | — |
| Five Star Painting | 8 | thin | — |
| Mosquito Shield | 8 | thin | — |
| Closet Factory | 7 | thin | — |
Same sector, same state, same public records — how Bumble Bee Blinds compares to the systems a buyer in Florida would actually be choosing between. Local rates under 10 resolved loans are marked thin, not hidden.
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