SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · KANSAS
Camp Bow Wow franchise in Kansas: what the public record shows
Franchisees of Camp Bow Wow in Kansas have taken 5 SBA loans since 1991 (average $341,500)— 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 3.3% is the better guide.
Loans in KS
5
Resolved
2
Local charge-off
thin
National charge-off
3.3%
Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = KS. 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
171
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
5.8
national 7.2
Versus the country
-19%
thinner
Every business in Camp Bow Wow's industry operating in Kansas — 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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