SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · TEXAS
ELLIE MENTAL HEALTH franchise in Texas: what the public record shows
Franchisees of ELLIE MENTAL HEALTH in Texas have taken 21 SBA loans since 1991 (average $170,742)— 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 14.3% is the better guide.
Loans in TX
21
Resolved
8
Local charge-off
thin
National charge-off
14.3%
Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = TX. 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
4,461
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
14.3
national 11.6
Versus the country
+23%
denser
Every business in ELLIE MENTAL HEALTH's industry operating in Texas — 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 TX | Local charge-off | Units in TX |
|---|---|---|---|
| MASSAGE HEIGHTS | 43 | 16.7% | — |
| General Nutrition Center | 35 | 16.7% | — |
| Pearle Vision Center | 32 | 3.7% | — |
| Success On The Spectrum | 22 | thin | — |
| Armstrong Mccall | 21 | 25.0% | — |
| Gameday Men's Health | 21 | thin | — |
| THE JOINT CHIROPRACTIC (RD) | 13 | thin | — |
| Degree Wellness | 12 | thin | — |
| 100% Chiropractic | 10 | thin | — |
| Healthsource Chiropractic | 10 | thin | — |
| Vital Care | 10 | thin | — |
| Vision Source L.P. | 9 | thin | 245 |
Same sector, same state, same public records — how ELLIE MENTAL HEALTH compares to the systems a buyer in Texas would actually be choosing between. Local rates under 10 resolved loans are marked thin, not hidden.
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