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SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · IDAHO

Fantastic Sams franchise in Idaho: what the public record shows

Franchisees of Fantastic Sams in Idaho have taken 7 SBA loans since 1991 (average $80,310)— 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 22.1% is the better guide.

SBA loan outcomes · Idahovs national

Loans in ID

7

Resolved

6

Local charge-off

thin

National charge-off

22.1%

Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = ID. 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.

Market density · Idaho vs nationalThin market

Businesses in this industry

417

statewide, all operators

Per 100k residents

20.8

national 26.6

Versus the country

-22%

thinner

Every business in Fantastic Sams's industry operating in Idaho — 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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