SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · CALIFORNIA
Fish Window Cleaning franchise in California: what the public record shows
Franchisees of Fish Window Cleaning in California have taken 12 SBA loans since 1991 (average $112,766)— 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 20.8% is the better guide.
Loans in CA
12
Resolved
6
Local charge-off
thin
National charge-off
20.8%
Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = CA. 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
10,164
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
25.8
national 26.7
Versus the country
-3%
thinner
Every business in Fish Window Cleaning's industry operating in California — 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 CA | Local charge-off | Units in CA |
|---|---|---|---|
| SERVPRO (UNIT) | 77 | 4.3% | 279 |
| MOLLY MAID | 26 | 0.0% | 72 |
| Bio-One | 16 | thin | — |
| Chem-Dry | 12 | 41.7% | — |
| RESTORATION 1 | 10 | thin | 11 |
| One-Hour Martinizing | 9 | thin | — |
| JUNK KING | 8 | thin | 20 |
| WINDOW GENIE | 8 | thin | 3 |
| Maid Brigade | 7 | thin | 8 |
| SERVICEMASTER CLEAN | 7 | thin | 27 |
| Martinizing Dry Cleaning | 5 | thin | — |
| The Grounds Guys | 5 | thin | — |
Same sector, same state, same public records — how Fish Window Cleaning compares to the systems a buyer in California would actually be choosing between. Local rates under 10 resolved loans are marked thin, not hidden.
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