SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · FLORIDA
General Nutrition Center franchise in Florida: what the public record shows
Franchisees of General Nutrition Center in Florida have taken 15 SBA loans since 1991 (average $217,893)— 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 12.4% is the better guide.
Loans in FL
15
Resolved
8
Local charge-off
thin
National charge-off
12.4%
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
3,461
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
14.8
national 11.6
Versus the country
+28%
denser
Every business in General Nutrition Center'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
$1,000
Florida, BLS QCEW 2025
National average
$806
same industry, all states
Versus the country
+24%
costlier to staff
What General Nutrition Center'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.
| System | Loans in FL | Local charge-off | Units in FL |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE JOINT CHIROPRACTIC (RD) | 28 | 0.0% | — |
| Pearle Vision | 25 | 23.5% | — |
| ELLIE MENTAL HEALTH | 15 | thin | — |
| Gameday Men's Health | 12 | thin | — |
| AFC/AMERICAN FAMILY CARE | 11 | thin | 15 |
| Medicine Shoppe | 11 | thin | — |
| Arcpoint | 8 | thin | — |
| MASSAGE HEIGHTS | 8 | thin | — |
| Vital Care | 8 | thin | — |
| PRIME IV HYDRATION & WELLNESS (UNIT) | 7 | thin | 27 |
| Success On The Spectrum | 7 | thin | — |
| Complete Nutrition | 6 | thin | — |
Same sector, same state, same public records — how General Nutrition Center 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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