SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · FLORIDA
Gymboree franchise in Florida: what the public record shows
Franchisees of Gymboree in Florida have taken 7 SBA loans since 1991 (average $139,064)— 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 19.4% is the better guide.
Loans in FL
7
Resolved
5
Local charge-off
thin
National charge-off
19.4%
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
5,345
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
22.9
national 26.5
Versus the country
-14%
thinner
Every business in Gymboree'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
$654
Florida, BLS QCEW 2025
National average
$645
same industry, all states
Versus the country
+1%
costlier to staff
What Gymboree'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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| PRIMROSE SCHOOLS | 48 | 0.0% | 35 |
| Kids R Kids | 33 | 0.0% | — |
| The Learning Experience | 33 | 0.0% | — |
| Kiddie Academy | 32 | 25.0% | — |
| Huntington Learning Center | 30 | 29.2% | — |
| Primrose School (Daycare) | 23 | 0.0% | — |
| The Goddard School | 22 | thin | — |
| SYLVAN LEARNING | 19 | 33.3% | 34 |
| Tutor Time | 19 | 0.0% | — |
| Discovery Point | 18 | 7.7% | — |
| College Hunks Hauling Junk | 10 | thin | 14 |
| Learning Express | 9 | thin | 9 |
Same sector, same state, same public records — how Gymboree 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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