SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · IOWA
Heights Wellness Retreat franchise in Iowa: what the public record shows
Franchisees of Heights Wellness Retreat in Iowa have taken 12 SBA loans in the FY1991–present FOIA files (average $332,916). Fewer than 30 of them were approved through FY2020 and have resolved, so no local loss ratio is published. Heights Wellness Retreat's national ratio is 2.0×. Its latest FDD Item 20 state table reports 6 franchised outlets in Iowa (fiscal 2025) — about 0.19 per 100k residents.
Loans in IA
12
Charged off (all years)
2 of 11
Loss ratio in IA
—
Loss ratio nationally
2.0×
Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = IA. Loss ratio = charge-offs among loans approved through FY2020 ÷ the charge-offs expected if each had defaulted at the national rate for franchise loans approved the same year; 1.0× is the same. Only charged-off and paid-in-full loans count. A ratio is shown at 30+ such loans; “not clear” marks a ratio chance alone could produce. The all-years count mixes every era and is evidence, not a rate to compare. Borrowers are matched to the brand by name and SBA franchise code; some matches may be wrong or missing.
Businesses in this industry
172
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
5.3
national 11.6
Versus the country
-54%
thinner
Every business in Heights Wellness Retreat's industry operating in Iowa — franchised and independent — from the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns (2023), against 2024 population estimates. Counter-intuitively, density is not a warning: across the brand-state cells in the loan data, denser markets have historically charged off less often than the thinnest (see the research page). A crowded market is usually proven demand; an empty one is often empty for a reason.
Avg weekly wage, this industry
$1,082
Iowa, BLS QCEW 2025
National average
$806
same industry, all states
Versus the country
+34%
costlier to staff
What Heights Wellness Retreat's industry actually pays workers in Iowa, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (2025), employment-weighted across counties. This cost signal is 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.
| Fiscal year | Franchised | Company-owned |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | — |
| 2024 | 6 | — |
| 2025 | 6 | — |
| System | Loans in IA | Charged off (all years) | Loss ratio in IA | Units in IA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Medicap Pharmacy | 22 | 0 of 18 | — | — |
Other systems in Heights Wellness Retreat's sector whose franchisees borrowed in Iowa. A loss ratio appears only where at least 30 loans approved through FY2020 have resolved; “—” means too few.
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