SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · FLORIDA
Hollywood Tans franchise in Florida: what the public record shows
Franchisees of Hollywood Tans in Florida have taken 8 SBA loans in the FY1991–present FOIA files (average $221,962). Fewer than 30 of them were approved through FY2020 and have resolved, so no local loss ratio is published. Hollywood Tans's national ratio is 1.0× (not clearly different from 1.0×).
Loans in FL
8
Charged off (all years)
3 of 5
Loss ratio in FL
—
Loss ratio nationally (not clear)
1.0×
Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = FL. 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
8,318
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
35.6
national 26.6
Versus the country
+34%
denser
Every business in Hollywood Tans'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 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
$721
Florida, BLS QCEW 2025
National average
$698
same industry, all states
Versus the country
+3%
costlier to staff
What Hollywood Tans'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 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.
| System | Loans in FL | Charged off (all years) | Loss ratio in FL | Units in FL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sport Clips | 55 | 4 of 41 | 0.7×NOT CLEAR | 76 |
| Planet Beach | 53 | 38 of 46 | 2.7× | — |
| European Wax Center | 33 | 3 of 29 | — | — |
| Fantastic Sams | 31 | 4 of 20 | — | — |
| GREAT CLIPS | 29 | 3 of 25 | — | — |
| SUPERCUTS | 22 | 0 of 16 | — | 142 |
| Amazing Lash Studio | 15 | 1 of 8 | — | 26 |
| MERLE NORMAN COSMETICS | 11 | 4 of 9 | — | 36 |
| The Lash Lounge | 11 | 1 of 5 | — | — |
| BLO BLOW DRY BAR INC. | 8 | 0 of 2 | — | 16 |
| Deka Lash | 8 | 0 of 6 | — | — |
| SMARTSTYLE | 8 | 0 of 4 | — | 91 |
Other systems in Hollywood Tans's sector whose franchisees borrowed in Florida. A loss ratio appears only where at least 30 loans approved through FY2020 have resolved; “—” means too few.
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