SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · PENNSYLVANIA
Hollywood Tans franchise in Pennsylvania: what the public record shows
Franchisees of Hollywood Tans in Pennsylvania have taken 41 SBA loans since 1991 (average $269,560), and of the 39 loans whose story has ended, 2.6% were charged off — versus 23.9% for Hollywood Tans nationally and 14.8% across all rateable franchise brands.
Loans in PA
41
Resolved
39
Local charge-off
2.6%
National charge-off
23.9%
Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = PA. 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.
Businesses in this industry
5,123
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
39.2
national 26.6
Versus the country
+47%
denser
Every business in Hollywood Tans's industry operating in Pennsylvania — 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
$601
Pennsylvania, BLS QCEW 2025
National average
$698
same industry, all states
Versus the country
-14%
cheaper to staff
What Hollywood Tans's industry actually pays workers in Pennsylvania, 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 PA | Local charge-off | Units in PA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hand and Stone | 21 | 0.0% | — |
| European Wax Centers-Galleria | 18 | 0.0% | — |
| GREAT CLIPS | 16 | 14.3% | — |
| Planet Beach | 10 | thin | — |
| Amazing Lash Studio | 7 | thin | 6 |
| Fantastic Sams | 7 | thin | — |
| Deka Lash | 6 | thin | — |
| WAXING THE CITY | 6 | thin | — |
| Restore Hyper Wellness | 5 | thin | — |
| The Lash Lounge | 5 | thin | — |
Same sector, same state, same public records — how Hollywood Tans compares to the systems a buyer in Pennsylvania would actually be choosing between. Local rates under 10 resolved loans are marked thin, not hidden.
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