SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · PENNSYLVANIA
Kiddie Academy franchise in Pennsylvania: what the public record shows
Franchisees of Kiddie Academy in Pennsylvania have taken 34 SBA loans since 1991 (average $1,188,705), and of the 14 loans whose story has ended, 0.0% were charged off — versus 6.9% for Kiddie Academy nationally and 14.8% across all rateable franchise brands.
Loans in PA
34
Resolved
14
Local charge-off
0.0%
National charge-off
6.9%
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
4,035
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
30.9
national 26.5
Versus the country
+17%
denser
Every business in Kiddie Academy'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
$630
Pennsylvania, BLS QCEW 2025
National average
$645
same industry, all states
Versus the country
-2%
cheaper to staff
What Kiddie Academy'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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Goddard School | 41 | 0.0% | — |
| Goddard Early Learning Center | 21 | 0.0% | — |
| The Learning Experience | 20 | thin | — |
| PRIMROSE SCHOOLS | 13 | thin | 9 |
| Huntington Learning Center | 12 | thin | — |
| SYLVAN LEARNING | 11 | thin | 8 |
| Learning Express | 9 | thin | 10 |
| Goldfish Swim School | 8 | thin | — |
| College Hunks Hauling Junk | 7 | thin | 5 |
| New Horizon Computer Learning Center | 7 | thin | — |
| Gymboree | 6 | thin | — |
| Ivybrook Academy | 5 | thin | 2 |
Same sector, same state, same public records — how Kiddie Academy 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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