SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · MISSOURI
Little Caesars franchise in Missouri: what the public record shows
Franchisees of Little Caesars in Missouri have taken 6 SBA loans since 1991 (average $931,616)— 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 7.5% is the better guide.
Loans in MO
6
Resolved
3
Local charge-off
thin
National charge-off
7.5%
Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = MO. 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
10,459
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
167.5
national 179.9
Versus the country
-7%
thinner
Every business in Little Caesars's industry operating in Missouri — 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.
| System | Loans in MO | Local charge-off | Units in MO |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quiznos | 78 | 31.3% | — |
| Culver's | 62 | 2.5% | — |
| Jimmy John's | 43 | 3.2% | — |
| Domino's Pizza | 38 | 8.0% | — |
| Smoothie King (Health Food Store) | 25 | 7.1% | — |
| Papa Murphy'S Take & Bake Pizza | 24 | 5.0% | — |
| Dunkin Donuts/Baskin-Robbins Co-Brand | 22 | 15.4% | — |
| Blimpie | 21 | 23.5% | — |
| Cold Stone Creamery | 21 | 27.8% | — |
| Jersey Mike's Subs | 20 | 0.0% | — |
| SCOOTER'S COFFEE | 20 | thin | 76 |
| Kentucky Fried Chicken | 17 | 25.0% | — |
Same sector, same state, same public records — how Little Caesars compares to the systems a buyer in Missouri would actually be choosing between. Local rates under 10 resolved loans are marked thin, not hidden.
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