SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · OHIO
Little Caesars franchise in Ohio: what the public record shows
Franchisees of Little Caesars in Ohio have taken 16 SBA loans since 1991 (average $369,325)— 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 OH
16
Resolved
5
Local charge-off
thin
National charge-off
7.5%
Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = OH. 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
20,528
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
172.7
national 179.9
Versus the country
-4%
thinner
Every business in Little Caesars's industry operating in Ohio — 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 OH | Local charge-off | Units in OH |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quiznos | 99 | 25.0% | — |
| Domino's Pizza | 75 | 8.2% | — |
| Jimmy John's | 73 | 9.6% | — |
| East of Chicago Pizza | 70 | 19.2% | — |
| Cold Stone Creamery | 58 | 17.1% | — |
| Biggby Coffee | 53 | 0.0% | — |
| Dunkin Donuts/Baskin-Robbins Co-Brand | 50 | 20.0% | — |
| Mr. Hero Sandwich Shop | 38 | 2.9% | — |
| Zeppe'S | 37 | 3.1% | — |
| Arby's | 34 | 0.0% | — |
| Culver's | 34 | 0.0% | — |
| Marco's Pizza | 31 | 0.0% | — |
Same sector, same state, same public records — how Little Caesars compares to the systems a buyer in Ohio would actually be choosing between. Local rates under 10 resolved loans are marked thin, not hidden.
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