SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · OHIO
Maaco Auto Painting Center franchise in Ohio: what the public record shows
Franchisees of Maaco Auto Painting Center in Ohio have taken 16 SBA loans since 1991 (average $197,575), and of the 13 loans whose story has ended, 30.8% were charged off — versus 18.4% for Maaco Auto Painting Center nationally and 14.8% across all rateable franchise brands.
Loans in OH
16
Resolved
13
Local charge-off
30.8%
National charge-off
18.4%
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.
Businesses in this industry
3,601
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
30.3
national 30.2
Versus the country
+0%
denser
Every business in Maaco Auto Painting Center'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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aamco Transmissions | 22 | 11.8% | — |
| Sunoco Service Station | 20 | 5.3% | — |
| Meineke | 19 | 23.1% | — |
| LINE-X | 16 | 0.0% | 6 |
| Tuffy Muffler Center | 13 | 40.0% | — |
| All Tune and Lube | 12 | thin | — |
| Marathon Oil | 12 | thin | — |
| Pirtek | 12 | thin | — |
| Carstar | 11 | thin | — |
| 1-800-Radiator & A/C | 9 | thin | — |
| Napa Auto Parts | 9 | thin | — |
| Goodyear Tire | 7 | thin | — |
Same sector, same state, same public records — how Maaco Auto Painting Center 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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