SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · TEXAS
Martinizing Dry Cleaning franchise in Texas: what the public record shows
Franchisees of Martinizing Dry Cleaning in Texas have taken 7 SBA loans in the FY1991–present FOIA files (average $392,971). Fewer than 30 of them were approved through FY2020 and have resolved, so no local loss ratio is published. Martinizing Dry Cleaning's national ratio is 0.9× (not clearly different from 1.0×).
Loans in TX
7
Charged off (all years)
2 of 6
Loss ratio in TX
—
Loss ratio nationally (not clear)
0.9×
Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = TX. Loss ratio = charge-offs among loans approved through FY2020 ÷ the charge-offs expected if each had defaulted at the national rate for franchise loans approved the same year; 1.0× is the same. Only charged-off and paid-in-full loans count. A ratio is shown at 30+ such loans; “not clear” marks a ratio chance alone could produce. The all-years count mixes every era and is evidence, not a rate to compare. Borrowers are matched to the brand by name and SBA franchise code; some matches may be wrong or missing.
Businesses in this industry
5,920
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
18.9
national 26.7
Versus the country
-29%
thinner
Every business in Martinizing Dry Cleaning's industry operating in Texas — franchised and independent — from the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns (2023), against 2024 population estimates. Counter-intuitively, density is not a warning: across the brand-state cells in the loan data, denser markets have historically charged off less often than the thinnest (see the research page). A crowded market is usually proven demand; an empty one is often empty for a reason.
Avg weekly wage, this industry
$609
Texas, BLS QCEW 2025
National average
$659
same industry, all states
Versus the country
-8%
cheaper to staff
What Martinizing Dry Cleaning's industry actually pays workers in Texas, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (2025), employment-weighted across counties. This cost signal is 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 TX | Charged off (all years) | Loss ratio in TX | Units in TX |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SERVPRO | 74 | 6 of 60 | 0.7×NOT CLEAR | 191 |
| Comet One-Hour Dry Cleaners | 42 | 5 of 38 | 0.8×NOT CLEAR | — |
| PUROCLEAN | 20 | 2 of 5 | — | 42 |
| Rainbow Restoration | 18 | 1 of 1 | — | — |
| THE MAIDS | 18 | 3 of 9 | — | 31 |
| SERVICEMASTER RESTORE | 17 | 2 of 10 | — | 101 |
| Paul Davis Restoration | 16 | 1 of 10 | — | 23 |
| WINDOW GENIE | 15 | 3 of 7 | — | 12 |
| Fish Window Cleaning | 13 | 3 of 8 | — | — |
| MERRY MAIDS | 12 | 1 of 8 | — | 60 |
| THE CLEANING AUTHORITY | 12 | 1 of 10 | — | 26 |
| One-Hour Martinizing | 11 | 2 of 8 | — | — |
Other systems in Martinizing Dry Cleaning's sector whose franchisees borrowed in Texas. A loss ratio appears only where at least 30 loans approved through FY2020 have resolved; “—” means too few.
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