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SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · IDAHO

Medicap Pharmacy franchise in Idaho: what the public record shows

Franchisees of Medicap Pharmacy in Idaho have taken 5 SBA loans in the FY1991–present FOIA files (average $281,400). Fewer than 30 of them were approved through FY2020 and have resolved, so no local loss ratio is published. Medicap Pharmacy's national ratio is 0.3×.

SBA loan outcomes · Idahovs same-year franchise loans

Loans in ID

5

Charged off (all years)

0 of 4

Loss ratio in ID

—

Loss ratio nationally

0.3×

Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = ID. 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.

Market density · Idaho vs nationalThin market

Businesses in this industry

178

statewide, all operators

Per 100k residents

8.9

national 11.6

Versus the country

-23%

thinner

Every business in Medicap Pharmacy's industry operating in Idaho — 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.

Labor cost · Idaho vs nationalBelow-average wages

Avg weekly wage, this industry

$655

Idaho, BLS QCEW 2025

National average

$806

same industry, all states

Versus the country

-19%

cheaper to staff

What Medicap Pharmacy's industry actually pays workers in Idaho, 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.

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