SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · KANSAS
POSTNET franchise in Kansas: what the public record shows
Franchisees of POSTNET in Kansas have taken 5 SBA loans in the FY1991–present FOIA files (average $70,620). Fewer than 30 of them were approved through FY2020 and have resolved, so no local loss ratio is published. POSTNET's national ratio is 1.1× (not clearly different from 1.0×). Its latest FDD Item 20 state table reports 1 franchised outlets in Kansas (fiscal 2025) — about 0.03 per 100k residents.
Loans in KS
5
Charged off (all years)
1 of 4
Loss ratio in KS
—
Loss ratio nationally (not clear)
1.1×
Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = KS. 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
196
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
6.6
national 8.1
Versus the country
-19%
thinner
Every business in POSTNET's industry operating in Kansas — 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
$840
Kansas, BLS QCEW 2025
National average
$1,212
same industry, all states
Versus the country
-31%
cheaper to staff
What POSTNET's industry actually pays workers in Kansas, 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.
| Fiscal year | Franchised | Company-owned |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2 | 0 |
| 2024 | 1 | 0 |
| 2025 | 1 | 0 |
| System | Loans in KS | Charged off (all years) | Loss ratio in KS | Units in KS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THE UPS STORE (TRADITIONAL) | 23 | 1 of 18 | — | 37 |
| Mail Boxes Etc. Usa | 18 | 4 of 17 | — | — |
| Liberty Tax Service | 9 | 1 of 9 | — | — |
| H&R Block | 8 | 0 of 6 | — | 71 |
| Allstate Insurance | 7 | 0 of 7 | — | — |
| Ameriprise Financial Services | 7 | 0 of 7 | — | — |
| Minuteman Press | 5 | 0 of 5 | — | — |
Other systems in POSTNET's sector whose franchisees borrowed in Kansas. A loss ratio appears only where at least 30 loans approved through FY2020 have resolved; “—” means too few.
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