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

Powerhouse Gym franchise in Indiana: what the public record shows

Franchisees of Powerhouse Gym in Indiana have taken 5 SBA loans since 1991 (average $181,600)— 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 18.2% is the better guide.

SBA loan outcomes · Indianavs national

Loans in IN

5

Resolved

3

Local charge-off

thin

National charge-off

18.2%

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

Market density · Indiana vs nationalThin market

Businesses in this industry

689

statewide, all operators

Per 100k residents

10

national 11.9

Versus the country

-16%

thinner

Every business in Powerhouse Gym's industry operating in Indiana — 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.

Same-sector systems with SBA loan history in Indiana8 systems
SystemLoans in INLocal charge-offUnits in IN
ANYTIME FITNESS; ANYTIME FITNESS EXPRESS706.8%
Pure Barre19thin
Curves for Women1621.4%
Planet Fitness10thin67
Stretch Lab8thin
F45 Training7thin
I LOVE KICKBOXING7thin
Orangetheory6thin

Same sector, same state, same public records — how Powerhouse Gym compares to the systems a buyer in Indiana would actually be choosing between. Local rates under 10 resolved loans are marked thin, not hidden.

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