SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · GEORGIA
PRIME IV HYDRATION & WELLNESS (UNIT) franchise in Georgia: what the public record shows
Franchisees of PRIME IV HYDRATION & WELLNESS (UNIT) in Georgia have taken 8 SBA loans since 1991 (average $243,925)— 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 0.0% is the better guide. Its latest FDD Item 20 state table reports 7 franchised outlets in Georgia (fiscal 2025) — about 0.06 per 100k residents.
Loans in GA
8
Resolved
0
Local charge-off
thin
National charge-off
0.0%
Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = GA. 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.
Businesses in this industry
1,494
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
13.4
national 11.6
Versus the country
+16%
denser
Every business in PRIME IV HYDRATION & WELLNESS (UNIT)'s industry operating in Georgia — 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.
Avg weekly wage, this industry
$804
Georgia, BLS QCEW 2025
National average
$806
same industry, all states
Versus the country
+0%
costlier to staff
What PRIME IV HYDRATION & WELLNESS (UNIT)'s industry actually pays workers in Georgia, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (2025), employment-weighted across counties. This is a real cost signal 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 | 3 | — |
| 2024 | 4 | — |
| 2025 | 7 | — |
| System | Loans in GA | Local charge-off | Units in GA |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE JOINT CHIROPRACTIC (RD) | 11 | thin | — |
| ELLIE MENTAL HEALTH | 10 | thin | — |
| MASSAGE HEIGHTS | 10 | thin | — |
| Success On The Spectrum | 10 | thin | — |
| HEALTH MART | 8 | thin | 138 |
| Gameday Men's Health | 7 | thin | — |
| Medicap Pharmacy | 7 | thin | — |
| Pearle Vision | 7 | thin | — |
Same sector, same state, same public records — how PRIME IV HYDRATION & WELLNESS (UNIT) compares to the systems a buyer in Georgia would actually be choosing between. Local rates under 10 resolved loans are marked thin, not hidden.
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