SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · KENTUCKY
Quiznos franchise in Kentucky: what the public record shows
Franchisees of Quiznos in Kentucky have taken 25 SBA loans since 1991 (average $160,024), and of the 21 loans whose story has ended, 52.4% were charged off — versus 28.5% for Quiznos nationally and 14.8% across all rateable franchise brands.
Loans in KY
25
Resolved
21
Local charge-off
52.4%
National charge-off
28.5%
Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = KY. 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.
Businesses in this industry
6,831
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
148.9
national 179.9
Versus the country
-17%
thinner
Every business in Quiznos's industry operating in Kentucky — 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
$452
Kentucky, BLS QCEW 2025
National average
$537
same industry, all states
Versus the country
-16%
cheaper to staff
What Quiznos's industry actually pays workers in Kentucky, 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.
| System | Loans in KY | Local charge-off | Units in KY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Firehouse Subs | 18 | thin | 16 |
| Jimmy John's | 17 | thin | — |
| Biggby Coffee | 15 | thin | — |
| Dunkin Donuts/Baskin-Robbins Co-Brand | 14 | thin | — |
| Mellow Mushroom | 14 | thin | — |
| Zaxby's | 14 | 0.0% | — |
| Culver's | 13 | thin | — |
| HUDDLE HOUSE | 13 | 7.7% | — |
| Little Ceasar'S Pizza | 12 | 0.0% | — |
| Papa Johns | 11 | thin | — |
| Buffalo Wings & Rings | 10 | thin | — |
| Smoothie King | 9 | thin | — |
Same sector, same state, same public records — how Quiznos compares to the systems a buyer in Kentucky would actually be choosing between. Local rates under 10 resolved loans are marked thin, not hidden.
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