SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · NEW YORK
Rita'S Real Italian Water Ice franchise in New York: what the public record shows
Franchisees of Rita'S Real Italian Water Ice in New York have taken 8 SBA loans since 1991 (average $178,137)— 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 13.9% is the better guide.
Loans in NY
8
Resolved
6
Local charge-off
thin
National charge-off
13.9%
Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = NY. 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
44,621
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
224.6
national 179.9
Versus the country
+25%
denser
Every business in Rita'S Real Italian Water Ice's industry operating in New York — 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.
| System | Loans in NY | Local charge-off | Units in NY |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunkin Donuts/Baskin-Robbins Co-Brand | 231 | 11.1% | — |
| Quiznos | 134 | 34.3% | — |
| Cold Stone Creamery | 51 | 50.0% | — |
| Domino's Pizza | 37 | 15.4% | — |
| Burger King | 32 | 14.3% | — |
| Tropical Smoothie Cafe | 25 | 16.7% | 62 |
| Papa Johns | 23 | 31.3% | — |
| Carvel Ice Cream | 18 | 30.0% | — |
| Blimpie | 15 | 18.2% | — |
| Jersey Mike's Subs | 14 | thin | — |
| CHECKERS RESTAURANT OR RALLY'S RESTAURANT | 13 | thin | — |
| IHOP | 13 | thin | — |
Same sector, same state, same public records — how Rita'S Real Italian Water Ice compares to the systems a buyer in New York would actually be choosing between. Local rates under 10 resolved loans are marked thin, not hidden.
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