SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · SOUTH CAROLINA
SENIOR HELPERS franchise in South Carolina: what the public record shows
Franchisees of SENIOR HELPERS in South Carolina have taken 5 SBA loans since 1991 (average $955,600)— 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 7.7% is the better guide. Its latest FDD Item 20 state table reports 11 franchised outlets in South Carolina (fiscal 2025) — about 0.2 per 100k residents.
Loans in SC
5
Resolved
3
Local charge-off
thin
National charge-off
7.7%
Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = SC. 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
805
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
14.7
national 17.4
Versus the country
-16%
thinner
Every business in SENIOR HELPERS's industry operating in South Carolina — 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.
| Fiscal year | Franchised | Company-owned |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 8 | — |
| 2022 | 9 | — |
| 2023 | 9 | — |
| 2023 | 9 | — |
| 2024 | 10 | — |
| 2025 | 11 | — |
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