SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · ARIZONA
Shell Service Station franchise in Arizona: what the public record shows
Franchisees of Shell Service Station in Arizona have taken 8 SBA loans since 1991 (average $978,575)— 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 6.9% is the better guide.
Loans in AZ
8
Resolved
5
Local charge-off
thin
National charge-off
6.9%
Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = AZ. 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
2,078
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
27.4
national 30.2
Versus the country
-9%
thinner
Every business in Shell Service Station's industry operating in Arizona — 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 AZ | Local charge-off | Units in AZ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chevron (Gas Station) | 27 | 22.2% | — |
| Exxon | 22 | thin | — |
| Maaco Auto Painting Center | 22 | 0.0% | — |
| Christian Brothers Automotive | 13 | thin | — |
| Cottman Transmission | 13 | 38.5% | — |
| Meineke | 13 | 0.0% | — |
| Midas Muffler Shop | 11 | thin | — |
| Arco (Gas Station) | 10 | thin | — |
| Grease Monkey | 10 | thin | — |
| Aamco Transmissions | 9 | thin | — |
| Texaco Service Station | 9 | thin | — |
| Econo Lub N Tune | 7 | thin | — |
Same sector, same state, same public records — how Shell Service Station compares to the systems a buyer in Arizona would actually be choosing between. Local rates under 10 resolved loans are marked thin, not hidden.
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