SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · ARIZONA
The Joint...the chiropractic place franchise in Arizona: what the public record shows
Franchisees of The Joint...the chiropractic place in Arizona have taken 9 SBA loans since 1991 (average $159,644)— 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 16 franchised outlets in Arizona (fiscal 2015) — about 0.21 per 100k residents.
Loans in AZ
9
Resolved
8
Local charge-off
thin
National charge-off
0.0%
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
790
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
10.4
national 11.6
Versus the country
-10%
thinner
Every business in The Joint...the chiropractic place'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.
| Fiscal year | Franchised | Company-owned |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 22 | 0 |
| 2014 | 25 | 0 |
| 2015 | 16 | 10 |
| System | Loans in AZ | Local charge-off | Units in AZ |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE JOINT CHIROPRACTIC (RD) | 10 | thin | — |
| Armstrong Mccall | 9 | thin | — |
| Gameday Men's Health | 7 | thin | — |
| HEALTH MART | 5 | thin | 10 |
Same sector, same state, same public records — how The Joint...the chiropractic place 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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