SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · OHIO
Visiting Angels franchise in Ohio: what the public record shows
Franchisees of Visiting Angels in Ohio have taken 27 SBA loans since 1991 (average $419,174), and of the 10 loans whose story has ended, 10.0% were charged off — versus 2.4% for Visiting Angels nationally and 14.8% across all rateable franchise brands.
Loans in OH
27
Resolved
10
Local charge-off
10.0%
National charge-off
2.4%
Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = OH. 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
2,036
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
17.1
national 17.4
Versus the country
-2%
thinner
Every business in Visiting Angels's industry operating in Ohio — 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 OH | Local charge-off | Units in OH |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comfort Keepers | 7 | thin | — |
Same sector, same state, same public records — how Visiting Angels compares to the systems a buyer in Ohio would actually be choosing between. Local rates under 10 resolved loans are marked thin, not hidden.
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