MAINE · SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT
Franchises in Maine: the loan record
Since 1991, banks have made 200 SBA-backed loans to franchisees of 18 different brands in Maine. Of the loans already resolved, 6.3% were charged off — 57% below the national franchise baseline of 14.8%. This page is not a directory of who paid to be listed; it is what actually happened to the people who bought franchises here, according to the federal loan record.
200
SBA loans since 1991
18
Brands financed
6.3%
Local charge-off rate
14.2
Loans per 100k residents
| Dunkin Donuts/Baskin-Robbins Co-Brand | 0 of 31 defaulted | 0.0% |
| Subway | 0 of 25 defaulted | 0.0%THIN |
| DAIRY QUEEN | 0 of 14 defaulted | 0.0%THIN |
| Domino's Pizza | 0 of 10 defaulted | 0.0%THIN |
| Dunkin Donuts/Baskin-Robbins Co-Brand | 0 of 31 defaulted | 0.0% |
| Subway | 0 of 25 defaulted | 0.0%THIN |
| DAIRY QUEEN | 0 of 14 defaulted | 0.0%THIN |
| Domino's Pizza | 0 of 10 defaulted | 0.0%THIN |
Every SBA 7(a) and 504 loan in the FY1991–present FOIA files (data.sba.gov) whose borrower is matched to a franchise brand and whose borrower state is Maine. Charge-off rate = charged-off ÷ (charged-off + paid-in-full); still-open loans never dilute the rate. A local rate prints only at 10+ resolved loans in-state, and is marked THIN below 30 — directional, not a verdict. Local conditions, lender mix, and era all sit inside these numbers; read a brand's national record and its FDD before concluding anything. Brand links lead to the full sourced profile; “local record” links to the brand's Maine loan page.
A broker is paid by the franchisor to place you. I'm paid by you — and the job is pressure-testing the numbers, including talking you out of a bad deal.