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Crave Hot Dogs & BBQ

Restaurants & FoodSBA loans FY2020–FY2025

35

SBA Loans

$18.4M

Total Financed

$525K

Avg Loan Size

—

YoY Loan Growth

How Crave Hot Dogs & BBQ Compares

  • Ranks #68 of 1,075 Restaurants & Food brands by SBA loan count (#326 of 3,543 overall).
  • Its average loan of $525K is 25% above the Restaurants & Food median of $419K.
  • Its 11.4% charge-off rate compares to a 1.3% average across all Restaurants & Food brands.

SBA Loan Activity by Fiscal Year

Fiscal YearLoansTotal Financed
FY20203$805K
FY202111$4.7M
FY20226$2.1M
FY20237$8.1M
FY20244$1.9M
FY20254$738K

FY2025 may be a partial year -- the SBA dataset is refreshed quarterly and the most recent fiscal year is often incomplete.

Where Crave Hot Dogs & BBQ Is Getting SBA-Financed

Florida7 loans · $4.1MNorth Carolina5 loans · $3.5MTexas4 loans · $1.7MColorado3 loans · $1.1MLouisiana2 loans · $673KPennsylvania2 loans · $715KMichigan2 loans · $875KSouth Carolina2 loans · $1.5MIllinois2 loans · $963KGeorgia2 loans · $922KKentucky2 loans · $348KArkansas1 loan · $1.0MIowa1 loan · $977K

Recent SBA-Financed Crave Hot Dogs & BBQ Locations

Borrower names and amounts as reported in the SBA's public 7(a) loan dataset.

Three Dog, LLCLOUISVILLE, KY
$35,0002025-02-24
Three Dog, LLCLOUISVILLE, KY
$313,0002025-02-20
HONY & BERLY LLCNEW SMYRNA BEACH, FL
$40,0002024-12-23
HONY & BERLY LLCNEW SMYRNA BEACH, FL
$350,0002024-12-23
Because I Care, LLCSAVANNAH, GA
$50,0002024-06-12
Because I Care, LLCSAVANNAH, GA
$871,7002024-06-12
BREVAN LLCNORTH AURORA, IL
$933,2002024-03-05
BREVAN LLCNORTH AURORA, IL
$30,0002024-03-02
Jaybird Provisions, LLCKINGS MOUNTAIN, NC
$1,565,0002023-08-17
CKIJ LLCMANSFIELD, TX
$999,5002023-07-27
GowanGroup LLCSPARTANBURG, SC
$948,0002023-07-20
L & T Hudson LLCLAKELAND, FL
$1,283,0002023-04-03
Shaxes Enterprises LLCBETTENDORF, IA
$977,0002023-03-08
Kicking Grass Properties LLCOCALA, FL
$1,286,0002023-03-08
JM Page Enterprises LLCBRYANT, AR
$1,047,0002023-03-02
BDD Group LLCCANTON, MI
$300,0002022-07-27
NWRSAR LLCCharleston, SC
$560,0002022-03-09
PGH BBQ LLCBethel Park, PA
$85,0002022-02-28
Terry's Tasty Eats, LLCCharlotte, NC
$550,0002022-02-11
Planinz Holdings of Central Florida LLCOrlando, FL
$25,0002021-12-13
BLO Ventures, LLCVenice, FL
$560,0002021-10-28
BDD Group LLCCANTON, MI
$575,0002021-09-13
Crave Hot Dogs and BBQFAYETTEVILLE, NC
$437,0002021-09-13
Crave Hot Dogs & BBQRALEIGH, NC
$616,1002021-08-06
Planinz Holdings of Central Florida LLCOrlando, FL
$546,5002021-08-05

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Crave Hot Dogs & BBQ growing or shrinking?

Crave Hot Dogs & BBQ doesn't have enough SBA loan activity in both FY2024 and FY2025 to calculate a reliable year-over-year trend. For context, it ranks #68 of 1,075 Restaurants & Food brands by total SBA loan count since FY2020 -- a snapshot of scale, if not of trend.

How much does it cost to open a Crave Hot Dogs & BBQ franchise?

We don't have that figure -- investment ranges and fees come from a franchisor's Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD), which this site doesn't parse (see methodology). The average SBA loan size of $525K (25% above the typical Restaurants & Food brand's $419K) is a rough proxy, but SBA loans often cover only part of total investment.

What's the SBA loan default rate for Crave Hot Dogs & BBQ?

4 of 35 SBA loans to Crave Hot Dogs & BBQ franchisees (11.4%) have been charged off since FY2020, compared to 1.3% across all Restaurants & Food brands.

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Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA loan dataset. View dataset