Dickey's Barbecue Pit
76
SBA Loans
$31.6M
Total Financed
$416K
Avg Loan Size
-60%
YoY Loan Growth
How Dickey's Barbecue Pit Compares
- Ranks #24 of 1,075 Restaurants & Food brands by SBA loan count (#124 of 3,543 overall).
- Its average loan of $416K is 1% below the Restaurants & Food median of $419K.
- Its 5.3% charge-off rate compares to a 1.3% average across all Restaurants & Food brands.
SBA Loan Activity by Fiscal Year
| Fiscal Year | Loans | Total Financed |
|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 14 | $5.0M |
| FY2021 | 21 | $8.7M |
| FY2022 | 25 | $12.8M |
| FY2023 | 7 | $2.5M |
| FY2024 | 5 | $1.3M |
| FY2025 | 2 | $814K |
| FY2026 | 2 | $475K |
FY2026 may be a partial year -- the SBA dataset is refreshed quarterly and the most recent fiscal year is often incomplete.
Where Dickey's Barbecue Pit Is Getting SBA-Financed
Recent SBA-Financed Dickey's Barbecue Pit Locations
Borrower names and amounts as reported in the SBA's public 7(a) loan dataset.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Dickey's Barbecue Pit growing or shrinking?
Dickey's Barbecue Pit's SBA loan count fell 60% year-over-year. A decline in SBA financing doesn't necessarily mean the brand is shrinking -- franchisees may be using other financing, or SBA lending patterns may have shifted broadly.
How much does it cost to open a Dickey's Barbecue Pit 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 $416K (1% below 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 Dickey's Barbecue Pit?
4 of 76 SBA loans to Dickey's Barbecue Pit franchisees (5.3%) have been charged off since FY2020, compared to 1.3% across all Restaurants & Food brands.
Top SBA Lenders
- Luminate Bank27
- TowneBank13
- The Huntington National Bank5
- Citizens Bank3
- BankFirst Financial Services3
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Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA loan dataset. View dataset