Smashburger
5
SBA Loans
$2.5M
Total Financed
$509K
Avg Loan Size
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YoY Loan Growth
How Smashburger Compares
- Ranks #341 of 1,075 Restaurants & Food brands by SBA loan count (#1,318 of 3,543 overall).
- Its average loan of $509K is 21% above the Restaurants & Food median of $419K.
- With only 5 loans on record, its own charge-off rate isn't statistically meaningful -- for context, Restaurants & Food brands overall see a 1.3% charge-off rate across 11,372 loans.
SBA Loan Activity by Fiscal Year
| Fiscal Year | Loans | Total Financed |
|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 2 | $1.1M |
| FY2021 | 1 | $303K |
| FY2023 | 1 | $313K |
| FY2024 | 1 | $824K |
FY2024 may be a partial year -- the SBA dataset is refreshed quarterly and the most recent fiscal year is often incomplete.
Where Smashburger Is Getting SBA-Financed
Recent SBA-Financed Smashburger Locations
Borrower names and amounts as reported in the SBA's public 7(a) loan dataset.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is Smashburger growing or shrinking?
Smashburger doesn't have enough SBA loan activity in both FY2023 and FY2024 to calculate a reliable year-over-year trend. For context, it ranks #341 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 Smashburger 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 $509K (21% 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 Smashburger?
Smashburger only has 5 SBA loans on record -- too few to calculate a meaningful charge-off rate on its own. For context, Restaurants & Food brands overall see a 1.3% charge-off rate across 11,372 loans.
Top SBA Lenders
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Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA loan dataset. View dataset