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AMERICAN DELI: how its 55 SBA loans actually performed

Limited-Service Restaurants · 55 units financed with SBA 7(a) loans since 2010 · 11 lenders have funded this brand.

No defaults on record

None of the 21 seasoned SBA loans to AMERICAN DELI charged off within seven years — a 0.0% rate, against 5.7% across all SBA 7(a) loans.

Units financed
55
SBA 7(a), 2010 onward
Old enough to judge
21
loans at least 7 years old
Defaulted
0
charged off in 7 yrs
Default rate
0.0%
all 7(a) avg 5.7%
Typical loan
$230,000
median approved

How this brand compares

share of owners who defaulted within seven years
AMERICAN DELI
0.0%
Typical franchise brand
3.0%
All SBA 7(a) loans
5.7%

Who lends on it

most active lenders, 2010 onward
LenderUnits funded
Metro City Bank27
Bank of Hope7
PCB Bank5
Hanmi Bank5
Open Bank3
PromiseOne Bank2

11 lenders have funded AMERICAN DELI since 2010. Fewer active lenders means less competition on your rate.

A note on sample size

AMERICAN DELI is a smaller-sample brand: 21 of its SBA loans are old enough to judge (our flagship brands have 60+). The default rate above is a real count, but read it as a signal rather than a verdict — with 21 loans, a handful of outcomes moves the number. We omit the year-by-year breakdowns shown on larger brands, which would be noisy at this size.

Common questions

How many AMERICAN DELI SBA loans have defaulted?

0 of 21 seasoned AMERICAN DELI SBA 7(a) loans charged off within seven years — a 0.0% default rate, against 5.7% across all SBA 7(a) loans.

Is a AMERICAN DELI franchise a safe SBA loan bet?

By the numbers its default rate is below the SBA-wide 5.7% average. That is a financing signal, not a verdict on the business — and with 21 loans it is a smaller sample than our flagship brands.

Which lenders fund AMERICAN DELI franchises?

11 lenders have made SBA loans to AMERICAN DELI since 2010, led by Metro City Bank.

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