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CANDLEWOOD SUITES: how its 45 SBA loans actually performed

Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels · 45 units financed with SBA 7(a) loans since 2010 · 32 lenders have funded this brand.

No defaults on record

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

Units financed
45
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
$4,300,000
median approved

How this brand compares

share of owners who defaulted within seven years
CANDLEWOOD SUITES
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
GBank4
Farmers State Bank of Alto Pass, Illinois3
Wallis Bank3
Hanmi Bank2
Glacier Bank2
BankUnited, National Association2

32 lenders have funded CANDLEWOOD SUITES since 2010. Fewer active lenders means less competition on your rate.

A note on sample size

CANDLEWOOD SUITES 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 CANDLEWOOD SUITES SBA loans have defaulted?

0 of 21 seasoned CANDLEWOOD SUITES 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 CANDLEWOOD SUITES 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 CANDLEWOOD SUITES franchises?

32 lenders have made SBA loans to CANDLEWOOD SUITES since 2010, led by GBank.

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