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CHICKEN EXPRESS: how its 28 SBA loans actually performed

Limited-Service Restaurants · 28 units financed with SBA 7(a) loans since 2010 · 12 lenders have funded this brand.

No defaults on record

None of the 26 seasoned SBA loans to CHICKEN EXPRESS charged off within seven years — a 0.0% rate, against 5.7% across all SBA 7(a) loans.

Units financed
28
SBA 7(a), 2010 onward
Old enough to judge
26
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
$1,331,000
median approved

How this brand compares

share of owners who defaulted within seven years
CHICKEN EXPRESS
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
Community National Bank and Trust of Texas9
Bank of the West5
The Huntington National Bank3
Regions Bank2
Titan Bank, National Association2
PlainsCapital Bank1

12 lenders have funded CHICKEN EXPRESS since 2010. Fewer active lenders means less competition on your rate.

A note on sample size

CHICKEN EXPRESS is a smaller-sample brand: 26 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 26 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 CHICKEN EXPRESS SBA loans have defaulted?

0 of 26 seasoned CHICKEN EXPRESS 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 CHICKEN EXPRESS 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 26 loans it is a smaller sample than our flagship brands.

Which lenders fund CHICKEN EXPRESS franchises?

12 lenders have made SBA loans to CHICKEN EXPRESS since 2010, led by Community National Bank and Trust of Texas.

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