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CINNABON: how its 51 SBA loans actually performed

Limited-Service Restaurants · 51 units financed with SBA 7(a) loans since 2010 · 30 lenders have funded this brand.

No defaults on record

None of the 23 seasoned SBA loans to CINNABON charged off within seven years — a 0.0% rate, against 5.7% across all SBA 7(a) loans.

Units financed
51
SBA 7(a), 2010 onward
Old enough to judge
23
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
$308,000
median approved

How this brand compares

share of owners who defaulted within seven years
CINNABON
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
The Huntington National Bank9
Byline Bank3
Wells Fargo Bank National Association3
EagleBank2
Simmons Bank2
PCB Bank2

30 lenders have funded CINNABON since 2010. Fewer active lenders means less competition on your rate.

A note on sample size

CINNABON is a smaller-sample brand: 23 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 23 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 CINNABON SBA loans have defaulted?

0 of 23 seasoned CINNABON 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 CINNABON 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 23 loans it is a smaller sample than our flagship brands.

Which lenders fund CINNABON franchises?

30 lenders have made SBA loans to CINNABON since 2010, led by The Huntington National Bank.

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