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COOKIE CUTTERS: how its 52 SBA loans actually performed

Beauty Salons · 52 units financed with SBA 7(a) loans since 2010 · 17 lenders have funded this brand.

Defaults run above the SBA-wide average

3 of 31 seasoned units charged off — 9.7%, against 5.7% across all SBA 7(a) loans.

Units financed
52
SBA 7(a), 2010 onward
Old enough to judge
31
loans at least 7 years old
Defaulted
3
charged off in 7 yrs
Default rate
9.7%
all 7(a) avg 5.7%
Typical loan
$140,000
median approved

How this brand compares

share of owners who defaulted within seven years
COOKIE CUTTERS
9.7%
Typical franchise brand
3.0%
All SBA 7(a) loans
5.7%

Who lends on it

most active lenders, 2010 onward
LenderUnits funded
Stearns Bank National Association23
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company5
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association4
America First Federal Credit Union4
The Huntington National Bank3
Forum CU2

17 lenders have funded COOKIE CUTTERS since 2010. Fewer active lenders means less competition on your rate.

A note on sample size

COOKIE CUTTERS is a smaller-sample brand: 31 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 31 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 COOKIE CUTTERS SBA loans have defaulted?

3 of 31 seasoned COOKIE CUTTERS SBA 7(a) loans charged off within seven years — a 9.7% default rate, against 5.7% across all SBA 7(a) loans.

Is a COOKIE CUTTERS franchise a safe SBA loan bet?

By the numbers its default rate is above the SBA-wide 5.7% average. That is a financing signal, not a verdict on the business — and with 31 loans it is a smaller sample than our flagship brands.

Which lenders fund COOKIE CUTTERS franchises?

17 lenders have made SBA loans to COOKIE CUTTERS since 2010, led by Stearns Bank National Association.

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