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FILTA ENVIRONMENTAL KITCHEN SOLUTIONS/FILTAFR: how its 46 SBA loans actually performed

All Other Miscellaneous Waste Management Services · 46 units financed with SBA 7(a) loans since 2010 · 16 lenders have funded this brand.

4 of 25 owners defaulted on their SBA loan

That is 16.0% — roughly 3 times the 5.7% average across all SBA 7(a) loans. It does not make this a bad business. It makes it an expensive one to finance.

Units financed
46
SBA 7(a), 2010 onward
Old enough to judge
25
loans at least 7 years old
Defaulted
4
charged off in 7 yrs
Default rate
16.0%
all 7(a) avg 5.7%
Typical loan
$150,000
median approved

How this brand compares

share of owners who defaulted within seven years
FILTA ENVIRONMENTAL KITCHEN SOLUTIONS/FILTAFR
16.0%
Typical franchise brand
3.0%
All SBA 7(a) loans
5.7%

Who lends on it

most active lenders, 2010 onward
LenderUnits funded
United Midwest Savings Bank National Association18
Celtic Bank Corporation11
Stearns Bank National Association2
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company2
Newtek Bank, National Association2
The Huntington National Bank1

16 lenders have funded FILTA ENVIRONMENTAL KITCHEN SOLUTIONS/FILTAFR since 2010. Fewer active lenders means less competition on your rate.

A note on sample size

FILTA ENVIRONMENTAL KITCHEN SOLUTIONS/FILTAFR is a smaller-sample brand: 25 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 25 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 FILTA ENVIRONMENTAL KITCHEN SOLUTIONS/FILTAFR SBA loans have defaulted?

4 of 25 seasoned FILTA ENVIRONMENTAL KITCHEN SOLUTIONS/FILTAFR SBA 7(a) loans charged off within seven years — a 16.0% default rate, against 5.7% across all SBA 7(a) loans.

Is a FILTA ENVIRONMENTAL KITCHEN SOLUTIONS/FILTAFR 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 25 loans it is a smaller sample than our flagship brands.

Which lenders fund FILTA ENVIRONMENTAL KITCHEN SOLUTIONS/FILTAFR franchises?

16 lenders have made SBA loans to FILTA ENVIRONMENTAL KITCHEN SOLUTIONS/FILTAFR since 2010, led by United Midwest Savings Bank National Association.

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