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MAIL BOXES ETC. USA: how its 25 SBA loans actually performed

Private Mail Centers · 25 units financed with SBA 7(a) loans since 2010 · 15 lenders have funded this brand.

Defaults run at or below the SBA-wide average

1 of 25 seasoned units charged off — 4.0%, against 5.7% across all SBA 7(a) loans.

Units financed
25
SBA 7(a), 2010 onward
Old enough to judge
25
loans at least 7 years old
Defaulted
1
charged off in 7 yrs
Default rate
4.0%
all 7(a) avg 5.7%
Typical loan
$149,600
median approved

How this brand compares

share of owners who defaulted within seven years
MAIL BOXES ETC. USA
4.0%
Typical franchise brand
3.0%
All SBA 7(a) loans
5.7%

Who lends on it

most active lenders, 2010 onward
LenderUnits funded
Wells Fargo Bank National Association7
PNC Bank, National Association2
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association2
First Financial Bank2
The Bancorp Bank National Association2
Plumas Bank1

15 lenders have funded MAIL BOXES ETC. USA since 2010. Fewer active lenders means less competition on your rate.

A note on sample size

MAIL BOXES ETC. USA 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 MAIL BOXES ETC. USA SBA loans have defaulted?

1 of 25 seasoned MAIL BOXES ETC. USA SBA 7(a) loans charged off within seven years — a 4.0% default rate, against 5.7% across all SBA 7(a) loans.

Is a MAIL BOXES ETC. USA 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 25 loans it is a smaller sample than our flagship brands.

Which lenders fund MAIL BOXES ETC. USA franchises?

15 lenders have made SBA loans to MAIL BOXES ETC. USA since 2010, led by Wells Fargo Bank National Association.

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