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MATCO TOOLS: how its 40 SBA loans actually performed

Other Direct Selling Establishments · 40 units financed with SBA 7(a) loans since 2010 · 20 lenders have funded this brand.

4 of 23 owners defaulted on their SBA loan

That is 17.4% — 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
40
SBA 7(a), 2010 onward
Old enough to judge
23
loans at least 7 years old
Defaulted
4
charged off in 7 yrs
Default rate
17.4%
all 7(a) avg 5.7%
Typical loan
$40,000
median approved

How this brand compares

share of owners who defaulted within seven years
MATCO TOOLS
17.4%
Typical franchise brand
3.0%
All SBA 7(a) loans
5.7%

Who lends on it

most active lenders, 2010 onward
LenderUnits funded
U.S. Bank, National Association6
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association4
TD Bank, National Association4
Celtic Bank Corporation3
The Huntington National Bank3
NBT Bank, National Association2

20 lenders have funded MATCO TOOLS since 2010. Fewer active lenders means less competition on your rate.

A note on sample size

MATCO TOOLS 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 MATCO TOOLS SBA loans have defaulted?

4 of 23 seasoned MATCO TOOLS SBA 7(a) loans charged off within seven years — a 17.4% default rate, against 5.7% across all SBA 7(a) loans.

Is a MATCO TOOLS 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 23 loans it is a smaller sample than our flagship brands.

Which lenders fund MATCO TOOLS franchises?

20 lenders have made SBA loans to MATCO TOOLS since 2010, led by U.S. Bank, National Association.

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