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MCALISTER'S DELI: how its 54 SBA loans actually performed

Limited-Service Restaurants · 54 units financed with SBA 7(a) loans since 2010 · 29 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
54
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
$755,500
median approved

How this brand compares

share of owners who defaulted within seven years
MCALISTER'S DELI
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
Live Oak Banking Company8
The Huntington National Bank6
BankUnited, National Association3
Bank of the West3
Fulton Bank, National Association3
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company3

29 lenders have funded MCALISTER'S DELI since 2010. Fewer active lenders means less competition on your rate.

A note on sample size

MCALISTER'S DELI 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 MCALISTER'S DELI SBA loans have defaulted?

1 of 25 seasoned MCALISTER'S DELI 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 MCALISTER'S DELI 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 MCALISTER'S DELI franchises?

29 lenders have made SBA loans to MCALISTER'S DELI since 2010, led by Live Oak Banking Company.

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