SBADecoded
Home / Franchises / ORANGE LEAF FROZEN YOGURT

Franchise · SBA lending record

ORANGE LEAF FROZEN YOGURT: how its 91 SBA loans actually performed

Limited-Service Restaurants · 95 units financed with SBA 7(a) loans since 2010 · 45 lenders have funded this brand.

27 of 91 SBA loans to this brand were charged off

That is 29.7% — roughly 5 times the 5.7% average across all SBA 7(a) loans. That is an outcome, not a verdict on the business itself — but a default record like this is what makes lenders cautious, so expect fewer of them and stiffer terms.

Units financed
95
SBA 7(a), 2010 onward
Old enough to judge
91
loans at least 7 years old
Defaulted
charged off within 7 years
29.7%
all 7(a) avg 5.7%
Typical loan
$246k
$35k–$356k
See the 27 charged-off loans behind this number — every one, straight from the federal recordShow list ↓Hide list ↑
BusinessLocationCharged offSBA loss
ORANGE LEAF OF EVANSVILLE LLCEvansville, IN2019$371,966
CQB, LLCDayton, OH2018$258,305
OL Fresh LLC DBA Orange Leaf Frozen YogurtWoburn, MA2019$215,558
Hitzeman Yogurt, LLCMilford, OH2016$202,799
Triple C Foods, LLCForsyth, GA2020$189,467
Frozen Affection, LLCAnderson, IN2019$187,481
Chintamani, LLCAmherst, NH2017$175,424
SAY, Inc.Urbandale, IA2016$169,840
USTA Enterprises, LLCPotomac, MD2018$167,596
KSC Enterprises, Inc.Dracut, MA2015$163,982
Blue & Green LLCPlainfield, IN2016$161,701
Zoomie Campus, LLCWarrensburg, MO2018$150,686
Peach Brands IncGreenwood, IN2020$146,492
OLY SGF2, LLCSpringfield, MO2020$115,541
JKL & NS Investment Group, Inc.Harlingen, TX2017$115,301
Belle Holdings 2 LLCCarmel, IN2017$112,775
A&R YOGURT, LLCCibolo, TX2022$111,210
Orange Somerset, LLCSomerset, KY2018$105,139
C2K2, LLCNormal, IL2018$102,724
Tremont Street Yogurt, LLCBoston, MA2017$92,736
BARTCO LLCNixa, MO2019$76,851
OLY OFAL, LLCSpringfield, MO2021$73,100
STAAR Enterprises, LLCFt Mitchell, KY2019$70,386
A&R YOGURT, LLCCibolo, TX2022$46,057
OL Fresh LLC DBA Orange Leaf Frozen YogurtWoburn, MA2018$33,000
Boyo LLCBerea, KY2021$32,385
CQB, LLCSpringboro, OH2018$20,122

Each row above is an SBA 7(a) loan tied to this brand, charged off (defaulted) within seven years of approval — a few businesses appear more than once. Names, cities and loss amounts are exactly as they appear in the SBA’s FOIA release of 2026-06-30; street addresses are omitted by choice. Count them: there are 27 loans.

How this brand compares

share of owners who defaulted within seven years
ORANGE LEAF FROZEN YOGURT
29.7%
Typical franchise brand
3.0%
All SBA 7(a) loans
5.7%

Franchise disclosure documents are not required to tell you how many owners failed. This is computed from the federal record of every SBA loan made to this brand, so it is the outcome, not the pitch.

Source SBA 7(a) FOIA, franchise field Released 2026-06-30 Sample 91 loans at least 7 years old Method counted by loan — one loan is one owner — grouped by year approved

When owners got into trouble

share of failures by year
Year 2
3%
Year 3
10%
Year 4
23%
Year 5
33%
Year 6+
30%

Failures usually cluster once the opening cash is spent and the first rent increase lands. Plan working capital for that window, not for month one.

Who still lends on it

last two fiscal years
LenderUnits funded
Lexicon Bank1

Fewer active lenders means less competition on your rate, and a harder time if the first bank declines.

Each year's owners, as they aged

cumulative % of loan dollars charged off
OpenedYr 1Yr 2Yr 3Yr 4Yr 5Yr 6Yr 7Yr 8Yr 9Yr 10
20130.00.07.314.318.918.918.918.918.918.9
20140.00.00.01.914.616.219.120.720.720.7
0%
12%+▨ too recent to know

Each row is one year's crop of new owners. Read across to watch them age; read down a column to compare different years at the same point in their life. Blank cells are simply too recent to know.

Brands worth comparing against this one

A default rate only means something next to its neighbours. These are the brands yours is being compared against.

Before you sign anything

This page tells you how past owners fared with SBA debt. It does not tell you whether this brand suits you, what the territory looks like, or how the franchisor behaves. Ask for Item 19, talk to at least five current franchisees and two who left, and run your own numbers.

Check whether the numbers work → What the SBA Franchise Directory is →

Common questions

What percentage of ORANGE LEAF FROZEN YOGURT franchises default on their SBA loans?

Of the 91 ORANGE LEAF FROZEN YOGURT SBA 7(a) loans old enough to judge, 2729.7% — were charged off within seven years. That is well above the roughly 5.7% average across all SBA 7(a) loans.

Is ORANGE LEAF FROZEN YOGURT a good franchise to buy with an SBA loan?

This page can only tell you how ORANGE LEAF FROZEN YOGURT's SBA loans have performed, not whether it will work for you. A high default rate does not by itself mean a bad business — it usually means one that has been harder to finance profitably, which changes what a lender will offer you. ORANGE LEAF FROZEN YOGURT's 29.7% is well above the ~5.7% norm. Weigh it against the franchise disclosure document and your own numbers before deciding.

How much have lenders lost on ORANGE LEAF FROZEN YOGURT SBA loans?

Across the seasoned ORANGE LEAF FROZEN YOGURT loans in the federal record, 27 were charged off, with about $3,668,624 in SBA losses in total. Every one of those businesses is listed by name on this page — see the 27 that defaulted.