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SHELL SERVICE STATION: how its 123 SBA loans actually performed

Gasoline Stations with Convenience Stores · 123 units financed with SBA 7(a) loans since 2010 · 51 lenders have funded this brand.

No defaults on record

None of the 123 seasoned SBA loans to SHELL SERVICE STATION charged off within seven years — a 0.0% rate, against 5.7% across all SBA 7(a) loans.

Units financed
123
SBA 7(a), 2010 onward
Old enough to judge
123
loans at least 7 years old
Defaulted
0
charged off within 7 years
0.0%
all 7(a) avg 5.7%
Typical loan
$1.1M
$258k–$2.5M

How this brand compares

share of owners who defaulted within seven years
SHELL SERVICE STATION
0.0%
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 123 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 6+
100%

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

No lender funded a unit of this brand in the last two fiscal years on record. That is itself worth knowing — it usually means banks have stepped back, which makes financing harder and pricier.

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
20150.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0
20160.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.0·
20170.00.00.00.00.00.00.00.5··
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

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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.

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Common questions

What percentage of SHELL SERVICE STATION franchises default on their SBA loans?

None. Of the 123 SHELL SERVICE STATION franchises that took an SBA 7(a) loan and are old enough to judge, zero had been charged off within seven years — a 0% default rate, against roughly 5.7% across all 7(a) loans. That is an unusually clean record.

Is SHELL SERVICE STATION a good franchise to buy with an SBA loan?

This page can only tell you how SHELL SERVICE STATION's SBA loans have performed, not whether it will work for you. A low default rate — SHELL SERVICE STATION sits at 0% — is a genuine positive: banks tend to lend more readily, and on better terms, to brands with a clean record. Still, treat it as one input alongside the franchise disclosure document and your own numbers.

How many SHELL SERVICE STATION franchises took SBA loans?

At least 123 SHELL SERVICE STATION franchises financed with an SBA 7(a) loan are now old enough to judge, and none of them have been charged off. Compare SHELL SERVICE STATION against other brands.