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SIGNS NOW: how its 31 SBA loans actually performed

Sign Manufacturing · 31 units financed with SBA 7(a) loans since 2010 · 20 lenders have funded this brand.

3 of 24 owners defaulted on their SBA loan

That is 12.5% — roughly 2 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
31
SBA 7(a), 2010 onward
Old enough to judge
24
loans at least 7 years old
Defaulted
3
charged off in 7 yrs
Default rate
12.5%
all 7(a) avg 5.7%
Typical loan
$144,600
median approved

How this brand compares

share of owners who defaulted within seven years
SIGNS NOW
12.5%
Typical franchise brand
3.0%
All SBA 7(a) loans
5.7%

Who lends on it

most active lenders, 2010 onward
LenderUnits funded
The Huntington National Bank5
Citizens Bank, National Association3
Wells Fargo Bank National Association3
Community Trust Bank, Inc.2
Pinnacle Bank2
ChoiceOne Bank2

20 lenders have funded SIGNS NOW since 2010. Fewer active lenders means less competition on your rate.

A note on sample size

SIGNS NOW is a smaller-sample brand: 24 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 24 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 SIGNS NOW SBA loans have defaulted?

3 of 24 seasoned SIGNS NOW SBA 7(a) loans charged off within seven years — a 12.5% default rate, against 5.7% across all SBA 7(a) loans.

Is a SIGNS NOW 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 24 loans it is a smaller sample than our flagship brands.

Which lenders fund SIGNS NOW franchises?

20 lenders have made SBA loans to SIGNS NOW since 2010, led by The Huntington National Bank.

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