THE FLAME BROILER: how its 37 SBA loans actually performed
Limited-Service Restaurants · 37 units financed with SBA 7(a) loans since 2010 · 15 lenders have funded this brand.
Defaults run at or below the SBA-wide average
1 of 27 seasoned units charged off — 3.7%, against 5.7% across all SBA 7(a) loans.
How this brand compares
share of owners who defaulted within seven yearsWho lends on it
most active lenders, 2010 onward| Lender | Units funded |
|---|---|
| Bank of Hope | 8 |
| PCB Bank | 5 |
| Hanmi Bank | 3 |
| Arizona Financial Credit Union | 3 |
| SMBC MANUBANK | 3 |
| CDC Small Business Finance Corp. | 2 |
15 lenders have funded THE FLAME BROILER since 2010. Fewer active lenders means less competition on your rate.
A note on sample size
THE FLAME BROILER is a smaller-sample brand: 27 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 27 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 THE FLAME BROILER SBA loans have defaulted?
1 of 27 seasoned THE FLAME BROILER SBA 7(a) loans charged off within seven years — a 3.7% default rate, against 5.7% across all SBA 7(a) loans.
Is a THE FLAME BROILER 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 27 loans it is a smaller sample than our flagship brands.
Which lenders fund THE FLAME BROILER franchises?
15 lenders have made SBA loans to THE FLAME BROILER since 2010, led by Bank of Hope.