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SBA loans for gasoline stations with convenience stores

7,200 SBA 7(a) loans since 2010. What they were for, how big, how long, and how often they went wrong.

Loans made
7,200
2010 onward
Typical loan
$827k
median approved
Typical term
25 yr
2.4%
all industries 5.7%

How this industry compares

defaulted within 7 years
Gasoline Stations with Convenience Stores
2.4%
Typical industry
5.3%
All industries
5.7%

Default rate is not a judgement on the industry. It tells you how a lender will price your risk, and how much cushion you should build in.

When borrowers got into trouble

share of failures by year
Year 1
2%
Year 2
4%
Year 3
6%
Year 4
14%
Year 5
14%
Year 6+
61%

Trouble rarely arrives in year one. It arrives when the opening cash is gone — which is an argument for borrowing more working capital, not less.

What this means for your application

A typical loan here runs $827k over 25 years. If you are asking for far more than that, expect harder questions and a longer file. If far less, check which lenders will even take it — many won't go below $150,000.

Find lenders by smallest loan → Check the numbers work →

Source SBA 7(a) FOIA, NAICS 447 Released 2026-06-30 Loans 7,200

SBA 504 lending in Gasoline Stations with Convenience Stores

504 FOIA record

Where a 7(a) loan covers working capital and general use, the 504 program funds the owner-occupied property and heavy equipment side — a bank first mortgage plus a fixed-rate second through a Certified Development Company. Here is the 504 record for gasoline stations with convenience stores.

504 loans since 2010
1,311
$919.0M in SBA seconds
Median project
$1.3M
bank first + 504 second
Default rate
9.7%
all 504 5.0%

CDCs funding gasoline stations with convenience stores most

Most 504 loans for gasoline stations with convenience stores are in California, Texas, Minnesota, Wisconsin.

Match with a CDC → How 504 works → Guide: SBA loan for a gas station →

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