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Franchise financing

Financing a Auto Check franchise

SBA lenders have approved 12 loans against the Auto Check brand since FY2010, totalling $7.6M. The median approval was $515,900. These are loans that actually closed - not projections from a disclosure document.

Rank by loan count

#1389

of 1,651 brands

Loans approved

12

FY2010 onward

Median loan

$515,900

Typical range

$150K-$1.1M

Middle 80% of loans

Median term

10 yr

Charge-off rate

-

Cohort too small

Source: U.S. Small Business Administration, SBA 7(a) and 504 FOIA data, as of 2026-06-30. Approvals from FY2010 onward. How we calculate this.

Lenders

Who financed Auto Check

Geography

Where Auto Check units were financed

StateLoansShare
Texas12

Approvals by fiscal year

10
13
15
16
19
21
25

Loan count by fiscal year - a rough proxy for how fast the brand was opening units. Final bar is a partial year.

Loan sizes

  • $150K - $350K
    17%
  • $350K - $1M
    58%
  • $1M - $2M
    25%

Financing a Auto Check: common questions

How much do lenders finance for a Auto Check franchise?
The median SBA loan approved for a Auto Check franchise is $515,900, with the middle 80% of loans between $150,000 and $1,132,000. That is the financed portion only - it excludes the buyer's equity injection, which SBA lenders typically require at 10% or more of total project cost for a business acquisition or new franchise unit.
Which lenders finance Auto Check franchises?
By dollars approved, the most active SBA lenders for Auto Check have been Fifth Third Bank, PNC Bank, American Momentum Bank, Wells Fargo Bank. Many franchise brands also maintain their own lists of preferred lenders, which may differ from who has historically approved the most volume.
How long are Auto Check SBA loans?
The median term is 10 yr. SBA 7(a) terms run up to 10 years for working capital and equipment, and up to 25 years when the loan is secured by real estate - so a longer median usually means the loans included property.

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