How much do lenders finance for a Days Inn franchise?

The median SBA loan approved for a Days Inn franchise is $1,755,500, with the middle 80% of loans between $678,000 and $3,680,600. 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 Days Inn franchises?

By dollars approved, the most active SBA lenders for Days Inn have been GBank, Bank of Hope, Open Bank, First Western SBLC, LLC. 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 Days Inn SBA loans?

The median term is 25 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.

Do Days Inn SBA loans get charged off often?

3.0% of Days Inn loans approved between FY2010 and FY2019 that have reached a terminal status were charged off, against 7.6% across all SBA lending. Franchise-level charge-off rates reflect the era a brand expanded in as much as the concept itself - brands that grew hardest into the 2010s carry more seasoned, and more resolved, loans.

Franchise financing

Financing a Days Inn franchise

SBA lenders have approved 804 loans against the Days Inn brand since FY2010, totalling $1.58B. The median approval was $1,755,500. These are loans that actually closed - not projections from a disclosure document.

Rank by loan count

of 1,651 brands

Loans approved

804

FY2010 onward

Median loan

$1,755,500

Typical range

$678K-$3.7M

Middle 80% of loans

Median term

25 yr

Charge-off rate

3.0%

370 resolved FY10-19 loans

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 Days Inn

Lender	Loans	Approved
GBank	63	$150.0M
Bank of Hope	29	$69.7M
Open Bank	19	$62.4M
First Western SBLC, LLC	35	$56.9M
Celtic Bank Corporation	21	$48.3M
PromiseOne Bank	28	$42.0M
The Huntington National Bank	22	$40.6M
US Metro Bank	10	$36.6M

Geography

Where Days Inn units were financed

State	Loans	Share
Texas	76
Georgia	67
North Carolina	61
California	56
Florida	44
Ohio	37
Washington	28
Pennsylvania	27

Approvals by fiscal year

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

Loan sizes

Under $50K
0%
$50K - $150K
2%
$150K - $350K
3%
$350K - $1M
14%
$1M - $2M
39%
Over $2M
41%

Financing a Days Inn: common questions

How much do lenders finance for a Days Inn franchise?: The median SBA loan approved for a Days Inn franchise is $1,755,500, with the middle 80% of loans between $678,000 and $3,680,600. 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 Days Inn franchises?: By dollars approved, the most active SBA lenders for Days Inn have been GBank, Bank of Hope, Open Bank, First Western SBLC, LLC. 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 Days Inn SBA loans?: The median term is 25 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.
Do Days Inn SBA loans get charged off often?: 3.0% of Days Inn loans approved between FY2010 and FY2019 that have reached a terminal status were charged off, against 7.6% across all SBA lending. Franchise-level charge-off rates reflect the era a brand expanded in as much as the concept itself - brands that grew hardest into the 2010s carry more seasoned, and more resolved, loans.

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