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Franchise financing

Financing a Dickey's Barbecue Pit franchise

SBA lenders have approved 271 loans against the Dickey's Barbecue Pit brand since FY2010, totalling $90.7M. The median approval was $304,200. These are loans that actually closed - not projections from a disclosure document.

Rank by loan count

#54

of 1,651 brands

Loans approved

271

FY2010 onward

Median loan

$304,200

Typical range

$75K-$595K

Middle 80% of loans

Median term

10 yr

Charge-off rate

33.8%

160 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 Dickey's Barbecue Pit

LenderLoansApprovedShare
Luminate Bank27$13.5M
Stearns Bank29$8.4M
Byline Bank15$5.9M
TowneBank13$4.4M
First Bank7$3.8M
Citizens Bank9$3.5M
KeyBank4$3.1M
The Huntington National Bank11$2.6M

Geography

Where Dickey's Barbecue Pit units were financed

Approvals by fiscal year

13
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25
26

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
    7%
  • $50K - $150K
    11%
  • $150K - $350K
    42%
  • $350K - $1M
    38%
  • $1M - $2M
    1%
  • Over $2M
    0%

Financing a Dickey's Barbecue Pit: common questions

How much do lenders finance for a Dickey's Barbecue Pit franchise?
The median SBA loan approved for a Dickey's Barbecue Pit franchise is $304,200, with the middle 80% of loans between $75,000 and $595,000. 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 Dickey's Barbecue Pit franchises?
By dollars approved, the most active SBA lenders for Dickey's Barbecue Pit have been Luminate Bank, Stearns Bank, Byline Bank, TowneBank. 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 Dickey's Barbecue Pit 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.
Do Dickey's Barbecue Pit SBA loans get charged off often?
33.8% of Dickey's Barbecue Pit 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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