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Franchise financing

Financing a The Goddard School franchise

SBA lenders have approved 700 loans against the The Goddard School brand since FY2010, totalling $1.31B. The median approval was $1,360,100. These are loans that actually closed - not projections from a disclosure document.

Rank by loan count

#9

of 1,651 brands

Loans approved

700

FY2010 onward

Median loan

$1,360,100

Typical range

$150K-$4.4M

Middle 80% of loans

Median term

11 yr

Charge-off rate

2.8%

215 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 The Goddard School

LenderLoansApprovedShare
Wells Fargo Bank110$235.2M
Live Oak Banking Company46$152.5M
PNC Bank32$83.4M
TD Bank50$76.7M
Capital One25$70.4M
Banc of California16$45.7M
Customers Bank33$44.5M
United Community Bank15$43.5M

Geography

Where The Goddard School units were financed

Approvals by fiscal year

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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
    1%
  • $50K - $150K
    8%
  • $150K - $350K
    7%
  • $350K - $1M
    26%
  • $1M - $2M
    18%
  • Over $2M
    41%

Financing a The Goddard School: common questions

How much do lenders finance for a The Goddard School franchise?
The median SBA loan approved for a The Goddard School franchise is $1,360,100, with the middle 80% of loans between $150,000 and $4,420,000. 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 The Goddard School franchises?
By dollars approved, the most active SBA lenders for The Goddard School have been Wells Fargo Bank, Live Oak Banking Company, PNC Bank, TD 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 The Goddard School SBA loans?
The median term is 11 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 The Goddard School SBA loans get charged off often?
2.8% of The Goddard School 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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