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Franchise financing

Financing a Maaco Auto Painting Center franchise

SBA lenders have approved 36 loans against the Maaco Auto Painting Center brand since FY2010, totalling $13.6M. The median approval was $309,000. These are loans that actually closed - not projections from a disclosure document.

Rank by loan count

#621

of 1,651 brands

Loans approved

36

FY2010 onward

Median loan

$309,000

Typical range

$183K-$610K

Middle 80% of loans

Median term

10 yr

Charge-off rate

10.0%

30 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 Maaco Auto Painting Center

Geography

Where Maaco Auto Painting Center units were financed

Approvals by fiscal year

10
11
12
13

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
    6%
  • $150K - $350K
    53%
  • $350K - $1M
    39%
  • $1M - $2M
    3%

Financing a Maaco Auto Painting Center: common questions

How much do lenders finance for a Maaco Auto Painting Center franchise?
The median SBA loan approved for a Maaco Auto Painting Center franchise is $309,000, with the middle 80% of loans between $183,000 and $610,000. 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 Maaco Auto Painting Center franchises?
By dollars approved, the most active SBA lenders for Maaco Auto Painting Center have been Wells Fargo Bank, Truist Bank, KeyBank, 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 Maaco Auto Painting Center 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 Maaco Auto Painting Center SBA loans get charged off often?
10.0% of Maaco Auto Painting Center 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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