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Franchise financing

Financing a Mellow Mushroom franchise

SBA lenders have approved 138 loans against the Mellow Mushroom brand since FY2010, totalling $161.7M. The median approval was $1,067,500. These are loans that actually closed - not projections from a disclosure document.

Rank by loan count

#130

of 1,651 brands

Loans approved

138

FY2010 onward

Median loan

$1,067,500

Typical range

$275K-$2.2M

Middle 80% of loans

Median term

10 yr

Charge-off rate

13.0%

92 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 Mellow Mushroom

Geography

Where Mellow Mushroom 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
    6%
  • $150K - $350K
    9%
  • $350K - $1M
    30%
  • $1M - $2M
    40%
  • Over $2M
    14%

Financing a Mellow Mushroom: common questions

How much do lenders finance for a Mellow Mushroom franchise?
The median SBA loan approved for a Mellow Mushroom franchise is $1,067,500, with the middle 80% of loans between $275,000 and $2,190,000. 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 Mellow Mushroom franchises?
By dollars approved, the most active SBA lenders for Mellow Mushroom have been Coastal States Bank, SouthState Bank, TD Bank, Paragon 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 Mellow Mushroom 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 Mellow Mushroom SBA loans get charged off often?
13.0% of Mellow Mushroom 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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