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NAICS 722515 · Restaurants & Hotels

SBA loans for snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars

9,692 SBA loans worth $3.14B have been approved in this industry since FY2010 - the #20 most-financed NAICS code in the country.

Median loan

$210,600

+17% vs all industries

Typical range

$25K-$697K

Middle 80%

Median rate

7.75%

7(a) initial note rate

Median term

10 yr

Charge-off rate

10.0%

vs 7.6% all industries

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

Most active in this industry

Geography

Where these loans were made

StateLoansShare
California1,317
Texas1,063
Florida544
Ohio442
New York422
Michigan375
Washington324
Pennsylvania316

An SBA 7(a) lender for loans this size

68% of the SBA loans approved in snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars since FY2010 were under $350,000. SmartBiz makes SBA 7(a) loans up to $500,000. It is shown here as a separate, labelled option, outside the data rankings on this page. You apply on their site - we do not take applications and never see your information.

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Approvals by fiscal year

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Loan count. Final bar is a partial fiscal year.

Loan sizes

  • Under $50K
    17%
  • $50K - $150K
    22%
  • $150K - $350K
    29%
  • $350K - $1M
    26%
  • $1M - $2M
    4%
  • Over $2M
    1%

Franchise brands in Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars

Franchise brandLoansApprovedShare
Scooter's Coffee238$243.6M
Smoothie King210$82.2M
Biggby Coffee180$53.9M
Cold Stone Creamery166$56.1M
Tropical Smoothie Cafe138$64.3M
Menchie's126$36.6M
Rita's Ice-Custard-Happiness115$29.2M
Crumbl94$63.0M
Baskin-Robbins81$20.3M
HTeaO79$78.2M

Brands with the most SBA loans recorded under this NAICS code, among brands with at least 10 loans in the file.

All restaurant and bar SBA lending (NAICS 722)

Nearby

Other restaurants & hotels industries

See the sector

Common questions

How much do SBA lenders typically lend to a snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars business?
The median SBA approval in NAICS 722515 is $210,600, with the middle 80% of loans between $25,000 and $697,400. Across all industries the median is $180,000.
Which lenders are most active in snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars?
By dollars approved: The Huntington National Bank, First Bank of the Lake, United Community Bank, Citizens Bank, Newtek Bank. A lender's experience in your NAICS code matters - underwriters who have seen a hundred deals like yours ask better questions and move faster.
Is snack and nonalcoholic beverage bars considered a risky industry by SBA lenders?
Of FY2010-FY2019 approvals in this industry that have reached a terminal status, 10.0% were charged off, versus 7.6% across all SBA lending. That is materially above average, which in practice tends to mean tighter underwriting, more collateral, or a larger equity injection.

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