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Therapy and audiology offices: SBA lending profile

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Historical financing evidence to examine alongside your operating plan.

396FY2025 disbursed-status records
$163,000Median approved loan amount
10.0 yearsMedian original term
10.2%7(a) median initial approval rate

NAICS 621340 includes offices of physical, occupational and speech therapists and audiologists. It does not isolate a two-therapist outpatient physical therapy practice, California, retained medical premises, self-pay visits or any exact operating format.

Source: SBA 7(a) and 504 FOIA files, snapshot 30 June 2026. Recomputed from original records on 1 October 2026. FY2025 is the most recent complete fiscal year in these files. Definitions and exclusions.

Ink and watercolor illustration of a small outpatient physical therapy clinic, with two therapists assisting patients at separate treatment stations and a reception desk.

What stands out in this category

In the complete FY2025 snapshot cohort, 361 of 396 disbursed-status records are 7(a): 91.2%. The remaining 35 are 504 records. Read this program mix before comparing the combined median with a project budget.

The program-specific medians are $150,000 for the total approved 7(a) loan and $344,000 for the SBA/CDC portion of 504. Their difference is not a project-cost gap: the latter excludes the third-party financing and owner contribution.

FY2024 has 391 records with disbursed status in the same snapshot; FY2025 has 5 more. This compares approval-year cohorts at one cutoff, not disbursements made in each year or customer demand. Recent cohorts have had less time to fund.

For the narrower connected operating case: Verify licensed staffing, protected documentation, actual payer contracts and collection timing before committing the leased site. Historical lending activity does not answer that operating question. Bring quotations, measured capacity and local demand evidence to the financing discussion.

Separate 7(a) and 504

FY2025 · medians require at least 25 valid values
ProgramRecordsMedian amountMedian termAmount represented
7(a)361$150,00010.0 yearsTotal approved 7(a) loan
50435$344,00025.0 yearsSBA/CDC portion only

The combined median is a description of this mix. A 504 amount excludes the third-party loan and owner equity; it is not the property or project purchase price. The rate headline uses 361 7(a) records and describes the initial rate when approved.

How the loan amounts are distributed

FY2025 disbursed-status records · shares may not sum to exactly 100% after rounding
Approval amount bandRecordsShareMedian amountMedian term
Under $150,00016040.4%$50,00010.0 years
$150,000–$349,99912230.8%$200,00010.0 years
$350,000–$699,9995714.4%$450,00010.0 years
$700,000 and above5714.4%$1,089,00025.0 years

A single median hides small working-capital requests and larger asset-financing transactions. Use the bands and program split before deciding whether a comparison fits your project.

Annual activity and approval status

Annual disbursed-status record counts from 2018 to 2025, listed in the following table.
Approval fiscal year, using status at 30 June 2026. Pandemic years are shaded. Recent approvals have had less time to disburse.
This is an approval-date cohort, not a count of disbursements made during that year
Approval FYAll approvalsDisbursed statusCanceledUndisbursed / other
2018296267290
2019301257440
2020197174230
2021334290422
20223262843210
20233623252512
20244553914321
20255313968154

Institutions appearing in the records

Ranked by record count only, with alphabetical tie-breaking. No paid placement, referral arrangement or recommendation. Names are those assigned in the snapshot; this does not establish current lending appetite or the original institution before any transfer.

7(a) banks · FY2023–FY2025 · program pool 991
InstitutionRecordsMedian amountMedian termStates
The Huntington National Bank91$100,00010.0 years23
BayFirst National Bank52$150,00010.0 years19
TD Bank, National Association52$61,50010.0 years9
Newtek Bank, National Association41$150,00010.0 years21
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association40$200,00010.0 years15
Banco Popular de Puerto Rico36$50,00010.0 years2
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company35$50,0007.0 years10
Readycap Lending, LLC30$50,00010.0 years16
Bank of America, National Association27$300,00010.0 years13
Northeast Bank23Not shownNot shown12
504 certified development companies · FY2023–FY2025 · program pool 121
InstitutionRecordsMedian amountMedian termStates
Florida Business Development Corporation9Not shownNot shown2
Mortgage Capital Development Corporation8Not shownNot shown2
Florida First Capital Finance Corporation, Inc.7Not shownNot shown2
California Statewide Certified Development Corporation6Not shownNot shown1
Empire State Certified Development Corporation6Not shownNot shown1
Granite State Economic Development Corporation6Not shownNot shown3
Mountain West Small Business Finance4Not shownNot shown2
Small Business Growth Corporation4Not shownNot shown1
Bay Area Employment Development Company3Not shownNot shown1
Bay Colony Development Corporation3Not shownNot shown2

Where the lending records are located

Top states by FY2025 project-state count; this is not a ranking of market opportunity
StateRecordsShare of categoryMedian amount
TX4210.6%$250,550
CA399.8%$180,000
NY369.1%$100,000
FL297.3%$200,000
GA174.3%Not shown
NJ174.3%Not shown
PR153.8%Not shown
PA143.5%Not shown
WA133.3%Not shown
MA112.8%Not shown

Small state samples retain their counts but suppress the median. High lending volume can reflect the size of a state or its financing mix; it does not by itself establish demand for another location.

Who is represented in the recent pool?

FY2023–FY2025 · reported age labels; 1 unanswered records excluded from shares
Business-age groupRecordsShare of known labelsMedian amountMedian term
Change of ownership655.9%$459,00010.0 years
Other reported business-age labels70263.2%$150,00010.0 years
Startup or new-business labels34431.0%$150,00010.0 years

The startup/new-business group combines startup and new-business labels, including businesses up to two years old. It is not a pure count of unopened businesses. Change-of-ownership records have different risks and evidence from a greenfield startup.

Historical charge-offs: inspect the denominator

1,357FY2012–FY2016 disbursed-status cohort
1,216PIF + CHGOFF records in denominator
43Charged-off records
3.5%Share of the selected resolved records

141 disbursed records have EXEMPT status and are excluded from this denominator. The remaining unknown or non-disbursed statuses are also excluded. This selection can bias the result. It is not the probability that a new business fails, not an applicant approval rate and not the percentage of dollars lost.

Bring the evidence into your plan

Verify licensed staffing, protected documentation, actual payer contracts and collection timing before committing the leased site.

Build your request from quotations, site scope, owner contribution and monthly cash need. Compare the same program, period and project type before using a sector figure. The worked financing case, startup budget and operating-unit calculation connect a narrower format to its assumptions.

Sources, scope and downloadable tables

Download this profile’s aggregate tables (CSV). Definitions and the original file links are on the data methodology page.

NAICS codes included: 621340. Descriptions appearing in the source: Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and Audiologists.

Census NAICS definitions; SBA source dataset; SBA field dictionary.

CSV field definitions and denominator rules · Original source files and SHA-256 checksums. Blank financial medians mean insufficient valid observations, not zero. Profile annual-status downloads include partial FY2026; the comparison headlines exclude that partial year.

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