El Pollo Loco
9
SBA Loans
$14.9M
Total Financed
$1.7M
Avg Loan Size
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YoY Loan Growth
How El Pollo Loco Compares
- Ranks #232 of 1,075 Restaurants & Food brands by SBA loan count (#916 of 3,543 overall).
- Its average loan of $1.7M is 294% above the Restaurants & Food median of $419K.
- With only 9 loans on record, its own charge-off rate isn't statistically meaningful -- for context, Restaurants & Food brands overall see a 1.3% charge-off rate across 11,372 loans.
SBA Loan Activity by Fiscal Year
| Fiscal Year | Loans | Total Financed |
|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 1 | $2.4M |
| FY2022 | 1 | $1.4M |
| FY2024 | 1 | $2.0M |
| FY2025 | 2 | $2.5M |
| FY2026 | 4 | $6.5M |
FY2026 may be a partial year -- the SBA dataset is refreshed quarterly and the most recent fiscal year is often incomplete.
Where El Pollo Loco Is Getting SBA-Financed
Recent SBA-Financed El Pollo Loco Locations
Borrower names and amounts as reported in the SBA's public 7(a) loan dataset.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is El Pollo Loco growing or shrinking?
El Pollo Loco doesn't have enough SBA loan activity in both FY2025 and FY2026 to calculate a reliable year-over-year trend. For context, it ranks #232 of 1,075 Restaurants & Food brands by total SBA loan count since FY2020 -- a snapshot of scale, if not of trend.
How much does it cost to open a El Pollo Loco franchise?
We don't have that figure -- investment ranges and fees come from a franchisor's Franchise Disclosure Document (FDD), which this site doesn't parse (see methodology). The average SBA loan size of $1.7M (294% above the typical Restaurants & Food brand's $419K) is a rough proxy, but SBA loans often cover only part of total investment.
What's the SBA loan default rate for El Pollo Loco?
El Pollo Loco only has 9 SBA loans on record -- too few to calculate a meaningful charge-off rate on its own. For context, Restaurants & Food brands overall see a 1.3% charge-off rate across 11,372 loans.
Top SBA Lenders
- Summit State Bank2
- BMO Bank National Association1
- First General Bank1
- Bank of America, National Association1
- Commercial Bank of California1
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Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA loan dataset. View dataset