I Heart Mac & Cheese
34
SBA Loans
$11.6M
Total Financed
$342K
Avg Loan Size
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YoY Loan Growth
How I Heart Mac & Cheese Compares
- Ranks #70 of 1,075 Restaurants & Food brands by SBA loan count (#329 of 3,543 overall).
- Its average loan of $342K is 18% below the Restaurants & Food median of $419K.
- Its 11.8% charge-off rate compares to a 1.3% average across all Restaurants & Food brands.
SBA Loan Activity by Fiscal Year
| Fiscal Year | Loans | Total Financed |
|---|---|---|
| FY2020 | 3 | $864K |
| FY2021 | 11 | $3.0M |
| FY2022 | 7 | $2.1M |
| FY2023 | 10 | $4.5M |
| FY2024 | 3 | $1.3M |
FY2024 may be a partial year -- the SBA dataset is refreshed quarterly and the most recent fiscal year is often incomplete.
Where I Heart Mac & Cheese Is Getting SBA-Financed
Recent SBA-Financed I Heart Mac & Cheese Locations
Borrower names and amounts as reported in the SBA's public 7(a) loan dataset.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is I Heart Mac & Cheese growing or shrinking?
I Heart Mac & Cheese doesn't have enough SBA loan activity in both FY2023 and FY2024 to calculate a reliable year-over-year trend. For context, it ranks #70 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 I Heart Mac & Cheese 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 $342K (18% below 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 I Heart Mac & Cheese?
4 of 34 SBA loans to I Heart Mac & Cheese franchisees (11.8%) have been charged off since FY2020, compared to 1.3% across all Restaurants & Food brands.
Top SBA Lenders
- The Huntington National Bank13
- Citizens Bank3
- BayFirst National Bank3
- Newtek Small Business Finance, Inc.2
- The Bancorp Bank National Association2
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Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA loan dataset. View dataset