FranchiseRanked

Nashville Hot Chicken

Restaurants & FoodSBA loans FY2022–FY2026

3

SBA Loans

$1.7M

Total Financed

$551K

Avg Loan Size

—

YoY Loan Growth

How Nashville Hot Chicken Compares

  • Ranks #509 of 1,075 Restaurants & Food brands by SBA loan count (#1,855 of 3,543 overall).
  • Its average loan of $551K is 31% above the Restaurants & Food median of $419K.
  • With only 3 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 YearLoansTotal Financed
FY20221$100K
FY20251$373K
FY20261$1.2M

FY2026 may be a partial year -- the SBA dataset is refreshed quarterly and the most recent fiscal year is often incomplete.

Where Nashville Hot Chicken Is Getting SBA-Financed

Recent SBA-Financed Nashville Hot Chicken Locations

Borrower names and amounts as reported in the SBA's public 7(a) loan dataset.

SHREE HARI FOODS AURORA INC.AURORA, IL
$1,180,0002026-06-18
Jay Bird IncNAPA, CA
$372,8002024-12-19
MELTIN INC.LOS ANGELES, CA
$100,0002022-04-21

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Nashville Hot Chicken growing or shrinking?

Nashville Hot Chicken doesn't have enough SBA loan activity in both FY2025 and FY2026 to calculate a reliable year-over-year trend. For context, it ranks #509 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 Nashville Hot Chicken 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 $551K (31% 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 Nashville Hot Chicken?

Nashville Hot Chicken only has 3 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

  • JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association1
  • Leader Bank, National Association1
  • Byline Bank1
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Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA loan dataset. View dataset