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The Melting Pot

Restaurants & FoodSBA loans FY2020–FY2026

11

SBA Loans

$18.0M

Total Financed

$1.6M

Avg Loan Size

—

YoY Loan Growth

How The Melting Pot Compares

  • Ranks #187 of 1,075 Restaurants & Food brands by SBA loan count (#791 of 3,543 overall).
  • Its average loan of $1.6M is 290% above the Restaurants & Food median of $419K.
  • With only 11 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
FY20202$1.8M
FY20211$3.2M
FY20257$11.5M
FY20261$1.5M

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

Where The Melting Pot Is Getting SBA-Financed

Oklahoma2 loans · $2.1MTexas2 loans · $3.2MArkansas2 loans · $1.4MColorado1 loan · $3.2MConnecticut1 loan · $2.9MOhio1 loan · $1.4MWisconsin1 loan · $2.2MOregon1 loan · $1.5M

Recent SBA-Financed The Melting Pot Locations

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

OKC Fondudes LLCOKLAHOMA CITY, OK
$1,455,7002025-11-28
Greene Do Fondue, LLCALLEN, TX
$2,010,0002025-09-09
Sher Chicken IncPORTLAND, OR
$1,499,0002025-06-17
Have Taste Equities LLCROGERS, AR
$1,370,0002025-04-03
Have Taste Equities LLCROGERS, AR
$75,0002025-04-03
Servant 33 LLCPORT WASHINGTON, WI
$2,236,0002024-12-17
The Melting PotDAYTON, OH
$1,418,0002024-11-26
Best Life Restaurants Inc.New Haven, CT
$2,914,0002024-10-12
THE MELTING POTLITTLETON, CO
$3,205,0002021-08-11
CraCor LLCSAN ANTONIO, TX
$1,160,0002020-03-03
OK Fondue, LLCOklahoma City, OK
$640,0002019-10-17

Frequently Asked Questions

Is The Melting Pot growing or shrinking?

The Melting Pot doesn't have enough SBA loan activity in both FY2025 and FY2026 to calculate a reliable year-over-year trend. For context, it ranks #187 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 The Melting Pot 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 $1.6M (290% 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 The Melting Pot?

The Melting Pot only has 11 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.

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Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA loan dataset. View dataset