SBA Loans for General Automotive Repair
SBA has approved 26,606 7(a) loans worth $6.4B to General Automotive Repair businesses, and annual approvals have fallen 3% versus the prior decade.
- 26,606
- 7(a) loans
- $6.4B
- Approved dollars
- $241,319
- Average loan size
- #3
- Rank among industries
- -3%
- Annualized vs prior decade
- 4.3%
- Active-status distress
- 7%
- Franchise-branded
General Automotive Repair is the #3 business type by loan count in the SBA 7(a) record. Since 1991 the program has approved 26,606 such loans worth $6.4B, averaging $241,319 each. Annual approval volume has fallen 3% between the FY2013-2019 period and FY2020-2026. Among 4,788 active-status general automotive repair loans, 4.3% are delinquent, past due, or in liquidation.
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Open the interactive map ↗7(a) loans only, approved and not cancelled, gross basis, classified by borrower NAICS. Active-status distress counts DELINQ, PSTDUE, or LIQUID loans as a share of CURR, DELINQ, PSTDUE, LIQUID, or DEFERD loans. Approval is not funding. FOIA record as of March 31, 2026. Methodology.