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SBA Franchise IDS0217✓ SBA-eligible franchise· listed since 2017

SBA Loans for Big Whiskey's American Restaurant & Bar Franchises

Who actually funds Big Whiskey's American Restaurant & Bar SBA 7(a) deals, and how much they lend. Sourced directly from SBA FOIA records covering every approved 7(a) loan from 2021 to 2025.

4
SBA 7(a) loans
$3.5M
Total approved
$877K
Avg loan size
3
Lenders

Top lenders funding Big Whiskey's American Restaurant & Bar SBA loans

Ranked by number of Big Whiskey's American Restaurant & Bar 7(a) loans approved since 2021.

#LenderLoansTotal VolumeAvg Loan
1First Midwest Bank of the Ozarks2$939K$470K
2American Bank and Trust Company1$650K$650K
2Fifth Third Bank1$1.9M$1.9M

Source: SBA FOIA 7(a) loan-level data, 2021 to 2025. Shows lenders with at least one approved Big Whiskey's American Restaurant & Bar loan in this period, ranked by loan count.

Big Whiskey's American Restaurant & Bar SBA loans by state

StateLoansTotal VolumeAvg Loan
KY1$1.9M$1.9M
MO2$939K$470K
OK1$650K$650K

Big Whiskey's American Restaurant & Bar SBA loans by year

FY2021
1
$650K
FY2023
1
$824K
FY2024
1
$115K
FY2025
1
$1.9M

How Big Whiskey's American Restaurant & Bar SBA loans have performed

Outcomes for every funded Big Whiskey's American Restaurant & Bar 7(a) loan approved since FY2010. Each SBA loan usually finances one location, so read these as an estimate of units.

Defaulted
1 of 6
16.7% · SBA paid out on the guaranty
Charged off
1 of 6
16.7% · Written off (part of defaulted)
Paid in full
1 of 6
16.7% · Loan fully repaid
Still active
4 of 6
66.7% · Open and not in default

Source: SBA FOIA 7(a) loan-level data. Defaulted means the SBA purchased the guaranty (charged off, or purchased and not yet charged off). Recent loans have had less time to default, and small loan counts swing widely, so one or two loans can move these percentages a lot.

How to use this

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