Franchise lender history
Lenders that funded Best Western / Best Western Plus - Membership Agreement franchisees.
Loan-level SBA 7(a) FOIA data can show which lenders have actually funded a franchise system. Use this as a lender-research starting point, not an approval prediction.
220
SBA 7(a) loans in FOIA set
$719M
Gross approved dollars
0.45%
Naive charge-off incidence
Not cohort-seasoned. See methodology.
Top lenders for Best Western / Best Western Plus - Membership Agreement
| Lender | Loans | Gross approved |
|---|---|---|
| GBank | 24 | $82M |
| Shoreham Bank | 13 | $44M |
| Peoples Bank | 11 | $32M |
| US Metro Bank | 11 | $40M |
| Readycap Lending, LLC | 10 | $31M |
| First Western SBLC, Inc | 9 | $17M |
| Open Bank | 9 | $35M |
| PCB Bank | 7 | $29M |
| Wallis Bank | 6 | $16M |
| Celtic Bank Corporation | 6 | $22M |
| Millennium Bank | 5 | $17M |
| Centerstone SBA Lending, Inc. | 5 | $15M |
States appearing in the brand history
- Texas: 46 loans
- California: 18 loans
- North Carolina: 10 loans
- Ohio: 10 loans
- Illinois: 9 loans
- Indiana: 8 loans
- South Carolina: 7 loans
- Washington: 7 loans
Data caveat
Recent loans have not seasoned long enough to compare default performance to older vintages. SourceFunding separates current lender activity from historical outcomes and avoids using recent cohorts as a definitive default-rate claim.