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SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · UTAH

Bee Hive Homes franchise in Utah: what the public record shows

Franchisees of Bee Hive Homes in Utah have taken 68 SBA loans since 1991 (average $1,250,089), and of the 44 loans whose story has ended, 2.3% were charged off — versus 2.1% for Bee Hive Homes nationally and 14.8% across all rateable franchise brands.

SBA loan outcomes · Utahvs national

Loans in UT

68

Resolved

44

Local charge-off

2.3%

National charge-off

2.1%

Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = UT. Charge-off rate = charged-off ÷ (charged-off + paid-in-full); open loans excluded. A local rate is published only when the resolved cohort clears our floor.

Market density · Utah vs nationalThin market

Businesses in this industry

407

statewide, all operators

Per 100k residents

11.6

national 17.4

Versus the country

-33%

thinner

Every business in Bee Hive Homes's industry operating in Utah — franchised and independent — from the Census Bureau's County Business Patterns (2023), against 2024 population estimates. Counter-intuitively, density is not a warning: across 198 brand-state cells in our loan data, the densest quartile charges off at 5.6% versus 18.1% in the thinnest. A crowded market is usually proven demand; an empty one is often empty for a reason.

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