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

Coast-to-Coast Store franchise in South Dakota: what the public record shows

Franchisees of Coast-to-Coast Store in South Dakota have taken 17 SBA loans since 1991 (average $90,147), and of the 16 loans whose story has ended, 12.5% were charged off — versus 16.9% for Coast-to-Coast Store nationally and 14.8% across all rateable franchise brands.

SBA loan outcomes · South Dakotavs national

Loans in SD

17

Resolved

16

Local charge-off

12.5%

National charge-off

16.9%

Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = SD. 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 · South Dakota vs nationalDense market

Businesses in this industry

467

statewide, all operators

Per 100k residents

50.5

national 39.6

Versus the country

+28%

denser

Every business in Coast-to-Coast Store's industry operating in South Dakota — 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.

Same-sector systems with SBA loan history in South Dakota1 systems
SystemLoans in SDLocal charge-offUnits in SD
Ace Hardware9thin

Same sector, same state, same public records — how Coast-to-Coast Store compares to the systems a buyer in South Dakota would actually be choosing between. Local rates under 10 resolved loans are marked thin, not hidden.

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