SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · GEORGIA
Discovery Point franchise in Georgia: what the public record shows
Franchisees of Discovery Point in Georgia have taken 34 SBA loans since 1991 (average $1,067,644), and of the 26 loans whose story has ended, 15.4% were charged off — versus 12.5% for Discovery Point nationally and 14.8% across all rateable franchise brands.
Loans in GA
34
Resolved
26
Local charge-off
15.4%
National charge-off
12.5%
Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = GA. 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.
Businesses in this industry
2,721
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
24.3
national 26.5
Versus the country
-8%
thinner
Every business in Discovery Point's industry operating in Georgia — 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.
| System | Loans in GA | Local charge-off | Units in GA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kids R Kids | 75 | 11.5% | — |
| PRIMROSE SCHOOLS | 57 | 0.0% | 50 |
| Primrose School (Daycare) | 40 | 8.6% | — |
| The Goddard School | 32 | 0.0% | — |
| Goddard Early Learning Center | 25 | 0.0% | — |
| Kiddie Academy | 17 | thin | — |
| Huntington Learning Center | 13 | thin | — |
| Tutor Time | 11 | thin | — |
| SYLVAN LEARNING, SYLVAN LEARNING CENTER, SYLVAN | 9 | thin | 6 |
| Premier Martial Arts Studio | 8 | thin | — |
| The Learning Experience | 8 | thin | — |
| Tutor Doctor | 7 | thin | — |
Same sector, same state, same public records — how Discovery Point compares to the systems a buyer in Georgia would actually be choosing between. Local rates under 10 resolved loans are marked thin, not hidden.
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