SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · KANSAS
MASSAGE HEIGHTS franchise in Kansas: what the public record shows
Franchisees of MASSAGE HEIGHTS in Kansas have taken 8 SBA loans since 1991 (average $467,225)— too few resolved loans in-state to publish a local failure rate (we require a resolved cohort, never extrapolate), so the brand's national rate of 22.5% is the better guide.
Loans in KS
8
Resolved
3
Local charge-off
thin
National charge-off
22.5%
Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = KS. 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 of 30 loans.
Businesses in this industry
267
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
9
national 11.6
Versus the country
-22%
thinner
Every business in MASSAGE HEIGHTS's industry operating in Kansas — 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 KS | Local charge-off | Units in KS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine Shoppe | 6 | thin | — |
| General Nutrition Center | 5 | thin | — |
Same sector, same state, same public records — how MASSAGE HEIGHTS compares to the systems a buyer in Kansas would actually be choosing between. Local rates under 10 resolved loans are marked thin, not hidden.
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