SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · PENNSYLVANIA
Max Muscle franchise in Pennsylvania: what the public record shows
Franchisees of Max Muscle in Pennsylvania have taken 5 SBA loans since 1991 (average $118,000)— 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 32.7% is the better guide.
Loans in PA
5
Resolved
4
Local charge-off
thin
National charge-off
32.7%
Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = PA. 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
1,494
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
11.4
national 11.6
Versus the country
-2%
thinner
Every business in Max Muscle's industry operating in Pennsylvania — 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 PA | Local charge-off | Units in PA |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medicine Shoppe | 31 | 3.8% | — |
| AFC/AMERICAN FAMILY CARE | 17 | thin | 25 |
| Pearle Vision Center | 11 | thin | — |
| Medicap Pharmacy | 10 | thin | — |
| ELLIE MENTAL HEALTH | 7 | thin | — |
| General Nutrition Center | 5 | thin | — |
Same sector, same state, same public records — how Max Muscle compares to the systems a buyer in Pennsylvania would actually be choosing between. Local rates under 10 resolved loans are marked thin, not hidden.
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