SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · ALABAMA
Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen franchise in Alabama: what the public record shows
Franchisees of Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen in Alabama have taken 11 SBA loans since 1991 (average $757,590)— 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 0.0% is the better guide.
Loans in AL
11
Resolved
8
Local charge-off
thin
National charge-off
0.0%
Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = AL. 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
7,968
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
154.5
national 179.9
Versus the country
-14%
thinner
Every business in Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen's industry operating in Alabama — 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 AL | Local charge-off | Units in AL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zaxby's | 40 | 0.0% | — |
| Domino's Pizza | 32 | 11.1% | — |
| Quiznos | 27 | 42.3% | — |
| HUDDLE HOUSE | 14 | 8.3% | — |
| Jimmy John's | 13 | 23.1% | — |
| Bruster'S | 12 | 30.0% | — |
| Smoothie King (Health Food Store) | 12 | thin | — |
| Blimpie | 10 | thin | — |
| Church'S Fried Chicken | 10 | thin | — |
| Cicis Pizza | 10 | thin | — |
| Culver's | 10 | thin | — |
| Little Ceasar'S Pizza | 10 | thin | — |
Same sector, same state, same public records — how Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen compares to the systems a buyer in Alabama would actually be choosing between. Local rates under 10 resolved loans are marked thin, not hidden.
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