SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · COLORADO
The Grounds Guys franchise in Colorado: what the public record shows
Franchisees of The Grounds Guys in Colorado have taken 10 SBA loans since 1991 (average $160,000)— 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 40.4% is the better guide.
Loans in CO
10
Resolved
2
Local charge-off
thin
National charge-off
40.4%
Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = CO. 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
1,948
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
32.7
national 26.7
Versus the country
+22%
denser
Every business in The Grounds Guys's industry operating in Colorado — 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 CO | Local charge-off | Units in CO |
|---|---|---|---|
| SERVPRO (UNIT) | 15 | 0.0% | 49 |
| One-Hour Martinizing | 12 | 9.1% | — |
| RESTORATION 1 | 6 | thin | 11 |
| BOR RESTORATION | 5 | thin | 5 |
| WaveMAX Laundry | 5 | thin | — |
Same sector, same state, same public records — how The Grounds Guys compares to the systems a buyer in Colorado would actually be choosing between. Local rates under 10 resolved loans are marked thin, not hidden.
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