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SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · COLORADO

THE JOINT CHIROPRACTIC (RD) franchise in Colorado: what the public record shows

Franchisees of THE JOINT CHIROPRACTIC (RD) in Colorado have taken 6 SBA loans since 1991 (average $532,666)— 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 8.5% is the better guide.

SBA loan outcomes · Coloradovs national

Loans in CO

6

Resolved

5

Local charge-off

thin

National charge-off

8.5%

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.

Market density · Colorado vs nationalTypical density

Businesses in this industry

603

statewide, all operators

Per 100k residents

10.1

national 11.6

Versus the country

-13%

thinner

Every business in THE JOINT CHIROPRACTIC (RD)'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.

Same-sector systems with SBA loan history in Colorado5 systems
SystemLoans in COLocal charge-offUnits in CO
Pearle Vision Center120.0%
100% Chiropractic11thin
AFC/AMERICAN FAMILY CARE8thin24
Gameday Men's Health5thin
Success On The Spectrum5thin

Same sector, same state, same public records — how THE JOINT CHIROPRACTIC (RD) 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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