SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA · FY1991–PRESENT · FLORIDA
The Lash Lounge franchise in Florida: what the public record shows
Franchisees of The Lash Lounge in Florida have taken 11 SBA loans since 1991 (average $364,500)— 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 16.3% is the better guide.
Loans in FL
11
Resolved
5
Local charge-off
thin
National charge-off
16.3%
Source: SBA 7(a)/504 FOIA files (data.sba.gov), borrower state = FL. 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
8,318
statewide, all operators
Per 100k residents
35.6
national 26.6
Versus the country
+34%
denser
Every business in The Lash Lounge's industry operating in Florida — 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 FL | Local charge-off | Units in FL |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planet Beach | 53 | 82.6% | — |
| European Wax Centers-Galleria | 35 | 9.7% | — |
| Fantastic Sams | 31 | 20.0% | — |
| GREAT CLIPS | 29 | 12.0% | — |
| Hand and Stone Massage and Facial Spa | 29 | 0.0% | — |
| MassageLuXe Spa | 24 | 0.0% | 24 |
| SUPERCUTS | 22 | 0.0% | 142 |
| Amazing Lash Studio | 15 | thin | 26 |
| Restore Hyper Wellness | 13 | thin | — |
| Deka Lash | 8 | thin | — |
| Hollywood Tans | 8 | thin | — |
| SMARTSTYLE | 8 | thin | 91 |
Same sector, same state, same public records — how The Lash Lounge compares to the systems a buyer in Florida would actually be choosing between. Local rates under 10 resolved loans are marked thin, not hidden.
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