SBA 7(a) loan outcomes · FY2010–FY2019 cohort · Statuses as of June 30, 2026 · Last updated August 17, 2026

Assisting Hands Home Care Franchise Failure Rate on SBA Loans: 3 of 16 Charged Off (Federal Data)

3 of 16
SBA 7(a) loans to Assisting Hands Home Care franchisees (FY2010–2019) ended in charge-off
Charge-off rate, SBA 7(a) loans approved FY2010–FY2019 — Assisting Hands Home Care against its industry and all franchises
Charge-off rate, SBA 7(a) loans approved FY2010–FY2019: Assisting Hands Home Care 18.8%; Home Health Care Services 8.2%; All franchises 10.2%Assisting Hands Home Care 18.8%; Home Health Care Services 8.2%; All franchises 10.2%0%5%10%15%20%Assisting Hands HomeCare18.8% (small sample)Home Health CareServices8.2%All franchises10.2%
Charge-off rate, SBA 7(a) loans approved FY2010–FY2019: Assisting Hands Home Care 18.8%; Home Health Care Services 8.2%; All franchises 10.2%Assisting Hands Home Care 18.8%; Home Health Care Services 8.2%; All franchises 10.2%0%5%10%15%20%Assisting Hands Home Care18.8% (small sample)Home Health Care Services8.2%All franchises10.2%

Source: U.S. SBA FOIA dataset, statuses as of June 30, 2026. Figures also in the comparison table below.

3 of 16 Assisting Hands Home Care SBA borrowers failed to repay — too few loans to call a rate; read it as a flag, not a verdict.

3 of 16 SBA 7(a) loans to Assisting Hands Home Care franchisees (2010–2019) ended in charge-off. The sample is small; treat this as a diligence flag, not a verdict. Source: U.S. Small Business Administration FOIA dataset, loan statuses as of June 30, 2026.

What is the Assisting Hands Home Care franchise failure rate on SBA loans?

Assisting Hands Home Care is a Home Health Care Services franchise. This page reports the outcome of every SBA 7(a) loan the U.S. Small Business Administration's public FOIA file attributes to Assisting Hands Home Care franchisees: 16 loans approved between fiscal 2010 and 2019, of which 3 were charged off. Loan statuses are as of June 30, 2026, and the cohort has matured, so these are settled outcomes rather than projections.

How does Assisting Hands Home Care compare with other Home Health Care Services franchises?

The table sets Assisting Hands Home Care's charge-off rate beside its Home Health Care Services peers and the two economy-wide benchmarks. All figures use the same cohort — SBA 7(a) loans approved FY2010–FY2019, statuses as of June 30, 2026 — and the same denominator of resolved loans, so they are directly comparable. A cell in red is more than twice the industry benchmark.

Assisting Hands Home Care versus benchmarks, SBA 7(a) loans approved FY2010–FY2019, statuses as of June 30, 2026. Source: U.S. SBA FOIA dataset.
MeasureAssisting Hands Home CareHome Health Care ServicesAll franchisesAll SBA borrowers
Default (charge-off) rate18.8% (small sample)8.2%10.2%8.0%
Loans in sample16
Defaults3
Average loan size$223,600

What has Assisting Hands Home Care SBA lending looked like since 2020?

Since 2020, Assisting Hands Home Care franchisees have taken 24 new SBA 7(a) loans. None have charged off to date, though most remain outstanding and unresolved.

Charge-off rate by approval year — share of each fiscal year's Assisting Hands Home Care SBA 7(a) loans that later defaulted (FY2010–FY2019); years with fewer than 10 loans are outlined, not filled
Charge-off rate by approval year: FY2011 100% of 1 loans; FY2012 100% of 1 loans; FY2014 0% of 1 loans; FY2015 0% of 6 loans; FY2016 0% of 3 loans; FY2017 100% of 1 loans; FY2018 0% of 2 loans; FY2019 0% of 1 loansCharge-off rate by approval year: FY2011 100% of 1 loans; FY2012 100% of 1 loans; FY2014 0% of 1 loans; FY2015 0% of 6 loans; FY2016 0% of 3 loans; FY2017 100% of 1 loans; FY2018 0% of 2 loans; FY2019 0% of 1 loans0%5%10%100%2011n=1100%2012n=10%2014n=10%2015n=60%2016n=3100%2017n=10%2018n=20%2019n=1
Charge-off rate by approval year: FY2011 100% of 1 loans; FY2012 100% of 1 loans; FY2014 0% of 1 loans; FY2015 0% of 6 loans; FY2016 0% of 3 loans; FY2017 100% of 1 loans; FY2018 0% of 2 loans; FY2019 0% of 1 loansCharge-off rate by approval year: FY2011 100% of 1 loans; FY2012 100% of 1 loans; FY2014 0% of 1 loans; FY2015 0% of 6 loans; FY2016 0% of 3 loans; FY2017 100% of 1 loans; FY2018 0% of 2 loans; FY2019 0% of 1 loans0%5%10%100%’11n=1100%’12n=10%’14n=10%’15n=60%’16n=3100%’17n=10%’18n=20%’19n=1

Loans approved since 2020, by fiscal year — counts only: 0 have charged off to date and most are still outstanding, so no rate is drawn.

Loans approved since 2020: FY2020 1; FY2021 3; FY2022 4; FY2023 5; FY2025 4; FY2026 7Loans approved since 2020: FY2020 1; FY2021 3; FY2022 4; FY2023 5; FY2025 4; FY2026 7120203202142022520234202572026
Loans approved since 2020: FY2020 1; FY2021 3; FY2022 4; FY2023 5; FY2025 4; FY2026 7Loans approved since 2020: FY2020 1; FY2021 3; FY2022 4; FY2023 5; FY2025 4; FY2026 71’203’214’225’234’257’26

Source: U.S. SBA FOIA dataset, statuses as of June 30, 2026.

Show the numbers behind this chart
Fiscal yearLoansCharged offRate
FY201111100.0%
FY201211100.0%
FY2014100.0%
FY2015600.0%
FY2016300.0%
FY201711100.0%
FY2018200.0%
FY2019100.0%
FY20201outstanding
FY20213outstanding
FY20224outstanding
FY20235outstanding
FY20254outstanding
FY20267outstanding

How to read this

A charge-off means a franchisee borrowed, operated, and failed severely enough that the SBA wrote off the government-guaranteed loan. Unlike franchisor marketing or Item 19 disclosures, this is an observed outcome recorded by a federal agency. One caveat cuts the other way: SBA borrowers are typically less capitalized than all-cash buyers, so these rates can overstate risk for well-funded operators.

How reliable is this number?

Assisting Hands Home Care's figure rests on 16 resolved SBA 7(a) loans approved between fiscal 2010 and 2019 — a matured cohort, so the count is a settled outcome, not a projection. With 16 resolved loans, one default moves the rate by about 6.2 percentage points. Loans approved since 2020 are excluded from the rate because most are still outstanding; they appear on this page as counts only. Every Assisting Hands Home Care figure is recomputed from the public SBA FOIA file on each rebuild.

Small sample (16 loans). A single default moves this figure substantially.

Frequently asked

What is Assisting Hands Home Care's franchise failure rate on SBA loans?
3 of 16 SBA 7(a) loans to Assisting Hands Home Care franchisees (2010–2019) ended in charge-off. The sample is small; treat this as a diligence flag, not a verdict. Source: U.S. Small Business Administration FOIA dataset, loan statuses as of June 30, 2026.
Is Assisting Hands Home Care a safe franchise investment?
Between 2010–2019, 3 of 16 SBA loans to Assisting Hands Home Care franchisees were charged off. The sample is small. This data is one input for due diligence; it is not investment advice.

Cite this page

Franchise Default Rates (2026). Assisting Hands Home Care franchise SBA 7(a) loan outcomes, FY2010–FY2019 cohort: 3 of 16 loans charged off. Derived from U.S. SBA FOIA data, loan statuses as of June 30, 2026.

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