Which lenders fund your franchise?

How to read these numbers

• Median is a much better guide than the average. Franchise loan sizes are skewed by a handful of multi-unit deals, so half of real borrowers got less than the median shown.
• First-timers is the share of loans that went to a business under two years old. A high number means lenders routinely finance people opening their first location of that brand.
• A brand missing here is not a red flag. SBA records a franchise name only when the loan was written under a franchise agreement, and coverage of the field has changed over the years.