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Franchise Failure Rates

franchisefailurerates.com ↗ · Oddly Specific · score 84.0
○Open: public page gives enough substance to understand the site $Paid: pricing, booking, ecommerce, subscription, or paid access is visible ADAds: visible ad load or ad-supported content ✦Pretty: notable design, copy, craft, or presentation ◆Pro: polished, finished-feeling, serious, or operationally mature ◇Niche: specific audience, workflow, or unusually focused use case ◉Human: personal, local, community, civic, handmade, or real-person signal !Suspicious: scammy, spammy, trust theater, finance fog, or credibility concern

An independent analysis of SBA 7(a) loan defaults across 501 franchise brands and 106 industries.

Why it surfaced

The site turns public federal loan data into a sortable investigation: 26,749 resolved loans, 2,357 charge-offs, and a reported 0.0% to 75.0% spread among brands with at least 20 loans. It is unusually concrete business research, complete with methodology, industry benchmarks, and a CSV download.

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The Plotter’s 09:30 Shift

August 18’s newborn domains include an obsolete pen plotter clocking in at 09:30, emergency warnings designed for sight, touch, or hearing, a funeral-folder tool calibrated for printer drift, and photographs of Colombian rental signs turned into a housing map.

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