Tidy Car
The initial franchise fee is $25,000. Ongoing royalties are 6%.
What is the Tidy Car franchise?
Tidy Car is an auto repair business for people who need service for their vehicles. Its initial franchise fee is $25,000.
The ongoing royalty is 6 percent of sales. Tidy Car was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Wichita, KS.
Loan Activity Score
32/100
SBA Default Rate
100.0%
Active Lenders
2
Public SBA loan records show 2 lenders made 2 loans to franchisees of Tidy Car. PeerSense calculates Tidy Car's score as 32 out of 100, using public SBA loan performance and recent lending activity.
Franchising since 2018
$25,000
0
0Proprietary PeerSense metric
LimitedDistinct lenders in public SBA records for Tidy Car
2
Total SBA loans
$90K
Average loan size
Source: public SBA 7(a) and 504 loan records through December 31, 2025
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SBA Lending Activity for Tidy Car
Loan Activity Score Breakdown
New or niche (1 to 2 loans)
Are lenders increasingly or decreasingly funding this brand? Growing trends score highest.
Blended default rate (recent + all time) compared to NAICS sector peers.
Quality lenders actively backing this brand, with penalty for lender pullback.
FDD availability, Item 19 disclosure, and overall data completeness.
Geographic spread of SBA funded locations across states.
SBA Lending Performance
SBA Default Rate
100.0%
vs 10.8% peer avg
SBA Loans
2
Total Volume
$0.2M
Active Lenders
2
States
1
vs. SBA Sector Average
SBA loan default rate vs. all franchises in the same NAICS sector, not limited to direct competitors
Key Highlights
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Data Insights
Key performance metrics for Tidy Car based on SBA lending data
SBA Default Rate
100.0%
89.2% above peer avg
SBA Loan Volume
2 loans
Across 2 lenders
Lender Diversity
2 lenders
Avg 1.0 loans per lender
Tidy Car: Deep SBA Data
Brand specific metrics derived directly from SBA 7(a) approval records: peak lending year, leading state, average loan size, and lender concentration. PeerSense computes these per brand so capital advisors and prospective franchisees can benchmark this opportunity against the rest of the franchise universe.
Peak SBA Year
1996
2 approvals. The best year on record for Tidy Car.
Top SBA State
Pennsylvania
2 SBA financed Tidy Car locations, the densest operator footprint.
Average Loan Size
$90K
Median $90K. Use as a sizing anchor when modeling your own Tidy Car unit.
Lender Concentration
100%
Concentrated
Share of Tidy Car approvals captured by the top 3 SBA lenders.
Tidy Car's SBA lending pipeline peaked in 1996 (2 approvals). Operator density is highest in Pennsylvania with 2 SBA financed locations. Average funded ticket sits at $90K, with the median at $90K. Lender mix is concentrated: the top three SBA lenders account for 100% of approvals. Credit decisions concentrate with a small group of incumbents.
Payment Estimator
Estimated Monthly Payment
$5,176
Principal & Interest only
Indicative only, as of October 1, 2026. Not a quote, commitment or offer of credit. Final pricing, leverage and terms are determined by the lender at underwriting, after full transaction materials are reviewed. PeerSense sources the file. The lender sets pricing. What these terms mean.
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Reviewed by Edward L. Freeman, Founder and Managing Director, PeerSense
- PeerSense is a capital advisory firm that places commercial financing with direct capital sources; it does not lend, fund, or approve loans, and the capital source sets final terms.
- Edward L. Freeman founded PeerSense in January 2020.
- He is a Registered Franchise Consultant with Business Alliance, Inc., a credential issued in March 2022, and worked as a franchise consultant there from March 2022 to May 2023.
- His recorded experience includes a $22 million SBA construction loan, with about $16 million funded on the deal.
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