San Mateo, CA Entrepreneur Gets SBA Loan to Buy Papa John's Pizza Franchise

Need a loan to invest in a Papa John's Pizza franchise? United Commercial Bank has a history of making these loans and they are guaranteed by the SBA.

An entrepreneur in San Mateo, California needed money to invest in a Papa John's Pizza franchise back in 2006. United Commercial Bank issued an SBA franchise loan. Here are the details on this California small business loan.

SBA Loan Borrower

PAPA JOHN'S PIZZA
SAN MATEO, CA 94402

SBA Loan Lender

UNITED COMMERCIAL BANK
555 MONTGOMERY ST
SAN FRANCISCO, CA 94111

Note that at the time it made this loan, this bank had achieved Preferred Lender Program (PLP) status from the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). PLP is the highest status given by the SBA to qualified lending institutions and gives the lending institution full authority to determine eligibility and credit worthiness of an applicant and to approve loans without prior review by the SBA.

SBA Loan Program Type

This loan was issued as a general business loan.

NAICS Code

722211 - Limited-Service Restaurants

Loan Approval Date

12/6/2006

Loan Approval Gross Amount

$800,000

Loan Approval from the SBA

Of the total $800,000 loan amount, the SBA guaranteed $600,000.

More Information on This SBA Loan

The borrower borrowed this money for an existing business. This loan was used to buy a Papa John's Pizza franchise. At the time of the loan, the company had 12 employees. The SBA loan documents indicated that the loan would help retain 12 existing jobs.

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