Navigating SBA franchise rule changes in 2025 for franchisors and borrowers
The Small Business Association (SBA) recently announced key changes to its standard operating procedure for 2025, including:
BoeFly Secures Funding to Help H&H Bagels Expand to Tennessee
NEW YORK [July 2025] – BoeFly, the leading financial technology company specializing in franchise funding solutions, announced today that franchisee, Diya Patel, has successfully secured financing to open her first H&H Bagels store in Knoxville, Tennessee. This is also the iconic New York bagel brand’s first location in the Volunteer State.
BoeFly Helps Wings Etc. Franchisee Secure Funding for First Location in Virginia
NEW YORK [July 2025] – BoeFly, the leading financial technology company specializing in franchise funding solutions, announced today that franchisee, Justin Lindsey, has successfully secured financing to open his first Wings Etc. location in Salem, Virginia. The new restaurant will mark Wings Etc.’s debut in the state.
BoeFly Franchise Growth Confidence Index
June 2025 Volume 8
Methodology
The results from our latest Franchise Growth Confidence Index — BoeFly’s quarterly survey measuring how certain economic conditions and external factors affect franchisors’ growth — were recently published by Franchise Times. Between April 18 and April 29, 2025, we surveyed nearly 700 franchisor executives to determine if there were any significant changes in franchisor sentiment regarding domestic franchise growth. Participants rated their confidence on a scale of 1 (not confident) to 7 (completely confident) about whether they expect their brand to achieve growth targets this year. Additionally, respondents answered four supplementary questions designed to assess the impact of several conditions on their confidence level.
Wetzel’s Pretzel Franchisee Secures Financial Support through BoeFly
NEW YORK [June 2025] – BoeFly, the leading financial technology company specializing in franchise funding solutions, announced today that franchisee, Gurbir Antaal, has successfully secured financing to open his first Wetzel’s Pretzel location in Sacramento, California.
BoeFly Brings CDOs Together for First-Ever Summit
On January 23, BoeFly hosted a CDO summit in Tampa, Florida. Top executives from many of BoeFly’s partner franchise brands gathered to discuss all things franchise development strategy, from real estate for franchisees to private equity in franchising and more.
SBA Rule Change for Franchising
This webinar covered the key changes made by the SBA in its upcoming Standard Operating Procedure. Those changes include:
BoeFly Secures Funding to Fuel Gong cha Franchise Expansion Across Key Markets
BoeFly, the leading financial technology company specializing in franchise funding solutions, announced an SBA loan closing for the fast-growing Gong cha franchise. Franchisee An Trac has successfully secured funding for his first Gong Cha location in Nashville, Tennessee.
BoeFly Franchise Growth Confidence Index
April 2025 – Volume 7
Methodology
The results from our latest Franchise Growth Confidence Index — BoeFly’s quarterly survey measuring how certain economic conditions and external factors affect franchisors’ growth — were recently published by Franchise Times. Between February 12 and February 24, 2025, we surveyed nearly 700 franchisor executives to determine if there were any significant changes in franchisor sentiment regarding domestic franchise growth. Participants rated their confidence on a scale of 1 (not confident) to 7 (completely confident) about whether they expect their brand to achieve growth targets this year. Additionally, respondents answered four supplementary questions designed to assess the impact of several conditions on their confidence level.
Inflation Affects Franchisor Confidence, BoeFly Survey Reports
Fluctuations continue in confidence levels for franchisors as they consider their ability to meet franchise growth goals this year.