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SBA 504 lenders in Iowa

84 lenders provided the first lien on at least one SBA 504 project in Iowa in the 36 months ending September 30, 2026. Northwest Bank made the most, with 9 of the 167 on record.

Evidence
Lender provided the first lien on at least one SBA 504 project in Iowa in the 36 months ending September 30, 2026
Data as of
SBA, September 30, 2026
Page last changed
November 12, 2026
Lenders on record
84
SBA FOIA,
First liens, 36 months
167
SBA FOIA,
Approvals, net of cancelled
Dollars, 36 months
$186M
SBA FOIA,
Approvals, last 12 months (funded or not)
54
SBA FOIA,
-8.5% from the prior 12 months

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Source: The Lender Report, SBA 504 lenders in Iowa, https://lender.report/sba-504-lenders/iowa/, data as of September 30, 2026.

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Iowa SBA 504 lenders, by loans in the state over 36 months. First 25 of 84.
LenderKindBased inFirst liensDollars
Northwest Bank SBA 504 recordBankSpencer, IA9$6.05M
Bank IowaBankWest Des Moines, IA6$17.9M
City State Bank SBA 504 recordBankNorwalk, IA6$3.76M
Bank Midwest SBA 504 recordBankSpirit Lake, IA5$9.04M
Peoples BankBankRock Valley, IA5$5.25M
Central Bank SBA 504 recordBankStorm Lake, IA5$5.13M
Fortress Bank SBA 504 recordBankPeoria, IL5$2.92M
Farmers State BankBankMarion, IA4$6.80M
American State Bank SBA 504 recordBankSioux Center, IA4$4.90M
Midwest Heritage Bank, FSBSavingsWest Des Moines, IA4$2.90M
BankOrionBankOrion, IL4$2.10M
Lincoln Savings BankBankReinbeck, IA4$1.90M
Hills Bank and Trust CompanyBankHills, IA4$1.80M
Bankers Trust CompanyBankDes Moines, IA3$2.80M
Iowa State BankBankHull, IA3$2.70M
Fidelity Bank & TrustBankDubuque, IA3$2.40M
BankIowaBankCedar Rapids, IA3$2.00M
Veridian Credit UnionCredit unionWaterloo, IA3$1.80M
Celtic Bank SBA 504 recordBankSalt Lake City, UT2$8.00M
Arbor BankBankNebraska City, NE2$3.60M
West BankBankWest Des Moines, IA2$3.10M
Dupaco Community Credit UnionCredit unionDubuque, IA2$2.40M
Farmers State BankBankWaterloo, IA2$2.10M
Central State BankBankCoralville, IA2$1.80M
Mount Vernon Bank and Trust CompanyBankMount Vernon, IA2$1.50M
SBA FOIA,

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Dollars are first-lien amounts on SBA 504 approvals.

  • Lenders recorded 167 SBA 504 first liens totaling $185.6M in Iowa in the 36 months ending September 30, 2026. SBA FOIA,
  • Banks and savings institutions made 157 of those, credit unions 6, and non-banks 0. SBA FOIA,
  • The five most active lenders made 18.6% of Iowa's SBA 504 first liens. SBA FOIA,
  • Bank Iowa recorded the most dollars in Iowa, at $17.9M. SBA FOIA,
  • 63 of these lenders are based in Iowa. SBA FOIA,
  • 4 of these first liens were made by lenders that have since merged or closed, or that the file lists under a name with no lender record here. They are counted in the totals here and appear in no lender's row. SBA FOIA,
  • The SBA file shows 54 SBA 504 approvals in Iowa dated in the 12 months to September 30, 2026, versus 59 in the prior 12 months. Both counts leave out cancelled approvals and include approvals not yet funded, so the two periods are measured the same way. SBA FOIA,
  • The typical SBA 504 first lien in Iowa was about $600K, with the middle half between $300K and $1.2M. SBA FOIA,
  • The median term in Iowa was 25 years. SBA FOIA,

How this list is defined

Measure
SBA 504 first liens in Iowa
Period
October 2023 to September 2026
Formula
Count, by lender, of SBA 504 projects located in Iowa with an approval date in the 36 months ending September 30, 2026, not cancelled, that name the lender as first-lien lender.
Order
Largest first by first liens in the 36 months, then dollars, then name. Payment is not part of the order.
As of
September 30, 2026
Source
SBA FOIA
Changelog
  • : First published, with the data built on this date.

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