SBA 7(a) · AR
SBA 7(a) lenders in Arkansas
104 lenders made at least one SBA 7(a) loan in Arkansas in the 36 months ending September 30, 2026. Uplift Bank made the most, with 82 of the 875 on record.
- Evidence
- Lender recorded at least one SBA 7(a) loan to a business in Arkansas in the 36 months ending September 30, 2026
- Data as of
- SBA, September 30, 2026
- Page last changed
- November 11, 2026
- Lenders on record
- 104
- SBA FOIA,
- Loans, 36 months
- 875
- SBA FOIA,
- Approvals, net of cancelled
- Dollars, 36 months
- $593M
- SBA FOIA,
- Approvals, last 12 months
- 286
- SBA FOIA,
- -14.1% from the prior 12 months
Cite this
Source: The Lender Report, SBA 7(a) lenders in Arkansas, https://lender.report/sba-7a-lenders/arkansas/, data as of September 30, 2026.
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- Lenders recorded 875 SBA 7(a) loans totaling $592.5M in Arkansas in the 36 months ending September 30, 2026. SBA FOIA,
- Banks and savings institutions made 781 of those, credit unions 14, and non-banks 77. SBA FOIA,
- The five most active lenders made 35.7% of Arkansas's SBA 7(a) loans. SBA FOIA,
- Live Oak Banking Company recorded the most dollars in Arkansas, at $66.1M. SBA FOIA,
- 24 of these lenders are based in Arkansas. SBA FOIA,
- 21 lenders recorded 10 or more SBA 7(a) loans in Arkansas. SBA FOIA,
- 3 of these loans 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 286 SBA 7(a) approvals in Arkansas dated in the 12 months to September 30, 2026, versus 333 in the prior 12 months. Both counts leave out cancelled approvals. SBA FOIA,
- The typical SBA 7(a) loan in Arkansas was about $250K, with the middle half between $90K and $770K. SBA FOIA,
- Lenders reported a median rate of 9.50% on 875 loans in Arkansas, with the middle half between 8.50% and 10.50%. SBA FOIA,
- The median term in Arkansas was 10 years. SBA FOIA,
How this list is defined
- Measure
- SBA 7(a) loans made in Arkansas
- Period
- October 2023 to September 2026
- Formula
- Count, by lender, of SBA 7(a) approvals located in Arkansas and dated in the 36 months ending September 30, 2026, whose status is not cancelled. A lender is listed if it made at least one.
- Order
- Largest first by loans 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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SBA 7(a) is the main SBA loan program for small businesses. The SBA guarantees part of each loan and the lender decides who gets one.
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