261 lenders made at least one SBA 7(a) loan in California in the 36 months ending September 30, 2026. U.S. Bank National Association made the most, with 2,683 of the 20,988 on record.
Evidence
Lender recorded at least one SBA 7(a) loan to a business in California in the 36 months ending September 30, 2026
Data as of
SBA, September 30, 2026
Page last changed
November 12, 2026
Lenders on record
261
SBA FOIA,
Loans, 36 months
20,988
SBA FOIA,
Approvals, net of cancelled
Dollars, 36 months
$11.3B
SBA FOIA,
Approvals, last 12 months
5,895
SBA FOIA,
-24.1% from the prior 12 months
Cite this
Source: The Lender Report, SBA 7(a) lenders in California, https://lender.report/sba-7a-lenders/california/, data as of September 30, 2026.
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Lenders recorded 20,988 SBA 7(a) loans totaling $11.3B in California in the 36 months ending September 30, 2026. SBA FOIA,
Banks and savings institutions made 17,176 of those, credit unions 164, and non-banks 3,635. SBA FOIA,
The five most active lenders made 34.7% of California's SBA 7(a) loans. SBA FOIA,
Live Oak Banking Company recorded the most dollars in California, at $855.4M. SBA FOIA,
96 of these lenders are based in California. SBA FOIA,
128 lenders recorded 10 or more SBA 7(a) loans in California. SBA FOIA,
13 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 5,895 SBA 7(a) approvals in California dated in the 12 months to September 30, 2026, versus 7,766 in the prior 12 months. Both counts leave out cancelled approvals. SBA FOIA,
The typical SBA 7(a) loan in California was about $200K, with the middle half between $70K and $500K. SBA FOIA,
Lenders reported a median rate of 10.25% on 20,987 loans in California, with the middle half between 9.25% and 11.50%. SBA FOIA,
The median term in California was 10 years. SBA FOIA,
How this list is defined
Measure
SBA 7(a) loans made in California
Period
October 2023 to September 2026
Formula
Count, by lender, of SBA 7(a) approvals located in California 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.
: First published, with the data built on this date.
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