SBA 7(a) · LA
SBA 7(a) lenders in Louisiana
118 lenders made at least one SBA 7(a) loan in Louisiana in the 36 months ending September 30, 2026. Newtek Bank, National Association made the most, with 139 of the 1,355 on record.
- Evidence
- Lender recorded at least one SBA 7(a) loan to a business in Louisiana in the 36 months ending September 30, 2026
- Data as of
- SBA, September 30, 2026
- Page last changed
- November 11, 2026
- Lenders on record
- 118
- SBA FOIA,
- Loans, 36 months
- 1,355
- SBA FOIA,
- Approvals, net of cancelled
- Dollars, 36 months
- $819M
- SBA FOIA,
- Approvals, last 12 months
- 369
- SBA FOIA,
- -22.3% from the prior 12 months
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Source: The Lender Report, SBA 7(a) lenders in Louisiana, https://lender.report/sba-7a-lenders/louisiana/, data as of September 30, 2026.
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- Lenders recorded 1,355 SBA 7(a) loans totaling $818.7M in Louisiana in the 36 months ending September 30, 2026. SBA FOIA,
- Banks and savings institutions made 1,187 of those, credit unions 33, and non-banks 134. SBA FOIA,
- The five most active lenders made 37.0% of Louisiana's SBA 7(a) loans. SBA FOIA,
- American Bank recorded the most dollars in Louisiana, at $90.2M. SBA FOIA,
- 28 of these lenders are based in Louisiana. SBA FOIA,
- 28 lenders recorded 10 or more SBA 7(a) loans in Louisiana. SBA FOIA,
- 1 of these loans was 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 369 SBA 7(a) approvals in Louisiana dated in the 12 months to September 30, 2026, versus 475 in the prior 12 months. Both counts leave out cancelled approvals. SBA FOIA,
- The typical SBA 7(a) loan in Louisiana was about $240K, with the middle half between $100K and $590K. SBA FOIA,
- Lenders reported a median rate of 10.25% on 1,355 loans in Louisiana, with the middle half between 9.50% and 11.25%. SBA FOIA,
- The median term in Louisiana was 10 years. SBA FOIA,
How this list is defined
- Measure
- SBA 7(a) loans made in Louisiana
- Period
- October 2023 to September 2026
- Formula
- Count, by lender, of SBA 7(a) approvals located in Louisiana 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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