SBA by industry · NAICS 54, excluding veterinary
SBA lenders for professional services firms
880 lenders made at least one SBA loan to professional services firms in the 36 months ending September 30, 2026. Readycap Lending, LLC made the most, with 1,260 of the 17,836 on record.
- Evidence
- SBA 7(a) and 504 first-lien loans, 36 months ending September 30, 2026
- Data as of
- SBA, September 30, 2026
- Page last changed
- November 12, 2026
- Lenders on record
- 880
- SBA FOIA,
- SBA loans, 36 months
- 17,836
- SBA FOIA,
- 7(a) net of cancelled; 504 funded first liens
- Dollars, 36 months
- $7.13B
- SBA FOIA,
- Typical loan
- $150K
- SBA FOIA,
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Source: The Lender Report, SBA lenders for professional services firms, https://lender.report/sba-lenders-for/professional-services/, data as of September 30, 2026.
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| Lender | Kind | Based in | Loans | Dollars | Last 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Readycap Lending, LLC | Non-bank | Berkeley Heights, NJ | 1,260 | $255M | 203 |
| The Huntington National Bank | Bank | Columbus, OH | 1,259 | $444M | 231 |
| Newtek Bank, National Association | Bank | Miami, FL | 1,236 | $386M | 538 |
| U.S. Bank National Association | Bank | Cincinnati, OH | 988 | $267M | 304 |
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | Bank | Columbus, OH | 868 | $271M | 162 |
| Northeast Bank | Bank | Portland, ME | 861 | $121M | 208 |
| TD Bank, National Association | Bank | Wilmington, DE | 852 | $106M | 168 |
| Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company | Bank | Buffalo, NY | 629 | $72.3M | 268 |
| BayFirst National Bank | Bank | Saint Petersburg, FL | 619 | $90.1M | 2 |
| Live Oak Banking Company | Bank | Wilmington, NC | 602 | $489M | 235 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | Bank | Sioux Falls, SD | 470 | $137M | 46 |
| Lendistry SBLC, LLC | Non-bank | Los Angeles, CA | 468 | $81.9M | 106 |
| Bank of America, National Association | Bank | Charlotte, NC | 392 | $258M | 79 |
| Celtic Bank | Bank | Salt Lake City, UT | 322 | $69.9M | 100 |
| United Midwest Savings Bank, National Association | Bank | Degraff, OH | 302 | $191M | 85 |
| Zions Bancorporation, N.A. | Bank | Salt Lake City, UT | 275 | $72.7M | 92 |
| Columbia Bank | Bank | Roseburg, OR | 210 | $22.6M | 67 |
| SmartBiz Bank, National Association | Bank | Northbrook, IL | 206 | $38.1M | 150 |
| Eastern Bank | Bank | Boston, MA | 156 | $20.4M | 49 |
| PNC Bank, National Association | Bank | Wilmington, DE | 136 | $46.9M | 31 |
| Colony Bank | Bank | Fitzgerald, GA | 130 | $27.4M | 20 |
| First Internet Bank of Indiana | Bank | Fishers, IN | 128 | $186M | 32 |
| KeyBank National Association | Bank | Cleveland, OH | 115 | $45.2M | 38 |
| Banco Popular de Puerto Rico | Bank | San Juan, PR | 112 | $21.1M | 46 |
| First Bank of the Lake | Bank | Osage Beach, MO | 101 | $72.4M | 22 |
Dollars are approval amounts, rounded to 2 significant figures per loan, net of cancelled approvals.
| State | Loans | Dollars |
|---|---|---|
| California | 2,778 | $1.31B |
| Florida | 1,658 | $710M |
| New York | 1,460 | $425M |
| Texas | 1,343 | $593M |
| New Jersey | 657 | $198M |
| Ohio | 602 | $216M |
| Massachusetts | 543 | $158M |
| Illinois | 542 | $217M |
| Colorado | 532 | $220M |
| Georgia | 489 | $192M |
| Pennsylvania | 482 | $212M |
| Virginia | 465 | $199M |
| Michigan | 457 | $169M |
| Maryland | 436 | $135M |
| Arizona | 419 | $220M |
| Industry | Loans |
|---|---|
| Offices of Lawyers | 1,779 |
| All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services | 1,604 |
| Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services | 1,551 |
| Offices of Certified Public Accountants | 1,112 |
| Other Accounting Services | 1,057 |
| Marketing Consulting Services | 930 |
| Custom Computer Programming Services | 903 |
| Engineering Services | 854 |
- SBA lenders recorded 17,836 loans to professional services firms totaling $7.1B in the 36 months ending September 30, 2026, excluding cancelled approvals. SBA FOIA,
- The five most active lenders made 31.5% of those loans. SBA FOIA,
- Banks and savings institutions made 15,302 of them, credit unions 373, and non-banks 2,184. SBA FOIA,
- 155 lenders recorded 10 or more of these loans. SBA FOIA,
- 42 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 4,961 approvals of these loans dated in the 12 months to September 30, 2026, versus 6,787 in the prior 12 months. Both counts leave out cancelled approvals and include 504 approvals not yet funded. SBA FOIA,
- The typical SBA loans to professional services firm in this group was about $150K, with the middle half between $50K and $400K. SBA FOIA,
- Lenders reported a median rate of 10.50% on 17,063 loans in this group, with the middle half between 9.50% and 11.50%. SBA FOIA,
- The median term in this group was 10 years. SBA FOIA,
- California (2,778), Florida (1,658), New York (1,460) recorded the most of these loans. SBA FOIA,
- The most common detailed industry was Offices of Lawyers (1,779 loans). SBA FOIA,
How this list is defined
- Measure
- SBA loans made to professional services firms
- Period
- October 2023 to September 2026
- Formula
- Count, by lender, of SBA 7(a) approvals and SBA 504 first liens, dated in the 36 months ending September 30, 2026 and not cancelled, whose NAICS code in the SBA file falls in NAICS 54, excluding veterinary.
- 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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