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SBA lenders for restaurants in Arkansas

33 lenders made 88 SBA loans to restaurants in Arkansas in the 36 months ending September 30, 2026. Uplift Bank made the most, with 15. The typical loan was about $230K.

Evidence
SBA 7(a) and 504 loans to restaurants in Arkansas, NAICS 722
Data as of
SBA, September 30, 2026
Page last changed
November 12, 2026
Lenders on record
33
SBA FOIA,
SBA loans, 36 months
88
SBA FOIA,
7(a) net of cancelled; 504 funded first liens
Dollars, 36 months
$35.4M
SBA FOIA,
Last 12 months
29
SBA FOIA,

Cite this

Source: The Lender Report, SBA lenders for restaurants in Arkansas, https://lender.report/sba-lenders-for/restaurants/arkansas/, data as of September 30, 2026.

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SBA lenders for restaurants in Arkansas. Ordered by loans recorded in the place, then dollars, then name. Payment is not part of the order. First 25 of 33.
LenderKindBased inLoansDollars7(a)504Last 12 months
Uplift Bank SBA 7(a) recordBankArkadelphia, AR15$6.61M1507
Arvest Bank SBA 7(a) recordBankFayetteville, AR10$2.26M1003
The Huntington National Bank SBA 7(a) recordBankColumbus, OH5$3.78M500
First Service Bank SBA 7(a) recordBankGreenbrier, AR5$299K503
Bank OZK SBA 7(a) recordBankLittle Rock, AR4$1.29M400
Newtek Bank, National Association SBA 7(a) recordBankMiami, FL4$319K402
ACC Capital SBA 7(a) recordNon-bankLittle Rock, AR3$1.64M300
Northeast Bank SBA 7(a) recordBankPortland, ME3$455K302
U.S. Bank National Association SBA 7(a) recordBankCincinnati, OH3$62.2K301
FNBC Bank SBA 7(a) recordBankAsh Flat, AR2$915K200
Bank Five Nine SBA 7(a) recordBankOconomowoc, WI2$850K201
Centennial Bank SBA 7(a) recordBankConway, AR2$850K200
Southern Bank SBA 7(a) recordBankPoplar Bluff, MO2$730K201
Magnifi Financial Credit Union SBA 7(a) recordCredit unionMelrose, MN2$630K202
First Security Bank SBA 7(a) recordBankSearcy, AR2$300K201
Milestone Bank SBA 7(a) recordBankSalt Lake City, UT1$1.60M101
Regions Bank SBA 7(a) recordBankBirmingham, AL1$1.50M101
First Community Bank SBA 7(a) recordBankBatesville, AR1$960K101
First Bank Midwest SBA 7(a) recordBankFrankfort, IN1$950K100
VelocitySBA, LLC SBA 7(a) recordNon-bankIrving, TX1$900K100
First National Bank of Coffee County SBA 7(a) recordBankDouglas, GA1$840K101
Live Oak Banking Company SBA 7(a) recordBankWilmington, NC1$480K100
Lendistry SBLC, LLC SBA 7(a) recordNon-bankLos Angeles, CA1$350K100
American Continental Bank SBA 7(a) recordBankCity Of Industry, CA1$300K100
Bank of America, National Association SBA 7(a) recordBankCharlotte, NC1$300K100
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Dollars are approval amounts, rounded to 2 significant figures per loan, net of cancelled approvals.

Detailed industries in this group in Arkansas
IndustryLoans
Full-Service Restaurants41
Limited-Service Restaurants20
Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars12
Mobile Food Services9
Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages)4
Food Service Contractors2
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SBA loans for restaurants in Arkansas, by size
Loan sizeLoans
Under $150K34
$150K to $350K18
$350K to $1M25
$1M to $2.5M5
$2.5M or more0
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  • SBA lenders recorded 88 loans to restaurants totaling $35.4M in Arkansas in the 36 months ending September 30, 2026, excluding cancelled approvals. SBA FOIA,
  • The typical loan was about $230K, with the middle half between $65K and $510K. SBA FOIA,
  • 82 were SBA 7(a) loans and 0 were SBA 504 first liens. SBA FOIA,
  • SBA 7(a) lenders reported a median initial rate of 9.50% on 82 loans. SBA FOIA,
  • The median term was 10 years. SBA FOIA,
  • Banks and savings institutions made 74 of the loans, credit unions 2, and non-banks 6. SBA FOIA,
  • The five most active lenders made 44.3% of the loans. SBA FOIA,
  • The three most active lenders were Uplift Bank with 15, Arvest Bank with 10, and First Service Bank with 5. SBA FOIA,
  • 34 of the loans were under $150K, and 5 were $1M or more. SBA FOIA,
  • 6 of these loans were made by lenders that have since merged or closed, that the file lists under a name with no lender record here, or that the loan tape shows only at a broader industry level. They are counted in the totals here and appear in no lender's row. SBA FOIA,
  • The SBA file shows 29 approvals of these loans dated in the 12 months to September 30, 2026, versus 35 in the 12 months before. Both counts leave out cancelled approvals and include 504 approvals not yet funded. SBA FOIA,
  • 13 of the 33 lenders are based in Arkansas. The rest are based elsewhere, most often in California, Missouri and North Carolina. SBA FOIA,
  • The most common detailed industry in Arkansas was Full-Service Restaurants, with 41 loans. SBA FOIA,

How this list is defined

Measure
SBA loans made to restaurants in Arkansas
Period
October 2023 to September 2026
Formula
Count, by lender, of SBA 7(a) approvals and SBA 504 first liens located in Arkansas, dated in the 36 months ending September 30, 2026 and not cancelled, whose NAICS code in the SBA file falls in NAICS 722.
Order
Largest first by loans in the state, 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.

What we don't know

  • Whether any of these lenders is taking new SBA loans today, or how it would treat a business like yours.
  • Loans that were never completed. The SBA file lists approvals, and these pages leave out the ones it marks cancelled.
  • The borrower, the address and every term beyond rate and term. The public file does not show them.

Every loan counted here carried one of these NAICS codes in the SBA file, and the state of the loan is the state of the business. Loans are approvals, net of cancelled approvals. Lenders that merged or stopped filing are left out.

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