SBA by industry · CA
SBA lenders for retail stores in California
167 lenders made 2,399 SBA loans to retail stores in California in the 36 months ending September 30, 2026. U.S. Bank National Association made the most, with 207. The typical loan was about $260K.
- Evidence
- SBA 7(a) and 504 loans to retail stores in California, NAICS 44 and 45, excluding gas, convenience and pharmacy
- Data as of
- SBA, September 30, 2026
- Page last changed
- November 12, 2026
- Lenders on record
- 167
- SBA FOIA,
- SBA loans, 36 months
- 2,399
- SBA FOIA,
- 7(a) net of cancelled; 504 funded first liens
- Dollars, 36 months
- $1.38B
- SBA FOIA,
- Last 12 months
- 727
- SBA FOIA,
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Source: The Lender Report, SBA lenders for retail stores in California, https://lender.report/sba-lenders-for/retail/california/, data as of September 30, 2026.
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| Lender | Kind | Based in | Loans | Dollars | 7(a) | 504 | Last 12 months |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bank National Association SBA 7(a) record | Bank | Cincinnati, OH | 207 | $87.1M | 202 | 5 | 40 |
| Lendistry SBLC, LLC SBA 7(a) record | Non-bank | Los Angeles, CA | 136 | $27.4M | 136 | 0 | 25 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association SBA 7(a) record | Bank | Sioux Falls, SD | 128 | $54.9M | 118 | 10 | 21 |
| Northeast Bank SBA 7(a) record | Bank | Portland, ME | 128 | $20.4M | 128 | 0 | 32 |
| Newtek Bank, National Association SBA 7(a) record | Bank | Miami, FL | 123 | $36.8M | 122 | 1 | 64 |
| Readycap Lending, LLC SBA 7(a) record | Non-bank | Berkeley Heights, NJ | 99 | $31.3M | 99 | 0 | 17 |
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association SBA 7(a) record | Bank | Columbus, OH | 91 | $41.4M | 82 | 9 | 18 |
| BayFirst National Bank SBA 7(a) record | Bank | Saint Petersburg, FL | 90 | $12.3M | 90 | 0 | 0 |
| Celtic Bank SBA 7(a) record | Bank | Salt Lake City, UT | 89 | $49.7M | 87 | 2 | 21 |
| Bank of Hope SBA 7(a) record | Bank | Los Angeles, CA | 83 | $44.2M | 83 | 0 | 39 |
| Open Bank SBA 7(a) record | Bank | Los Angeles, CA | 62 | $52.6M | 59 | 3 | 17 |
| The Huntington National Bank SBA 7(a) record | Bank | Columbus, OH | 57 | $17.3M | 57 | 0 | 15 |
| Commonwealth Business Bank SBA 7(a) record | Bank | Los Angeles, CA | 55 | $42.4M | 55 | 0 | 10 |
| Bank of America, National Association SBA 7(a) record | Bank | Charlotte, NC | 52 | $48.9M | 33 | 19 | 15 |
| American Continental Bank SBA 7(a) record | Bank | City Of Industry, CA | 48 | $30.9M | 48 | 0 | 23 |
| PCB Bank SBA 7(a) record | Bank | Los Angeles, CA | 46 | $40.4M | 46 | 0 | 24 |
| Live Oak Banking Company SBA 7(a) record | Bank | Wilmington, NC | 45 | $48.2M | 45 | 0 | 9 |
| Zions Bancorporation, N.A. SBA 7(a) record | Bank | Salt Lake City, UT | 37 | $12.0M | 33 | 4 | 13 |
| First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company SBA 7(a) record | Bank | Raleigh, NC | 36 | $57.9M | 3 | 33 | 4 |
| East West Bank SBA 7(a) record | Bank | Pasadena, CA | 36 | $39.0M | 33 | 3 | 10 |
| Harvest Commercial Capital, LLC SBA 504 record | Non-bank | Not reported | 34 | $39.0M | 0 | 34 | 14 |
| Harvest Small Business Finance, LLC SBA 7(a) record | Non-bank | Laguna Hills, CA | 34 | $34.4M | 34 | 0 | 14 |
| CDC Small Business Finance Corp. SBA 7(a) record | Non-bank | San Diego, CA | 34 | $6.34M | 34 | 0 | 7 |
| US Metro Bank SBA 7(a) record | Bank | Garden Grove, CA | 30 | $28.1M | 29 | 1 | 17 |
| United Midwest Savings Bank, National Association SBA 7(a) record | Bank | Degraff, OH | 29 | $5.12M | 29 | 0 | 9 |
Dollars are approval amounts, rounded to 2 significant figures per loan, net of cancelled approvals.
| Industry | Loans |
|---|---|
| Beer, Wine, and Liquor Retailers | 368 |
| Clothing and Clothing Accessories Retailers | 189 |
| Supermarkets and Other Grocery Retailers (except Convenience Retailers) | 173 |
| All Other General Merchandise Retailers | 113 |
| Automotive Parts and Accessories Retailers | 107 |
| All Other Miscellaneous Retailers | 106 |
| Used Car Dealers | 105 |
| Cosmetics, Beauty Supplies, and Perfume Retailers | 85 |
| Jewelry Retailers | 65 |
| Sporting Goods Retailers | 62 |
| Loan size | Loans |
|---|---|
| Under $150K | 714 |
| $150K to $350K | 632 |
| $350K to $1M | 655 |
| $1M to $2.5M | 312 |
| $2.5M or more | 90 |
- SBA lenders recorded 2,399 loans to retail stores totaling $1.4B in California in the 36 months ending September 30, 2026, excluding cancelled approvals. SBA FOIA,
- The typical loan was about $260K, with the middle half between $100K and $670K. SBA FOIA,
- 2,157 were SBA 7(a) loans and 246 were SBA 504 first liens. SBA FOIA,
- SBA 7(a) lenders reported a median initial rate of 10.25% on 2,157 loans. SBA FOIA,
- The median term was 10 years. SBA FOIA,
- Banks and savings institutions made 1,959 of the loans, credit unions 35, and non-banks 404. SBA FOIA,
- The five most active lenders made 30.1% of the loans. SBA FOIA,
- The three most active lenders were U.S. Bank National Association with 207, Lendistry SBLC, LLC with 136, and Northeast Bank with 128. SBA FOIA,
- 714 of the loans were under $150K, and 402 were $1M or more. SBA FOIA,
- 1 of these loans was 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 727 approvals of these loans dated in the 12 months to September 30, 2026, versus 911 in the 12 months before. Both counts leave out cancelled approvals and include 504 approvals not yet funded. SBA FOIA,
- 77 of the 167 lenders are based in California. The rest are based elsewhere, most often in Utah, Illinois and Ohio. SBA FOIA,
- The most common detailed industry in California was Beer, Wine, and Liquor Retailers, with 368 loans. SBA FOIA,
How this list is defined
- Measure
- SBA loans made to retail stores in California
- Period
- October 2023 to September 2026
- Formula
- Count, by lender, of SBA 7(a) approvals and SBA 504 first liens located in California, dated in the 36 months ending September 30, 2026 and not cancelled, whose NAICS code in the SBA file falls in NAICS 44 and 45, excluding gas, convenience and pharmacy.
- 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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