SBA by industry · IL
SBA lenders for retail stores in Illinois
100 lenders made 539 SBA loans to retail stores in Illinois in the 36 months ending September 30, 2026. The Huntington National Bank made the most, with 99. The typical loan was about $250K.
- Evidence
- SBA 7(a) and 504 loans to retail stores in Illinois, 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
- 100
- SBA FOIA,
- SBA loans, 36 months
- 539
- SBA FOIA,
- 7(a) net of cancelled; 504 funded first liens
- Dollars, 36 months
- $326M
- SBA FOIA,
- Last 12 months
- 157
- SBA FOIA,
Cite this
Source: The Lender Report, SBA lenders for retail stores in Illinois, https://lender.report/sba-lenders-for/retail/illinois/, data as of September 30, 2026.
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Dollars are approval amounts, rounded to 2 significant figures per loan, net of cancelled approvals.
| Industry | Loans |
|---|---|
| Beer, Wine, and Liquor Retailers | 74 |
| Supermarkets and Other Grocery Retailers (except Convenience Retailers) | 43 |
| Clothing and Clothing Accessories Retailers | 35 |
| All Other General Merchandise Retailers | 26 |
| All Other Miscellaneous Retailers | 24 |
| Baked Goods Retailers | 23 |
| Vending Machine Operators | 19 |
| Jewelry Retailers | 18 |
| Automotive Parts and Accessories Retailers | 17 |
| Cosmetics, Beauty Supplies, and Perfume Retailers | 17 |
| Loan size | Loans |
|---|---|
| Under $150K | 172 |
| $150K to $350K | 149 |
| $350K to $1M | 120 |
| $1M to $2.5M | 75 |
| $2.5M or more | 25 |
- SBA lenders recorded 539 loans to retail stores totaling $325.9M in Illinois in the 36 months ending September 30, 2026, excluding cancelled approvals. SBA FOIA,
- The typical loan was about $250K, with the middle half between $100K and $700K. SBA FOIA,
- 494 were SBA 7(a) loans and 47 were SBA 504 first liens. SBA FOIA,
- SBA 7(a) lenders reported a median initial rate of 10.00% on 494 loans. SBA FOIA,
- The median term was 10 years. SBA FOIA,
- Banks and savings institutions made 483 of the loans, credit unions 8, and non-banks 49. SBA FOIA,
- The five most active lenders made 42.5% of the loans. SBA FOIA,
- The three most active lenders were The Huntington National Bank with 99, U.S. Bank National Association with 48, and Byline Bank with 39. SBA FOIA,
- 172 of the loans were under $150K, and 100 were $1M or more. SBA FOIA,
- The SBA file shows 157 approvals of these loans dated in the 12 months to September 30, 2026, versus 218 in the 12 months before. Both counts leave out cancelled approvals and include 504 approvals not yet funded. SBA FOIA,
- 44 of the 100 lenders are based in Illinois. The rest are based elsewhere, most often in Ohio, California and Indiana. SBA FOIA,
- The most common detailed industry in Illinois was Beer, Wine, and Liquor Retailers, with 74 loans. SBA FOIA,
How this list is defined
- Measure
- SBA loans made to retail stores in Illinois
- Period
- October 2023 to September 2026
- Formula
- Count, by lender, of SBA 7(a) approvals and SBA 504 first liens located in Illinois, 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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