Lender · SBA 7(a) record
Montana Community Development Corp.
MT · lends in 6 states · 216 SBA loans since 2010, 103 in the last five years.
How fast they approve. Montana Community Development Corp. made 56% of its recent SBA 7(a) loans under Preferred Lender (PLP) authority — it can approve them in-house without sending your file to the SBA to re-underwrite, which is the biggest single driver of how fast a loan closes. Why approval speed comes down to the lender.
What stands out about Montana Community Development Corp.
vs every other SBA lenderMontana Community Development Corp. lives at the small end. Its median loan is just $109k, well under the $347k typical of SBA lenders — one of the banks genuinely willing to write small.
Montana Community Development Corp. is startup-heavy. 80% of its loans are startups, well above the norm — a good sign if that is your deal.
It leans into one industry. 9% of Montana Community Development Corp.'s loans go to residential remodelers — roughly 2× the share you would expect, so it clearly knows that business.
This read is built from 103 funded 7(a) loans over the last five fiscal years.
Will they talk to you?
loan sizes fundedThe spread of loan sizes tells you where this lender is comfortable. Ask for something far outside it and expect friction.
Do they fund businesses like yours?
last 5 yearsA lender who already knows your industry asks better questions and closes faster. One who doesn't will treat your file as an education.
Middle of the road on risk
1.70% charged off, close to the 2.11% across all SBA lending. Neither unusually tight nor unusually loose.
Their loans, year by year
cumulative % of dollars charged off| Approved | Yr 1 | Yr 2 | Yr 3 | Yr 4 | Yr 5 | Yr 6 | Yr 7 | Yr 8 | Yr 9 | Yr 10 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 1.8 | · | · |
| 2023 | 0.0 | 0.0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2024 | 0.0 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · |
Each row is one year's lending. Read down a column to compare years at the same age — that is the only fair comparison, because losses take three to five years to appear and a fast-growing lender always looks clean on a raw average.
What this page cannot tell you
Federal records show what was approved, not how long it took, how the bank communicated, or whether your loan officer returned calls. Ask any lender directly: are you a preferred lender, how many deals like mine did you close last year, and who underwrites it.
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Common questions
Does Montana Community Development Corp. make SBA startup and acquisition loans?
Yes — its recent SBA 7(a) record includes 37 startups. If your deal is one of these, it has funded that kind of loan many times before. See how it ranks for your exact deal.
What is the smallest SBA loan Montana Community Development Corp. will make?
Its practical minimum — the 5th percentile of what it has actually funded — is about $40,000, and the typical (median) Montana Community Development Corp. loan is $109,200. If your loan is well below its practical minimum, it is unlikely to be interested however strong your file.
What states does Montana Community Development Corp. lend in?
Most of Montana Community Development Corp.'s recent SBA lending is concentrated in Idaho, Montana, Utah, among 6 states in total. Compare lenders by state.