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Potomac Bank

WV · lends in 5 states · 107 SBA loans since 2010, 75 in the last five years.

Smallest loan they do
$47k
5th percentile, last 5 years
Typical loan
$250k
median, last 5 years
Typical rate
P+2.28
variable-rate loans only
Typical term
10 yr
Recent volume
$32.1M
last 5 fiscal years

Will they talk to you?

loan sizes funded
Under $150k
33%
$150k – $350k
37%
$350k – $750k
19%
$750k – $2M
8%
Over $2M
3%

The 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 years
Retail Bakeries
11%
Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
7%
Limited-Service Restaurants
7%
Landscaping Services
5%
Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers
4%
Everything else
67%

A lender who already knows your industry asks better questions and closes faster. One who doesn't will treat your file as an education.

Lends conservatively

0.00% charged off against 2.11% across all SBA lending. Clean books usually mean tight credit standards. Good rates if you fit their box, and a quick decline if you don't.

What rate people got

average markup over prime

Borrowers here averaged prime + 2.28%. Compare that against what you have been quoted — the markup is the negotiable part, and most borrowers never try.

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Their loans, year by year

cumulative % of dollars charged off

Not enough history yet to build a triangle.

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.

Source SBA 7(a) FOIAReleased 2026-06-30 Loans judged 20 Measured at 5 years

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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