Geography · SBA lending record
SBA lenders in Arizona
4,645 SBA 7(a) loans in the last five years, from 192 different lenders. Here is who actually lends here.
Loans, last 5 years
4,645
Lent
$2840.0M
last 5 fiscal years
Active lenders
192
wrote at least one loan
Typical loan
$300k
median approved
Default rate
1.7%
nationally 2.1%
Who lends here most
last 5 fiscal years| Lender | Loans in AZ | Typical loan | Typical rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wells Fargo Bank National Association | 325 | $20k | P+5.33 |
| U.S. Bank, National Association | 292 | $40k | P+2.72 |
| The Huntington National Bank | 273 | $300k | P+2.50 |
| Zions Bank, A Division of | 236 | $100k | P+2.47 |
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 214 | $202k | P+3.62 |
| BayFirst National Bank | 180 | $150k | P+4.19 |
| Live Oak Banking Company | 177 | $900k | P+1.63 |
| Newtek Bank, National Association | 171 | $225k | P+3.39 |
| Readycap Lending, LLC | 170 | $150k | P+4.19 |
| Celtic Bank Corporation | 157 | $170k | P+2.73 |
Volume is not quality — but a lender who does hundreds of deals in your state knows your market, and probably your industry too.
What gets funded here
by industryHow big the loans are
If your need sits in a band that barely exists here, widen your search to national lenders rather than assuming nobody will do it.
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Source SBA 7(a) FOIA
Released 2026-06-30
Basis where the project is, not where the bank is
SBA lending in other states
Colorado · 6,188Massachusetts · 6,053Minnesota · 5,915North Carolina · 5,453Indiana · 4,582Virginia · 4,085Utah · 4,078Wisconsin · 4,007
States with comparable volume, plus the three largest markets.