Geography · SBA lending record
SBA lenders in Arkansas
1,193 SBA 7(a) loans in the last five years, from 126 different lenders. Here is who actually lends here.
Loans, last 5 years
1,193
Lent
$733.4M
last 5 fiscal years
Active lenders
126
wrote at least one loan
Typical loan
$246k
median approved
Default rate
3.0%
nationally 2.1%
Who lends here most
last 5 fiscal years| Lender | Loans in AR | Typical loan | Typical rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arvest Bank | 138 | $100k | P+1.15 |
| U.S. Bank, National Association | 88 | $25k | P+3.26 |
| First Service Bank | 86 | $290k | P+1.13 |
| Southern Bancorp Bank | 84 | $215k | P+0.73 |
| First Financial Bank | 61 | $760k | P+0.93 |
| The Huntington National Bank | 51 | $310k | P+2.17 |
| FNBC Bank | 47 | $260k | P+1.99 |
| Live Oak Banking Company | 39 | $1.3M | P+1.30 |
| Readycap Lending, LLC | 36 | $64k | P+4.53 |
| First Security Bank · too few loans nationally for a page | 32 | $170k | P+1.28 |
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
Iowa · 1,469Maine · 1,304Mississippi · 1,279Nebraska · 1,266New Mexico · 978Rhode Island · 865Delaware · 781Montana · 772
States with comparable volume, plus the three largest markets.