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SBA lenders in District of Columbia

498 SBA 7(a) loans in the last five years, from 84 different lenders. Here is who actually lends here.

Loans, last 5 years
498
Lent
$226.2M
last 5 fiscal years
Active lenders
84
wrote at least one loan
Typical loan
$194k
median approved
5.1%
nationally 5.7%

Who lends here most

last 5 fiscal years

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 industry
Full-Service Restaurants
8%
Beer, Wine, and Liquor Retailers
7%
Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services
4%
Limited-Service Restaurants
4%
Beauty Salons
3%
Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars
2%
Everything else
73%

How big the loans are

Under $150k
48%
$150k – $350k
21%
$350k – $750k
13%
$750k – $2M
14%
Over $2M
4%

If your need sits in a band that barely exists here, widen your search to national lenders rather than assuming nobody will do it.

SBA 504 lending in District of Columbia

504 FOIA record

A 504 loan pairs a bank first mortgage with a fixed-rate second through a Certified Development Company — used mostly for owner-occupied property and heavy equipment. Here is who runs 504 deals in District of Columbia, and how they have performed.

504 loans since 2010
144
$149.9M in SBA seconds
Median project
$1.8M
bank first + 504 second
Default rate
too few seasoned loans

CDCs most active in District of Columbia

Most-financed here: Full-Service Restaurants, Offices of Lawyers, Lessors of Miniwarehouses and Self-Sto…, Offices of Physicians.

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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

States with comparable volume, plus the three largest markets.