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SBA lenders in Mississippi

1,279 SBA 7(a) loans in the last five years, from 98 different lenders. Here is who actually lends here.

Loans, last 5 years
1,279
Lent
$741.5M
last 5 fiscal years
Active lenders
98
wrote at least one loan
Typical loan
$208k
median approved
Default rate
2.0%
nationally 2.1%

Who lends here most

last 5 fiscal years
Lender Loans in MSTypical loan Typical rate
Peoples Bank206$126kP+2.02
Community Bank of Mississippi106$245kP+0.79
BankFirst Financial Services104$150kP+1.95
Trustmark Bank90$108kP+0.58
The Huntington National Bank57$357kP+2.34
Covington County Bank · too few loans nationally for a page48$55kP+0.30
Newtek Bank, National Association47$150kP+3.64
Northeast Bank43$72kP+2.83
Live Oak Banking Company42$1.1MP+1.44
BankPlus34$694kP+0.91

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
Broilers and Other Meat Type Chicken Production
7%
Full-Service Restaurants
4%
Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels
4%
General Freight Trucking, Local
3%
Insurance Agencies and Brokerages
3%
Limited-Service Restaurants
3%
Everything else
75%

How big the loans are

Under $150k
45%
$150k – $350k
19%
$350k – $750k
14%
$750k – $2M
15%
Over $2M
8%

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

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