All rankings · Q2 2026 only · April–June 2026 · FOIA as of 2026-06-30

SBA 7(a) rankings by location in Q2 2026

Project states, counties, and borrower ZIPs ranked by GrossApproval for April–June 2026.

$7.64B approved nationwide across 14,357 loans. Change the period to compare another quarter, half, year, or the entire window.

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Quarterly: Q2 2026 — April 1 – June 30, 2026.

Q2 2026 approved

$958M

12.5% of U.S. Q2 2026 volume

Loans in Q2 2026

1,746

Avg $549K

Average loan

$549K

GrossApproval / loan count

Jobs supported

16,856

SBA reported, Q2 2026

Monthly approvals in Q2 2026 · California

April–June 2026 only.

Q2 2026 approvals by project state

April–June 2026

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Top counties in California

Project county, ranked by Q2 2026 GrossApproval. Click a county to recut this page.

Top ZIPs in California

Borrower mailing ZIP (BorrZip), ranked by Q2 2026 GrossApproval. Not the project county.

  1. 1.90025 · Los Angeles$10.7M
  2. 2.92840 · Garden Grove$8.8M
  3. 3.92128 · San Diego$8.5M
  4. 4.92123 · San Diego$8.2M
  5. 5.92121 · San Diego$7.2M
  6. 6.94520 · Concord$7.0M
  7. 7.94538 · Fremont$7.0M
  8. 8.91301 · Agoura Hills$6.8M
  9. 9.93308 · Bakersfield$6.6M
  10. 10.90043 · Los Angeles$6.6M
  11. 11.93535 · Lancaster$6.4M
  12. 12.90058 · Vernon$6.4M
  13. 13.92612 · Irvine$6.3M
  14. 14.92335 · Fontana$6.0M
  15. 15.90010 · Los Angeles$5.9M

Top NAICS sectors by loan count · California

Project-state industries in Q2 2026 (April–June 2026), ranked by number of 7(a) loans.

#IndustryLoansApprovedAvg loanShare of loans
1Retail Trade225$190M$842K12.9%
2Accommodation and Food Services212$121M$572K12.1%
3Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services211$94.4M$448K12.1%
4Construction202$69.9M$346K11.6%
5Other Services (except Public Administration)167$70.3M$421K9.6%
6Health Care and Social Assistance151$93.2M$617K8.6%
7Manufacturing123$81.3M$661K7.0%
8Administrative and Support and Waste Management96$45.2M$471K5.5%
9Wholesale Trade88$59.8M$679K5.0%
10Transportation and Warehousing61$36.1M$592K3.5%
11Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation61$26.5M$435K3.5%
12Educational Services43$20.4M$475K2.5%
13Real Estate and Rental and Leasing40$15.9M$398K2.3%
14Finance and Insurance29$19.0M$655K1.7%
15Information23$9.9M$429K1.3%
16Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting10$2.4M$245K0.6%
17Utilities2$1.9M$963K0.1%
18Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction1$451K$451K0.1%
19Public Administration1$100K$100K0.1%

Leading lender by sector · California

For each NAICS sector in this project state, the #1 SBA 7(a) lender by approved volume in Q2 2026 (April–June 2026).

#SectorLeading lenderTypeLender loansLender approvedShare of sector loansShare of sector $
1Retail Trade(225 loans)Celtic Bank CorporationCommunity bank12$21.1M5.3%11.1%
2Accommodation and Food Services(212 loans)US Metro BankCommunity bank7$15.0M3.3%12.3%
3Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services(211 loans)The Huntington National BankBig bank11$10.6M5.2%11.2%
4Construction(202 loans)U.S. Bank, National AssociationBig bank64$7.5M31.7%10.7%
5Other Services (except Public Administration)(167 loans)Harvest Small Business Finance, LLCFintech / nonbank8$9.3M4.8%13.3%
6Health Care and Social Assistance(151 loans)Live Oak Banking CompanyCommunity bank14$13.2M9.3%14.1%
7Manufacturing(123 loans)Newtek Bank, National AssociationFintech / nonbank31$9.9M25.2%12.1%
8Administrative and Support and Waste Management(96 loans)City National BankCommunity bank3$5.7M3.1%12.6%
9Wholesale Trade(88 loans)City National BankCommunity bank5$8.3M5.7%13.9%
10Transportation and Warehousing(61 loans)Commercial Bank of CaliforniaCommunity bank3$5.7M4.9%15.9%
11Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation(61 loans)Zions Bank, A Division ofCommunity bank8$3.8M13.1%14.2%
12Educational Services(43 loans)Newtek Bank, National AssociationFintech / nonbank11$4.0M25.6%19.6%
13Real Estate and Rental and Leasing(40 loans)U.S. Bank, National AssociationBig bank12$5.7M30.0%36.0%
14Finance and Insurance(29 loans)Port 51 Lending LLCFintech / nonbank1$5.0M3.4%26.3%
15Information(23 loans)First Internet Bank of IndianaCommunity bank1$3.5M4.3%35.5%
16Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting(10 loans)Live Oak Banking CompanyCommunity bank2$1.0M20.0%40.8%
17Utilities(2 loans)Integro BankCommunity bank1$1.7M50.0%90.6%
18Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction(1 loans)Harvest Small Business Finance, LLCFintech / nonbank1$451K100.0%100.0%
19Public Administration(1 loans)Live Oak Banking CompanyCommunity bank1$100K100.0%100.0%

Leading industry by county · California

For each ranked project county, the NAICS sector with the most Q2 2026 loans. Click a county to open it above; click a sector name to open the Sectors ranking.

#CountyTop sector (by loans)LoansApprovedShare of county loans
1Retail Trade68$51.6M13.9%
2Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services35$16.9M18.1%
3Health Care and Social Assistance26$20.2M13.2%
4Construction22$6.7M21.0%
5Construction18$4.1M18.2%
6Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services14$11.9M25.9%
7Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services10$5.1M20.0%
8Health Care and Social Assistance9$4.1M18.8%
9Retail Trade8$3.7M13.8%
10Retail Trade8$9.3M30.8%
11Construction7$8.3M12.7%
12Accommodation and Food Services6$2.1M25.0%
13Retail Trade5$12.9M25.0%
14Wholesale Trade4$5.1M14.3%
15Retail Trade4$14.1M33.3%

Lenders in this location cut

Ranked by GrossApproval in California · April–June 2026

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#LenderTypeLoansApprovedAvg loan
1Newtek Bank, National AssociationFintech / nonbank277$67.8M$245K
2U.S. Bank, National AssociationBig bank225$62.7M$278K
3US Metro BankCommunity bank25$50.0M$2.0M
4Harvest Small Business Finance, LLCFintech / nonbank41$48.2M$1.2M
5Live Oak Banking CompanyCommunity bank72$47.6M$661K
6Celtic Bank CorporationCommunity bank48$42.3M$882K
7Bank of HopeCommunity bank47$38.2M$812K
8Northeast BankCommunity bank150$32.5M$216K
9Open BankCommunity bank17$28.2M$1.7M
10Wells Fargo Bank National AssociationBig bank23$24.7M$1.1M

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“California SBA 7(a) approvals totaled $958M in Q2 2026 — Resource SBA 7(a) Lending.”

Methodology & data source

This page includes calendar Q2 2026 only. Loan-level SBA 7(a) FOIA approvals are filtered by ApprovalDate; loans from every other quarter in the extract are ignored. Dollar volume is GrossApproval. Lender identity is grouped by FDIC certificate or NCUA charter when present, otherwise by a normalized lender name. Industry cuts use 2-digit NAICS sectors (31–33 manufacturing, 44–45 retail, and 48–49 transportation are collapsed). Geography uses ProjectState / ProjectCounty (where the funded project is located), not the lender headquarters. ZIP rankings use BorrZip (borrower mailing ZIP), which can differ from the project county. Rows without a positive GrossApproval or parseable ApprovalDate are excluded from all rollups. Missing NAICS codes are bucketed as Unclassified. This dataset contains approved loans only — it cannot support an approval-rate statistic. Individual borrower names and addresses are not published.

Period
Q2 2026
As of
June 30, 2026
Loans in Q2 2026
14,357
Coverage
April 1, 2026 – June 30, 2026

373,981 loans in the FOIA extract fell outside Q2 2026 and were ignored in this view.

Within Q2 2026, no rows were dropped for missing GrossApproval, lender identity, NAICS, or project state. Unclassified NAICS (if any) remain in totals and are labeled explicitly.

  • Only Q2 2026 approvals are published on this page. Other quarters in the FOIA CSV are dropped before ranking.
  • SBA updates the FOIA extract quarterly; drop the new CSV in src/app/documents/sba7aloandata/ and re-run npm run sba-lending:build.
  • Franchise names are sparse; brands with fewer than 10 loans in the quarter (3 in a state cut) are omitted from the franchise table.
  • County drill-downs cover the top project counties in a state. ZIP tables are top borrower ZIPs, not a full ZIP census.

Source: U.S. Small Business Administration FOIA 7(a) loan-level dataset · File FOIA_7a_FY2020_Present_asof_260630.csv. Last built September 11, 2026. Resource SBA 7(a) Lending in Q2 2026.

Q2 2026 SBA 7(a) by state

Use the state control on this page to rank project counties and ZIPs in that state during April–June 2026. Switch Quarterly, Semiannual, or Annual to change the window.

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