Monday, May 24, 2010

SBA 7(a) Weekly Lending Update

As of May 22, 2010, the SBA has approved $9,425,913,000 in SBA 7(a) loans since October 1st, 2009. This compares to only $4,788,315,000 through the same period last year.

25% of the loans approved so far this year has been for start-up businesses. Two years ago almost 40% of SBA 7(a) loans were for start-ups.