SBA Lending by Live Oak Banking Company
Live Oak Banking Company is the #19 most active SBA 7(a) lender by all-time volume, with 15,409 approved 7(a) loans worth $20.4B on record, and it has made 2.8% of every SBA 7(a) loan in the country since 2020.
- 15,409
- 7(a) loans made
- $20.4B
- Approved dollars
- $1M
- Average loan size
- #19
- Rank, all-time volume
- #7
- Rank, volume since 2020
- 2.8%
- Share of U.S. 7(a) since 2020
- +60%
- Annualized vs prior decade
- 4.6%
- Active-loan distress
- 85%
- Made under PLP authority
Between 1991 and mid-2026, Live Oak Banking Company approved 15,409 SBA 7(a) loans worth $20.4B across the country, at an average of $1M per loan. That places it #19 among all U.S. SBA 7(a) lenders. About 85% were written under Preferred Lender (PLP) authority, and 4.6% of its book is currently delinquent, past due, or in liquidation.
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Open the interactive map ↗7(a) loans only, approved and not cancelled, gross basis. Distress is the current share of the active book in delinquent, past-due, or liquidation status. Approval is not funding. FOIA record as of March 31, 2026. No borrower identity appears here.