SBA Lending by State · Florida
SBA Lending in Florida
Florida is the #1 fastest-growing SBA market in the country, up 46% between the 2010s and 2020s.
- 103,750
- Total SBA loans
- $42.8B
- Approved dollars
- 3.9
- Loans per 1,000 businesses / yr
- +46%
- Growth, 2010s to 2020s
- 16.8%
- Active-loan distress
- #4
- Rank, national volume
- #45
- Rank, loans per business
Every SBA 7(a) and 504 loan approved in Florida since 1991 sits in the public federal record. Florida accounts for 103,750 of them, worth $42.8B, split 87,385 under 7(a) and 16,365 under 504. Roughly 13% of 7(a) went to startups and new businesses.
Top industries funded in Florida
Program mix
- 87,385
- 7(a) loans
- 16,365
- 504 loans
- 13%
- To startups & new businesses
- 87%
- To existing businesses
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Drill Florida to the zip-code level, see its top lenders, and shade it by growth, dollars, or distress.
Explore Florida on the map ↗Loan counts and dollars cover SBA 7(a) and 504, approved and not cancelled, gross basis. Growth, distress, per-business rates, industries, and startup share describe the 7(a) book. Approval is not funding. FOIA record as of March 31, 2026.