SBA Lending in Missouri
Missouri is a mid-sized SBA market concentrated in food and lodging, growing -7%.
- 37,750
- Total SBA loans
- $11.3B
- Approved dollars
- 6.4
- Loans per 1,000 businesses / yr
- -7%
- Growth, 2010s to 2020s
- 5.3%
- Active-status distress
- #17
- Rank, national volume
- #18
- Rank, loans per business
Every SBA 7(a) and 504 approval recorded for Missouri since 1991 sits in the public federal file. Missouri accounts for 37,750 of them, worth $11.3B, split 33,188 under 7(a) and 4,562 under 504. Roughly 13% of 7(a) approvals went to startups and new businesses.
Top industries funded in Missouri
Program mix
- 33,188
- 7(a) loans
- 4,562
- 504 loans
- 13%
- To startups & new businesses
- 87%
- To existing businesses
SBA lending by city in Missouri
Drill Missouri to the zip-code level, see its top lenders, and shade it by growth, dollars, or distress.
Explore Missouri on the map ↗Loan counts and dollars cover SBA 7(a) and 504, approved and not cancelled, gross basis. Growth, active-status distress, per-business rates, industries, and startup share describe the 7(a) book. Approval is not funding. FOIA record as of March 31, 2026. Methodology.