SBA Lending by State · New York
SBA Lending in New York
New York is the #3 highest active-loan distress rate at 9.0%.
- 116,341
- Total SBA loans
- $28.1B
- Approved dollars
- 5.8
- Loans per 1,000 businesses / yr
- -8%
- Growth, 2010s to 2020s
- 9.0%
- Active-status distress
- #3
- Rank, national volume
- #29
- Rank, loans per business
Every SBA 7(a) and 504 approval recorded for New York since 1991 sits in the public federal file. New York accounts for 116,341 of them, worth $28.1B, split 107,874 under 7(a) and 8,467 under 504. Roughly 9% of 7(a) approvals went to startups and new businesses.
Top industries funded in New York
Program mix
- 107,874
- 7(a) loans
- 8,467
- 504 loans
- 9%
- To startups & new businesses
- 91%
- To existing businesses
SBA lending by city in New York
New York 14,329Brooklyn 9,703Rochester 4,304Buffalo 3,147Bronx 2,530Flushing 1,683Syracuse 1,393Staten Island 1,275Albany 970
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Explore New York 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.