SBA Lending by State · Wisconsin
SBA Lending in Wisconsin
Wisconsin is a mid-sized SBA market concentrated in food and lodging, growing -30%.
- 44,482
- Total SBA loans
- $15.4B
- Approved dollars
- 7.7
- Loans per 1,000 businesses / yr
- -30%
- Growth, 2010s to 2020s
- 7.0%
- Active-loan distress
- #15
- Rank, national volume
- #11
- Rank, loans per business
Every SBA 7(a) and 504 loan approved in Wisconsin since 1991 sits in the public federal record. Wisconsin accounts for 44,482 of them, worth $15.4B, split 38,688 under 7(a) and 5,794 under 504. Roughly 13% of 7(a) went to startups and new businesses.
Top industries funded in Wisconsin
Program mix
- 38,688
- 7(a) loans
- 5,794
- 504 loans
- 13%
- To startups & new businesses
- 87%
- To existing businesses
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Explore Wisconsin 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.