Arkansas SBA Loan Data
13,124 loans totaling $4.5B across all SBA programs.
Total Loans
13,124
1992–2025
Total Volume
$4.5B
Gross approval amount
Avg Loan Size
$346K
Median: $119K
Avg Interest Rate
6.94%
Default rate: 14.9%
SBA Lending by County
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Counties in Arkansas
| Pulaski → | 2,316 | $729.5M | $315K |
| Benton → | 1,413 | $569.8M | $403K |
| Washington → | 1,369 | $519.3M | $379K |
| Sebastian → | 467 | $176.6M | $378K |
| Garland → | 546 | $143.1M | $262K |
| Faulkner → | 520 | $137.8M | $265K |
| Craighead → | 360 | $121.3M | $337K |
| White → | 226 | $98.3M | $435K |
| Saline → | 392 | $86.4M | $220K |
| Jefferson → | 267 | $82.9M | $310K |
| Pope → | 221 | $77.4M | $350K |
| Randolph → | 112 | $75.0M | $670K |
| Union → | 197 | $59.6M | $303K |
| Boone → | 231 | $59.6M | $258K |
| Baxter → | 261 | $56.0M | $215K |
| Polk → | 146 | $55.6M | $381K |
| Carroll → | 177 | $55.2M | $312K |
| Crittenden → | 125 | $53.2M | $426K |
| Independence → | 170 | $53.0M | $312K |
| Crawford → | 145 | $51.2M | $353K |
| Madison → | 106 | $50.9M | $480K |
| Lawrence → | 59 | $49.7M | $842K |
| Miller → | 82 | $49.2M | $601K |
| Clay → | 41 | $48.6M | $1.2M |
| Sharp → | 98 | $47.0M | $479K |
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Arkansas Loan Status
Arkansas Loan Status showing Active: 13.1%, Paid in Full: 61.1%, Charged Off: 13%, Cancelled: 11.9%, Committed: 0.8%
Active13.1%
Paid in Full61.1%
Charged Off13%
Cancelled11.9%
Committed0.8%
Note: Loans from 2023 and later may show lower default rates because they haven't had enough time to mature. Default rates typically stabilize after 5+ years.
Arkansas Annual Lending Volume
Arkansas Annual Lending Volume from 1992 to 2025
Number of Loans per Year
Number of Loans per Year from 1992 to 2025
Top Industries
Top Industries with 12 categories
Loan Size Distribution
Loan Size Distribution with 7 categories
Top Lenders in Arkansas
| First Financial Bank | 805 | $432.5M | $537K | 6.33% | 4.3% |
| Arvest Bank | 1,537 | $408.9M | $266K | 6.08% | 8.2% |
| Live Oak Banking Company | 185 | $301.4M | $1.6M | 6.35% | 1.7% |
| ACC Capital | 583 | $264.2M | $453K | 7.14% | 14.1% |
| Regions Bank | 686 | $193.5M | $282K | 6.63% | 15.2% |
| Simmons Bank | 954 | $177.6M | $186K | 6.53% | 19.7% |
| Southern Bancorp Bank | 426 | $169.1M | $397K | 7.03% | 14.6% |
| Centennial Bank | 443 | $120.0M | $271K | 6.37% | 14.7% |
| Cadence Bank | 343 | $111.5M | $325K | 6.53% | 13.7% |
| Bank OZK | 240 | $105.0M | $437K | 6.43% | 12.7% |
| First Service Bank | 155 | $95.2M | $614K | 7.48% | 0.8% |
| First Horizon Bank | 198 | $79.1M | $400K | 7.11% | 20.7% |
| Readycap Lending, LLC | 118 | $68.4M | $580K | 11.32% | 17.8% |
| Bank of America, National Association | 629 | $63.7M | $101K | 7.12% | 23.0% |
| Legacy National Bank | 146 | $63.7M | $436K | 5.92% | 9.8% |
| U.S. Bank, National Association | 779 | $59.3M | $76K | 8.25% | 11.2% |
| FNBC Bank | 157 | $49.3M | $314K | 7.53% | 7.8% |
| First Security Bank | 171 | $48.3M | $282K | 7.57% | 13.1% |
| Wells Fargo Bank National Association | 96 | $48.2M | $502K | 6.98% | 28.7% |
| Stone Bank | 47 | $39.2M | $834K | 6.92% | 12.2% |
| Byline Bank | 21 | $32.9M | $1.6M | 8.21% | 6.3% |
| Equity Bank | 154 | $31.1M | $202K | 6.48% | 32.4% |
| Business Loan Center, LLC | 42 | $26.3M | $627K | N/A | 37.8% |
| The First National Bank of Fort Smith | 128 | $25.0M | $196K | 6.90% | 8.5% |
| RiverBank | 38 | $24.0M | $632K | 7.42% | 0.0% |
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