The SBA just recently received the most active SBA banks for the first half of 2019. The familiar suspects – Live Oak, Wells Fargo, and Huntington Bank top the list in terms of loan volume. Live Oak Bank, was well ahead of second place Wells Fargo in terms of loan volume. Live Oak achieved this goal with an average loan size of almost $1.5 million. Live Oak is more comfortable doing bigger loans than some of its banking peers as its SBA bank loans focus only on a dozen of so niches. When ranking loan activity by number of loans approved, Huntington Bank actually issued appropriately four times as many loans as Live Oak.
The top 100 most active are below. If you are looking for a small business SBA loan for your business, there is no better place to look than than this table of the most active SBA banks for 7(a) loans:
| Rank | SBA Bank Name | # of Loans | Total Loan $$$ | Avg Loan |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Live Oak Banking Company | 692 | $1,018,859,300 | $1,472,340 |
| 2 | Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | 2,316 | $619,527,200 | $267,499 |
| 3 | The Huntington National Bank | 2,731 | $500,343,600 | $183,209 |
| 4 | Newtek Small Business Finance, Inc. | 679 | $476,448,900 | $701,692 |
| 5 | Byline Bank | 342 | $406,815,400 | $1,189,519 |
| 6 | Celtic Bank Corporation | 584 | $368,163,100 | $630,416 |
| 7 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 1,428 | $361,490,400 | $253,145 |
| 8 | First Home Bank | 1,185 | $303,890,100 | $256,447 |
| 9 | U.S. Bank, National Association | 1,976 | $288,246,400 | $145,874 |
| 10 | KeyBank National Association | 389 | $216,982,300 | $557,795 |
| 11 | Seacoast Commerce Bank | 192 | $215,592,600 | $1,122,878 |
| 12 | TD Bank, National Association | 2,097 | $193,744,800 | $92,391 |
| 13 | Stearns Bank National Association | 594 | $185,611,700 | $312,478 |
| 14 | Bank of Hope | 381 | $184,796,000 | $485,029 |
| 15 | BBVA USA | 161 | $169,940,900 | $1,055,534 |
| 16 | Bank of the West | 292 | $167,323,900 | $573,027 |
| 17 | Readycap Lending, LLC | 135 | $166,794,000 | $1,235,511 |
| 18 | First Bank | 180 | $142,617,900 | $792,322 |
| 19 | PromiseOne Bank | 92 | $135,876,000 | $1,476,913 |
| 20 | Berkshire Bank | 211 | $134,413,800 | $637,032 |
| 21 | Independence Bank | 952 | $134,125,000 | $140,888 |
| 22 | Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company | 1,100 | $133,829,100 | $121,663 |
| 23 | Bank of George | 54 | $132,626,500 | $2,456,046 |
| 24 | SunTrust Bank | 213 | $129,914,700 | $609,928 |
| 25 | Bank of America, National Association | 232 | $128,002,200 | $551,734 |
| 26 | Commonwealth Business Bank | 128 | $127,733,000 | $997,914 |
| 27 | Pinnacle Bank | 117 | $119,748,500 | $1,023,491 |
| 28 | Harvest Small Business Finance, LLC | 104 | $116,448,600 | $1,119,698 |
| 29 | Metro City Bank | 69 | $115,041,900 | $1,667,274 |
| 30 | River Valley Bank | 113 | $114,832,400 | $1,016,216 |
| 31 | First Financial Bank | 165 | $110,712,100 | $670,982 |
| 32 | MUFG Union Bank, National Association | 77 | $109,187,600 | $1,418,021 |
| 33 | United Midwest Savings Bank, National Association | 439 | $106,353,500 | $242,263 |
| 34 | United Community Bank | 174 | $105,061,800 | $603,803 |
| 35 | Poppy Bank | 43 | $103,330,700 | $2,403,040 |
| 36 | Pacific City Bank | 114 | $102,948,000 | $903,053 |
| 37 | Midwest Regional Bank | 157 | $97,392,800 | $620,336 |
| 38 | The Bancorp Bank | 86 | $93,610,600 | $1,088,495 |
| 39 | Citizens Bank | 122 | $89,706,800 | $735,302 |
| 40 | Pacific Premier Bank | 46 | $85,940,800 | $1,868,278 |
| 41 | NewBank | 80 | $84,739,500 | $1,059,244 |
| 42 | Synovus Bank | 50 | $82,240,700 | $1,644,814 |
| 43 | Capital One, National Association | 83 | $81,917,400 | $986,957 |
| 44 | Fifth Third Bank | 240 | $81,267,800 | $338,616 |
| 45 | Pacific Western Bank | 77 | $80,317,000 | $1,043,078 |
| 46 | Atlantic Capital Bank, National Association | 107 | $80,124,500 | $748,827 |
| 47 | Zions Bank, A Division of | 280 | $79,669,000 | $284,532 |
| 48 | Open Bank | 75 | $79,227,700 | $1,056,369 |
| 49 | Hanmi Bank | 146 | $78,990,000 | $541,027 |
| 50 | Umpqua Bank | 122 | $77,657,900 | $636,540 |
| 51 | BankUnited, National Association | 71 | $74,794,600 | $1,053,445 |
| 52 | Centerstone SBA Lending, Inc. | 65 | $71,229,500 | $1,095,838 |
| 53 | Regions Bank | 84 | $70,883,200 | $843,848 |
| 54 | Comerica Bank | 208 | $70,695,500 | $339,882 |
| 55 | Savoy Bank | 41 | $70,418,800 | $1,717,532 |
| 56 | Fidelity Bank | 110 | $69,430,400 | $631,185 |
| 57 | Cadence Bank, National Association | 184 | $68,451,900 | $372,021 |
| 58 | First IC Bank | 50 | $68,043,500 | $1,360,870 |
| 59 | Stone Bank | 65 | $66,955,600 | $1,030,086 |
| 60 | Republic First Bank d/b/a Republic Bank | 30 | $65,115,800 | $2,170,527 |
| 61 | FinWise Bank | 65 | $65,052,800 | $1,000,812 |
| 62 | First Savings Bank | 74 | $64,255,700 | $868,320 |
| 63 | PNC Bank, National Association | 354 | $63,824,000 | $180,294 |
| 64 | Branch Banking and Trust Company | 186 | $61,168,100 | $328,861 |
| 65 | Five Star Bank | 306 | $60,519,900 | $197,777 |
| 66 | HomeStar Bank and Financial Services | 45 | $57,819,000 | $1,284,867 |
| 67 | Customers Bank | 54 | $57,421,600 | $1,063,363 |
| 68 | First Choice Bank | 38 | $54,648,700 | $1,438,124 |
| 69 | Wallis Bank | 41 | $54,025,200 | $1,317,688 |
| 70 | Citizens Bank, National Association | 168 | $53,728,600 | $319,813 |
| 71 | HomeTrust Bank | 45 | $53,405,700 | $1,186,793 |
| 72 | Northwest Bank | 114 | $53,014,200 | $465,037 |
| 73 | Seacoast National Bank | 181 | $52,082,100 | $287,746 |
| 74 | First Chatham Bank | 33 | $50,191,700 | $1,520,961 |
| 75 | Noah Bank | 61 | $50,162,000 | $822,328 |
| 76 | BancorpSouth Bank | 67 | $49,827,900 | $743,700 |
| 77 | First Bank Financial Centre | 56 | $49,782,400 | $888,971 |
| 78 | US Metro Bank | 39 | $49,152,700 | $1,260,326 |
| 79 | Touchmark National Bank | 23 | $48,912,400 | $2,126,626 |
| 80 | United Business Bank | 61 | $48,337,200 | $792,413 |
| 81 | First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company | 64 | $47,998,900 | $749,983 |
| 82 | New Millennium Bank | 57 | $47,778,000 | $838,211 |
| 83 | Webster Bank, National Association | 167 | $47,123,200 | $282,175 |
| 84 | Radius Bank | 41 | $47,010,000 | $1,146,585 |
| 85 | East West Bank | 82 | $46,717,000 | $569,720 |
| 86 | First Commonwealth Bank | 61 | $46,565,200 | $763,364 |
| 87 | Chemical Bank | 88 | $45,423,400 | $516,175 |
| 88 | Veritex Community Bank | 28 | $45,359,100 | $1,619,968 |
| 89 | Banner Bank | 193 | $44,524,600 | $230,697 |
| 90 | Plains State Bank | 26 | $44,440,500 | $1,709,250 |
| 91 | Columbia State Bank | 240 | $43,461,600 | $181,090 |
| 92 | Spirit of Texas Bank, SSB | 146 | $42,797,000 | $293,130 |
| 93 | Texas Capital Bank, National Association | 27 | $42,439,900 | $1,571,848 |
| 94 | Fulton Bank, National Association | 48 | $41,591,500 | $866,490 |
| 95 | BancFirst | 93 | $40,413,100 | $434,549 |
| 96 | Eastern Bank | 357 | $40,380,700 | $113,111 |
| 97 | IBERIABANK | 57 | $39,991,100 | $701,598 |
| 98 | T Bank, National Association | 19 | $38,729,300 | $2,038,384 |
| 99 | CenterState Bank, National Association | 54 | $38,641,200 | $715,578 |
| 100 | Santander Bank, National Association | 212 | $37,481,900 | $176,801 |