Each year there are over 1,000 SBA banks who originate SBA 7(a) loans. However, there are only 8 who have grown their dollar loan volume each of the past five years.
Those 8 banks ranked by five year growth:
1) Bank of George – 454% growth
2) MUFG Union Bank – 416% growth
3) United Midwest Savings Bank – 240%
4) Berkshire Bank – 131%
5) Plain State Bank – 101%
6) Newtek Small Business Finance – 84%
7) Stearns Bank – 18%
8) Byline Bank – 5%
Note: For purposes of this analysis, each bank needed to have a minimum $20 million in volume each of the past five years.