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The best SBA lenders, by industry

The lenders that finance a restaurant aren't the ones that finance a hotel or a dental practice. Pick your industry to see the SBA 7(a) lenders most active in it, ranked from public loan records.

Food & Restaurants

Full-Service Restaurants Limited-Service Restaurants Snack and Nonalcoholic Beverage Bars Drinking Places (Alcoholic Beverages)Mobile Food Services Retail Bakeries Caterers

Hotels & Lodging

Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels

Health & Medical

Offices of Dentists Offices of Physicians (except Mental Health Specialists)Child Care Services Other Personal Care Services Home Health Care Services Offices of Chiropractors Pet Care (except Veterinary) Services Offices of All Other Miscellaneous Health Practitioners Offices of Mental Health Practitioners (except Physicians)Offices of Physical, Occupational and Speech Therapists, and

Fitness & Recreation

Fitness and Recreational Sports Centers All Other Amusement and Recreation Industries

Beauty & Personal Care

Beauty Salons Nail Salons

Automotive

General Automotive Repair Automotive Body, Paint, and Interior Repair and Maintenance Car Washes Used Car Dealers

Home & Trade Services

Residential Remodelers Plumbing, Heating, and Air-Conditioning Contractors Landscaping Services All Other Specialty Trade Contractors Electrical Contractors and Other Wiring Installation Contrac Janitorial Services New Single-Family Housing Construction (except For-Sale Buil Commercial and Institutional Building Construction Painting and Wall Covering Contractors Site Preparation Contractors

Retail & Shops

Gasoline Stations with Convenience Stores Beer, Wine, and Liquor Retailers Clothing and Clothing Accessories Retailers Beer, Wine, and Liquor Stores Supermarkets and Other Grocery Retailers (except Convenience All Other Miscellaneous Retailers All Other General Merchandise Retailers

Education & Childcare

Sports and Recreation Instruction Child Day Care Services

Business Services

Insurance Agencies and Brokerages Offices of Lawyers Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Marketing Consulting Services Other Accounting Services Engineering Services Electronic Shopping and Mail-Order Houses Tax Preparation Services Other Management Consulting Services Couriers and Express Delivery Services

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DealRoom analysis of public SBA 7(a) lending records. Industries shown are those with enough acquisition financing to rank lenders credibly.

Agent summary

DealRoom ranks the SBA 7(a) lenders most active in each industry — restaurants, hotels, healthcare, trades, retail and more — from public loan records, grouped under 10 parent categories. Because lender fit is industry-specific (a hotel needs a different lender than a coffee shop), each industry has its own ranked list at /lenders/industry/{industry}. DealRoom is not a lender.

60 industries with their own lender list
Grouped under 10 categories
Each: ranked lenders + funded deals + economics

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Data freshness:: SBA records through 2026-05-31; FDIC through 2026-03-31; page updated 2026-06-16.
Sources:: Public SBA 7(a) loan records; FDIC institution data (BankFind); DealRoom lender and franchise enrichment.
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