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The small-business 504 loan landscape
A community bank's business development officer
A community bank's business development officer finds four counties where businesses are growing but SBA 504 lending is thin. Those counties become next year's outreach list.
The question
The bank wants to grow its 504 lending, the SBA program for buildings and equipment. Its officers have called on the same towns for years.
The work
On Region Brief or Site Select:
- Small-business 504 loans. Every 504 loan by county, with amount, industry and lender.
- SBA loans and lenders. Which banks and certified development companies are active in each county, and which counties have none.
- Business dynamics. Where new businesses are opening and growing.
- Who owns the businesses. Owner groups, such as veteran-owned and minority-owned, that some programs give priority to.
The result
Four counties show business growth with few or no recent 504 loans. They make the list, each paired with the local development company to partner with.
Why it matters
Outreach goes where the demand is and the competition isn't.
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