Feasibility Study Data for the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area

What SBA's own loan files show about lending in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area, every asset class together, and what a feasibility study for a project there has to test.

Beaumont-Port Arthur lending, in outline

Beaumont-Port Arthur drew 358 SBA approvals across FY2017 to FY2026, worth $349.8 million gross. By loan count, Beaumont-Port Arthur stands 206 of 928 among all areas. Half the Beaumont-Port Arthur loans are $473,150 or smaller. $150,000 to $1.3 million spans the Beaumont-Port Arthur middle half. Beaumont-Port Arthur: 2.27x of the national median. By program, Beaumont-Port Arthur has 325 7(a) loans and 33 504 loans. Beaumont-Port Arthur shows a franchise share of 24.6%. Those 358 Beaumont-Port Arthur loans carry $349.8 million.

Beaumont-Port Arthur: where the loans land

In Beaumont-Port Arthur, the tracked classes lead with gas station and truck stop (37), hotel and motel (23), and full-service restaurant (15). Fourth in Beaumont-Port Arthur is limited-service restaurant, with 14 loans. 193 loans in Beaumont-Port Arthur fit no class, so Beaumont-Port Arthur class patterns say less. County placement in Beaumont-Port Arthur is led by Jefferson County, TX (251), Orange County, TX (56), and Hardin County, TX (51).

Beaumont-Port Arthur: the lender side

SBA lists the current holder of each Beaumont-Port Arthur loan; the originator may differ. Beaumont-Port Arthur lists, for 7(a), Live Oak Banking Company with 16 loans ($22.6 million) and Hancock Whitney Bank with 15 loans ($19.6 million). Among Beaumont-Port Arthur 504 holders: North Texas Certified Development Corporation (20 loans, $16.7 million) and Southeast Texas Economic Development Foundation (8 loans, $9.1 million). A Beaumont-Port Arthur borrower reads these rows as context. Beaumont-Port Arthur rows promise no one a loan.

Beaumont-Port Arthur: floors, and what is withheld

Of Beaumont-Port Arthur approvals from FY2017 to FY2024, 15.7% were cancelled, a floor. The ceiling is withheld for Beaumont-Port Arthur: Beaumont-Port Arthur loans are few. Beaumont-Port Arthur charge-offs: 5.0% among 160 loans disbursed FY2017 to FY2021, a floor. Beaumont-Port Arthur withholds a five-year rate: Beaumont-Port Arthur loans are too few. Treat Beaumont-Port Arthur rates as floors. Later events lift them, Beaumont-Port Arthur included. County names place the Beaumont-Port Arthur loans. The July 2023 delineation defines Beaumont-Port Arthur. Unmatched counties drop out of Beaumont-Port Arthur. The Beaumont-Port Arthur total includes loans outside the classes.

Beaumont-Port Arthur: testing a project

The Beaumont-Port Arthur trend peaks in FY2021 with 52 loans ($62.9 million) and bottoms in FY2026 with 24 ($20.2 million). The first year, FY2017, shows 44 loans and $23.9 million for Beaumont-Port Arthur. FY2026 closes the Beaumont-Port Arthur series at 24 loans, $20.2 million. A Beaumont-Port Arthur study weighs local demand against Jefferson County, TX competitors, not national patterns. Cost follows in Beaumont-Port Arthur: site, build and equipment priced against a $473,150 median. Beaumont-Port Arthur is 2.27x of the national one. Coverage for Beaumont-Port Arthur is run on weaker income. Beaumont-Port Arthur floors shape that downside. Beaumont-Port Arthur appraisal evidence comes from area sales. Beaumont-Port Arthur income evidence sits beside it. Absorption near Jefferson County, TX is tested for Beaumont-Port Arthur on a slow case. Beside Jefferson County, TX findings, the Beaumont-Port Arthur study lists what it could not test.

SBA loans in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY2026358
Gross dollars approved$349.8 million
Median loan$473,150
Middle half of loans, from$150,000
Middle half of loans, to$1.3 million
SBA 7(a) loans325
SBA 504 loans33
Franchise share of loans24.6%
Rank among metro and micro areas by loans206 of 928
Median loan against the national median2.27x

Cancellation and charge-off

Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor)15.7%
The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling)withheld
Charged off to date, FY2017 to FY2021 disbursed loans (a floor)5.0%
Charged off within five years of approvalwithheld
Loans in that cohort160

Both rates are floors. SBA withholds the status of open loans, so a loan counts as charged off only once SBA reports it; a rate needs at least 30 loans in its cohort and is otherwise not reported.

SBA loans approved in the Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX Metro Area, by fiscal year

0204060FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2017: 44Loans, FY2018: 32Loans, FY2019: 40Loans, FY2020: 26Loans, FY2021: 52Loans, FY2022: 36Loans, FY2023: 31Loans, FY2024: 38Loans, FY2025: 35Loans, FY2026: 24
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY201744$23.9 million
FY201832$33.1 million
FY201940$40.9 million
FY202026$24.4 million
FY202152$62.9 million
FY202236$45.2 million
FY202331$33.6 million
FY202438$40.4 million
FY202535$25.1 million
FY202624$20.2 million

Loans by asset class

Asset classLoans
Not in any of the 39 asset classes193
Gas station and truck stop37
Hotel and motel23
Full-service restaurant15
Limited-service restaurant14
Self storage10
Medical office (physicians)10
Car wash8
Fitness center7
Child care center7
Beverage manufacturing (breweries, wineries, distilleries)6

Classes with 5 or more loans; smaller ones are withheld, and more where a small one could be derived.

Most active SBA lenders

SBA 504: lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
North Texas Certified Development Corporation20$16.7 million
Southeast Texas Economic Development Foundation8$9.1 million
SBA 7(a): lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
PNC Bank, National Association34$17.4 million
Wells Fargo Bank National Association20$3.3 million
Live Oak Banking Company16$22.6 million
Hancock Whitney Bank15$19.6 million
Prosperity Bank15$17.6 million

Lenders with 5 or more loans here; a lender with fewer is not listed, and loans SBA or a receiver holds are counted but never listed as a lender.

Where the loans are, by county

CountyLoans
Jefferson County, TX251
Orange County, TX56
Hardin County, TX51

Counties with 5 or more loans; smaller ones are not listed.

Metro is the CBSA (metropolitan or micropolitan statistical area) of the loan's project county, July 2023 delineation (OMB Bulletin 23-01). The county is matched by name (manifests/ld2/county-cbsa-map.csv); a loan whose county cannot be placed in a 2023 CBSA is left out of every metro.

All assets: every 7(a) and 504 approval in the metro, including those outside the 39 asset classes.

A value marked withheld rests on fewer than 5 loans, or is withheld so that such a figure cannot be derived from other published figures.

Source: U.S. Small Business Administration, 7(a) and 504 loan-level FOIA files (data.sba.gov), as of 2026-09-30; areas from the U.S. Census Bureau CBSA delineation, July 2023 (OMB Bulletin 23-01); Loan Analytics metro cell MT-13140.

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