Feasibility Study Data for the Eureka-Arcata, CA Micro Area

What SBA's own loan files show about lending in the Eureka-Arcata, CA Micro Area, every asset class together, and what a feasibility study for a project there has to test.

Eureka-Arcata: the size of the record

Eureka-Arcata drew 224 SBA approvals across FY2017 to FY2026, worth $118.8 million gross. Eureka-Arcata sits at 294 of 928 among areas ranked by loans. Eureka-Arcata loans center on $182,700, the median. For Eureka-Arcata, the middle half lies at $50,000 to $514,875. 0.88x is the Eureka-Arcata median set beside the national one. In Eureka-Arcata, 186 loans were 7(a) and 38 were 504. 5.8% of the loans in Eureka-Arcata carry a franchise brand. $118.8 million is the Eureka-Arcata dollar total.

Eureka-Arcata: where the loans land

Class by class, Eureka-Arcata shows hotel and motel (22), limited-service restaurant (9), and full-service restaurant (8) on top. Next in Eureka-Arcata comes gas station and truck stop at 7 loans. The Eureka-Arcata record also holds 144 loans in no tracked class. SBA locates every Eureka-Arcata loan in Humboldt County, CA, 224 in all.

Eureka-Arcata: the lender side

A Eureka-Arcata lender row names today's holder; the Eureka-Arcata originator may be another. Among Eureka-Arcata 7(a) holders: 55 loans at Redwood Capital Bank ($18.6 million), 28 loans at U.S. Bank, National Association ($2.1 million), and 25 loans at Columbia Bank (OR) ($2.6 million). Eureka-Arcata holders under 504 include Arcata Economic Development Corporation (29 loans, $16.6 million). Eureka-Arcata rows serve a borrower as background. No Eureka-Arcata row recommends any institution.

Eureka-Arcata: outcome rates and data limits

Eureka-Arcata cancellation, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals: 12.6%. It is a floor for Eureka-Arcata. The ceiling is withheld for Eureka-Arcata: Eureka-Arcata loans are few. A rate needs more Eureka-Arcata disbursed loans. Eureka-Arcata charge-offs are withheld, not zero. Eureka-Arcata rates are floors. Loans season, and Eureka-Arcata events can still raise them. Each Eureka-Arcata loan is placed by county name. Eureka-Arcata follows the July 2023 delineation. Eureka-Arcata omits loans with no county match. The Eureka-Arcata total includes loans outside the classes.

Eureka-Arcata: testing a project

Eureka-Arcata approvals were thinnest in FY2019 (9 loans, $3.3 million) and heaviest in FY2017 (39 loans, $18.6 million). FY2026 closes the Eureka-Arcata series at 32 loans, $19.1 million. A Eureka-Arcata study weighs local demand against Humboldt County, CA competitors, not national patterns. Cost follows in Eureka-Arcata: site, build and equipment priced against a $182,700 median. Eureka-Arcata is 0.88x of the national one. A Eureka-Arcata study runs coverage on a slow ramp. Eureka-Arcata history of cancellations argues for it. Eureka-Arcata value is tested against cost by appraisal. Eureka-Arcata comparables decide how. Sources and uses in Eureka-Arcata must tie to bids near Humboldt County, CA. The Eureka-Arcata study states its limits beside Humboldt County, CA findings.

SBA loans in the Eureka-Arcata, CA Micro Area

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY2026224
Gross dollars approved$118.8 million
Median loan$182,700
Middle half of loans, from$50,000
Middle half of loans, to$514,875
SBA 7(a) loans186
SBA 504 loans38
Franchise share of loans5.8%
Rank among metro and micro areas by loans294 of 928
Median loan against the national median0.88x

Cancellation and charge-off

Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor)12.6%
The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling)withheld
Charged off to date, FY2017 to FY2021 disbursed loans (a floor)withheld

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 Eureka-Arcata, CA Micro Area, by fiscal year

010203040FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2017: 39Loans, FY2018: 20Loans, FY2019: 9Loans, FY2020: 11Loans, FY2021: 26Loans, FY2022: 11Loans, FY2023: 30Loans, FY2024: 28Loans, FY2025: 18Loans, FY2026: 32
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY201739$18.6 million
FY201820$4.2 million
FY20199$3.3 million
FY202011$2.3 million
FY202126$24.3 million
FY202211$6.0 million
FY202330$21.0 million
FY202428$9.4 million
FY202518$10.7 million
FY202632$19.1 million

Loans by asset class

Asset classLoans
Not in any of the 39 asset classes144
Hotel and motel22
Limited-service restaurant9
Full-service restaurant8
Gas station and truck stop7
Veterinary clinic6
Grocery store6
Automotive mechanical repair (car and truck)5

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
Arcata Economic Development Corporation29$16.6 million
SBA 7(a): lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
Redwood Capital Bank55$18.6 million
U.S. Bank, National Association28$2.1 million
Columbia Bank (OR)25$2.6 million
Live Oak Banking Company8$8.2 million
Wells Fargo Bank National Association8$1.4 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
Humboldt County, CA224

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-21700.

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