Feasibility Study Data for the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area

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

Gulfport-Biloxi: volume, rank and loan size

Gulfport-Biloxi drew 385 SBA approvals across FY2017 to FY2026, worth $238.4 million gross. By loan count, Gulfport-Biloxi stands 198 of 928 among all areas. Half the Gulfport-Biloxi loans are $257,000 or smaller. Gulfport-Biloxi sees its middle half between $72,000 and $700,000. Set beside the nation, Gulfport-Biloxi stands at 1.24x. By program, Gulfport-Biloxi has 368 7(a) loans and 17 504 loans. Franchise brands account for 21.3% of Gulfport-Biloxi loans. Gulfport-Biloxi dollars add to $238.4 million.

Gulfport-Biloxi: asset mix and geography

Class by class, Gulfport-Biloxi shows hotel and motel (30), full-service restaurant (26), and limited-service restaurant (19) on top. Fourth in Gulfport-Biloxi is coffee shop and snack bar, with 10 loans. 241 Gulfport-Biloxi loans sit in no tracked class. Most Gulfport-Biloxi credit is general business lending. The counties carrying most Gulfport-Biloxi loans: Harrison County, MS (214), Jackson County, MS (132), and Hancock County, MS (32). Stone County, MS is the smallest listed Gulfport-Biloxi county, with 7 loans, so the area is uneven.

Gulfport-Biloxi: who holds the loans

A Gulfport-Biloxi lender row names today's holder; the Gulfport-Biloxi originator may be another. Gulfport-Biloxi holders under 7(a) include Community Bank of Mississippi with 46 loans ($9.1 million) and The Huntington National Bank with 35 loans ($14.7 million). Gulfport-Biloxi holders under 504 include 6 loans at Three Rivers Local Development Company, Inc. ($14.3 million) and 6 loans at Central Mississippi Development Company, Inc. ($3.8 million). Gulfport-Biloxi rows serve a borrower as background. No Gulfport-Biloxi row states a holder's terms.

Gulfport-Biloxi: cancellations and charge-offs

Of Gulfport-Biloxi approvals from FY2017 to FY2024, 8.6% were cancelled, a floor. The Gulfport-Biloxi ceiling is 10.6%, counting undisbursed loans as cancelled. No Gulfport-Biloxi charge-off rate prints. The Gulfport-Biloxi cohort is below the minimum. Read Gulfport-Biloxi as neither zero nor clean. Treat Gulfport-Biloxi rates as floors. Later events lift them, Gulfport-Biloxi included. County names place the Gulfport-Biloxi loans. The July 2023 delineation defines Gulfport-Biloxi. If a county fails to match, Gulfport-Biloxi omits it. The Gulfport-Biloxi total includes loans outside the classes.

Gulfport-Biloxi: testing a project

Gulfport-Biloxi approvals were thinnest in FY2022 (17 loans, $10.3 million) and heaviest in FY2024 (62 loans, $32.5 million). The first year, FY2017, shows 42 loans and $17.1 million for Gulfport-Biloxi. FY2026 closes the Gulfport-Biloxi series at 39 loans, $27.1 million. For a project near Harrison County, MS, the Gulfport-Biloxi study opens with demand: payers, frequency, price. Gulfport-Biloxi costs sit beside a $257,000 median. Gulfport-Biloxi stands at 1.24x nationally. Debt service in Gulfport-Biloxi is tested downside first. Gulfport-Biloxi lenders read the floors above. Gulfport-Biloxi appraisal evidence comes from area sales. Gulfport-Biloxi income evidence sits beside it. Sponsor equity and reserves in Gulfport-Biloxi are shown beside Harrison County, MS costs. The Gulfport-Biloxi study states its limits beside Harrison County, MS findings.

SBA loans in the Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY2026385
Gross dollars approved$238.4 million
Median loan$257,000
Middle half of loans, from$72,000
Middle half of loans, to$700,000
SBA 7(a) loans368
SBA 504 loans17
Franchise share of loans21.3%
Rank among metro and micro areas by loans198 of 928
Median loan against the national median1.24x

Cancellation and charge-off

Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor)8.6%
The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling)10.6%
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 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS Metro Area, by fiscal year

020406080FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2017: 42Loans, FY2018: 35Loans, FY2019: 40Loans, FY2020: 30Loans, FY2021: 32Loans, FY2022: 17Loans, FY2023: 44Loans, FY2024: 62Loans, FY2025: 44Loans, FY2026: 39
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY201742$17.1 million
FY201835$13.6 million
FY201940$21.5 million
FY202030$18.6 million
FY202132$22.3 million
FY202217$10.3 million
FY202344$49.3 million
FY202462$32.5 million
FY202544$26.2 million
FY202639$27.1 million

Loans by asset class

Asset classLoans
Not in any of the 39 asset classes241
Hotel and motel30
Full-service restaurant26
Limited-service restaurant19
Coffee shop and snack bar10
Child care center9
RV park and campground5
Fitness center5
Liquor store5

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
Three Rivers Local Development Company, Inc.6$14.3 million
Central Mississippi Development Company, Inc.6$3.8 million
SBA 7(a): lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
Community Bank of Mississippi46$9.1 million
The Huntington National Bank35$14.7 million
The Citizens Bank of Philadelphia24$2.8 million
Wells Fargo Bank National Association24$1.2 million
Hancock Whitney Bank23$15.6 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
Harrison County, MS214
Jackson County, MS132
Hancock County, MS32
Stone County, MS7

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-25060.

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