Feasibility Study Data for the Jefferson City, MO Metro Area

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

Jefferson City, MO in the national count, 224 loans

SBA files rank Jefferson City 294 of 928 by loans: 224 approvals in FY2017 to FY2026, $106.6 million gross. Median loan: $150,000 in Jefferson City, 0.72x the national median. That makes Jefferson City a smaller-ticket market. In Jefferson City, the middle half of in Jefferson City loans runs from $50,000 to $372,950. Because $50,000 and $372,950 frame the middle half, a Jefferson City borrower should weigh any Jefferson City request against $150,000 in Jefferson City.

Program mix in Jefferson City: 196 under SBA 7(a) and 28 under SBA 504. As SBA flags them, 9.4% of Jefferson City loans are franchise loans. Asset by asset, Jefferson City shows full-service restaurant with 10, limited-service restaurant with 9 and fitness center with 7. A further 164 Jefferson City loans sit in no named class in Jefferson City. The class lines for Jefferson City therefore never sum to 224. County by county, Jefferson City reads Cole County, MO with 120, Callaway County, MO with 84 and Moniteau County, MO with 11 in Jefferson City.

Jefferson City, MO lender names, as SBA lists them in Jefferson City

In Jefferson City, holder lists use SBA's reporting on in Jefferson City loans a holder in Jefferson City keeps or kept in Jefferson City, in the holder field, and say nothing of lender standards. Jefferson City holders should be read that way. The Jefferson City SBA 7(a) table opens with The Central Trust Bank with 46 loans worth $12.8 million; Hawthorn Bank with 41 loans worth $10.6 million; The Callaway Bank with 33 loans worth $3.8 million. Under SBA 504, Jefferson City lists Rural Missouri, Inc. with 14 loans worth $5.5 million first. In Jefferson City, the top holder leads the rest. A Jefferson City borrower may still approach any lender in Jefferson City.

Of Jefferson City approvals from FY2017 to FY2024, at least 15.6% were cancelled after approval. The Jefferson City ceiling, counting loans still to disburse as cancelled stays unprinted for Jefferson City, as withheld. In Jefferson City, 8.0% of the 113 loans disbursed in FY2017 in Jefferson City to FY2021 are charged off to date, a floor; the five-year measure is withheld. Jefferson City's busiest printed year was FY2017, with 41 loans. Jefferson City membership follows whichever county the project names using the July 2023 delineation, therefore a loan whose county cannot be placed is dropped from all areas. The 224 loans in Jefferson City, MO include those in no named class in Jefferson City.

Jefferson City, MO: questions a study has to answer for Jefferson City

Start with demand in Jefferson City. Show the draw of the project address alone, then test a late opening in Jefferson City. Cost needs care in Jefferson City. The norm of $150,000 is only a guide, while each line belongs on a quote, adding a visible contingency for Jefferson City. Coverage of the Jefferson City loan payment follows. Run the ratio at the proposed amount once more on conservative revenue, saying how far Jefferson City revenue can fall. Lenders in Jefferson City also rely on appraisals, so the study's rent and caps needs to reconcile with value in Jefferson City. Inside Jefferson City, MO, submarkets differ widely. Its 224 loans average across them all, so a Jefferson City study must name the Jefferson City submarket it means in Jefferson City. At 0.72x of the national median, Jefferson City projects run modest in Jefferson City. A large project must show why Jefferson City can absorb its scale, against $150,000.

SBA loans in the Jefferson City, MO Metro Area

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY2026224
Gross dollars approved$106.6 million
Median loan$150,000
Middle half of loans, from$50,000
Middle half of loans, to$372,950
SBA 7(a) loans196
SBA 504 loans28
Franchise share of loans9.4%
Rank among metro and micro areas by loans294 of 928
Median loan against the national median0.72x

Cancellation and charge-off

Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor)15.6%
The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling)withheld
Charged off to date, FY2017 to FY2021 disbursed loans (a floor)8.0%
Charged off within five years of approvalwithheld
Loans in that cohort113

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 Jefferson City, MO Metro Area, by fiscal year

01020304050FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2017: 41Loans, FY2018: 17Loans, FY2019: 19Loans, FY2020: 27Loans, FY2021: 33Loans, FY2022: 26Loans, FY2023: 17Loans, FY2024: 19Loans, FY2025: 10Loans, FY2026: 15
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY201741$13.8 million
FY201817$4.9 million
FY201919$7.1 million
FY202027$13.7 million
FY202133$14.0 million
FY202226$17.6 million
FY202317$6.9 million
FY202419$4.0 million
FY202510$13.1 million
FY202615$11.7 million

Loans by asset class

Asset classLoans
Not in any of the 39 asset classes164
Full-service restaurant10
Limited-service restaurant9
Fitness center7
Child care center7
Hotel and motel5

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
Rural Missouri, Inc.14$5.5 million
SBA 7(a): lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
The Central Trust Bank46$12.8 million
Hawthorn Bank41$10.6 million
The Callaway Bank33$3.8 million
The Bank of Missouri16$4.1 million
Commerce Bank10$20.7 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
Cole County, MO120
Callaway County, MO84
Moniteau County, MO11
Osage County, MO9

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-27620.

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