Feasibility Study Data for the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area

What SBA's own loan files show about lending in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area, every asset class together, and what a feasibility study for a project there has to test.

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ: reading the area whole

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is a metropolitan area, and its 41,697 SBA approvals in FY2017 to FY2026 carried $18.19 billion in gross dollars. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is distinctive on loan size: its $150,000 median loan is 0.72x of the national median, a New York gap past our margin. New York ranks as one of the busiest, 1 of 928 by loan count. New York is read whole in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ, every class counted. Both sides of the NJ and NY boundary count.

New York: half of loans run $50,000 to $400,000, around a median of $150,000. New York sits well below the national level: its 0.72x ratio to the national median means New York requests sized nationally may look large. In New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ the 7(a) count is 39,782 and the 504 count is 1,915, which puts 7(a) ahead in New York. 6.1% of New York loans went to franchised businesses, so a New York study names the brand, if any, for New York.

New York: classes, places and lenders

Tracked New York loan counts run highest in full-service restaurant with 2,275; limited-service restaurant with 1,170; fitness center with 773; beauty salon with 665. New York also holds 31,602 loans outside every tracked class; New York small business lending shows here. New York counts by county run 5,343 loans in Kings County, NY, 4,308 loans in New York County, NY, and 3,820 loans in Suffolk County, NY; a New York study should say which it covers. New York 7(a) record, longest first: TD Bank, National Association with 11,122 loans, $1.24 billion; Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company with 3,493 loans, $394.2 million; JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association with 3,307 loans, $631.6 million. New York 504 leaders: Empire State Certified Development Corporation ($1.52 billion, 1,124 loans); Trenton Business Assistance Corporation ($972.1 million, 649 loans); Business Initiative Corporation of New York ($59.0 million, 53 loans), in that order. New York lender rows, TD Bank, National Association first with 11,122 loans, restate New York SBA records of loans, held or formerly held by TD Bank, National Association and its peers. Volume only: New York lender practices are not judged.

The New York series opens at 4,565 loans in FY2017 and closes at 4,081, lower than the start; its high is 6,005 loans ($2.49 billion) in FY2025, its low 2,361 in FY2020. New York cancellation after approval runs at 13.7% as a floor for New York approvals, FY2017 to FY2024, and 15.0% as a ceiling that counts New York loans still undisbursed as cancelled. The New York charge-off floor reaches 10.6% across a cohort of 15,540 loans disbursed between FY2017 and FY2021. For New York, the share charged off within five years is 5.7%. New York faces a geography limit: New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ uses the July 2023 definition; 41,697 loans are matched by county, and unplaceable New York loans are omitted, so New York counts and rates are floors.

New York: testing a project

A New York feasibility study begins with New York demand from the right counties: Kings County, NY leads the loan counts, though New York is wider. If a New York concept resembles full-service restaurant, New York offers size and lender precedent; other New York concepts must rest on their own New York evidence. The New York cost section uses local quotes; run New York debt service coverage for loans near $150,000 and near $400,000. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ spans NJ and NY; New York tax, licence and incentive rules differ by side, and a New York appraisal must pick comparables on the right side of New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. New York is metropolitan; a New York appraisal belongs in one submarket, not behind New York averages. Nothing printed for New York predicts approval; each New York lender still reviews a study.

SBA loans in the New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY202641,697
Gross dollars approved$18.19 billion
Median loan$150,000
Middle half of loans, from$50,000
Middle half of loans, to$400,000
SBA 7(a) loans39,782
SBA 504 loans1,915
Franchise share of loans6.1%
Rank among metro and micro areas by loans1 of 928
Median loan against the national median0.72x

Cancellation and charge-off

Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor)13.7%
The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling)15.0%
Charged off to date, FY2017 to FY2021 disbursed loans (a floor)10.6%
Charged off within five years of approval5.7%
Loans in that cohort15,540

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 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ Metro Area, by fiscal year

02000400060008000FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2017: 4565Loans, FY2018: 4520Loans, FY2019: 3819Loans, FY2020: 2361Loans, FY2021: 2891Loans, FY2022: 3143Loans, FY2023: 4814Loans, FY2024: 5498Loans, FY2025: 6005Loans, FY2026: 4081
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY20174,565$1.59 billion
FY20184,520$1.53 billion
FY20193,819$1.51 billion
FY20202,361$1.30 billion
FY20212,891$2.26 billion
FY20223,143$1.62 billion
FY20234,814$1.85 billion
FY20245,498$2.02 billion
FY20256,005$2.49 billion
FY20264,081$2.03 billion

Loans by asset class

Asset classLoans
Not in any of the 39 asset classes31,602
Full-service restaurant2,275
Limited-service restaurant1,170
Fitness center773
Beauty salon665
Child care center654
Liquor store647
Grocery store559
Medical office (physicians)516
Automotive mechanical repair (car and truck)446
Coffee shop and snack bar435
Dental office430
Rehabilitation and therapy clinic312
Caterers (includes banquet halls with catering staff)200
Hotel and motel150
Car wash145
Beverage manufacturing (breweries, wineries, distilleries)105
Gas station and truck stop98
Veterinary clinic95
Data center67
Warehouse and distribution65
School (elementary and secondary, including charter)42
Nonresidential lessor (flex, office and retail investor buildings)38
Behavioral health and addiction treatment34
Urgent care and ambulatory surgery31
Diagnostic imaging center30
Marina17
Assisted living (without nursing care)15
Manufactured housing community (lessors of other real estate)14
Self storage13
Skilled nursing13
Multifamily (lessors of residential buildings)9
Parking lot and garage9
Life science lab (research and development)8
Hospital7

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
Empire State Certified Development Corporation1,124$1.52 billion
Trenton Business Assistance Corporation649$972.1 million
Business Initiative Corporation of New York53$59.0 million
Union County Economic Development Corporation43$30.8 million
SBA 7(a): lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
TD Bank, National Association11,122$1.24 billion
Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company3,493$394.2 million
JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association3,307$631.6 million
Northeast Bank (ME)1,434$244.8 million
Newtek Bank, National Association1,244$546.6 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
Kings County, NY5,343
New York County, NY4,308
Suffolk County, NY3,820
Queens County, NY3,353
Nassau County, NY3,317
Bergen County, NJ3,071
Westchester County, NY1,862
Middlesex County, NJ1,827
Rockland County, NY1,692
Monmouth County, NJ1,666

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-35620.

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