Feasibility Study Data for the Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area

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

Oklahoma City, OK: reading the area whole

Oklahoma City, OK is a metropolitan area, and its 2,302 SBA approvals in FY2017 to FY2026 carried $1.20 billion in gross dollars. Oklahoma City is an upper-tier area: 49 of 928 by loans. Oklahoma City is read whole in Oklahoma City, OK, every class counted. A slice of OK is not how Oklahoma City is treated.

Oklahoma City: half of loans run $100,000 to $526,500, around a median of $230,500. At 1.11x the national median, Oklahoma City runs above the national level; a Oklahoma City request borrowed from elsewhere may look small in Oklahoma City. In Oklahoma City, OK the 7(a) count is 2,165 and the 504 count is 137, which puts 7(a) ahead in Oklahoma City. Oklahoma City franchised businesses took 15.2% of loans, so a branded concept in Oklahoma City needs a brand-cost check in Oklahoma City.

Classes, counties and lenders in Oklahoma City

Oklahoma City's tracked classes, largest first: 102 loans in full-service restaurant; 102 loans in limited-service restaurant; 56 loans in child care center; 51 loans in fitness center. Oklahoma City also holds 1,648 loans outside every tracked class; Oklahoma City small business lending shows here. Oklahoma City counts by county run 1,478 loans in Oklahoma County, OK, 372 loans in Cleveland County, OK, and 222 loans in Canadian County, OK; a Oklahoma City study should say which it covers. Oklahoma City 7(a) volume: BancFirst ($277.2 million, 691 loans); Arvest Bank ($17.4 million, 99 loans); MidFirst Bank ($14.3 million, 75 loans). Oklahoma City 504 leaders: Rural Enterprises of Oklahoma, Inc. ($84.7 million, 88 loans); Small Business Capital Corporation ($14.6 million, 21 loans); Metro Area Development Corporation ($26.5 million, 20 loans), in that order. BancFirst, with 691 loans, tops the Oklahoma City rows, each an SBA record of Oklahoma City loans held or once held; none judges Oklahoma City lenders.

Oklahoma City ended FY2026 at 227 loans, higher than FY2017's 200; the peak came in FY2021 (274 loans, $174.6 million) and the low in FY2023 (190). Oklahoma City cancellation after approval runs at 11.5% as a floor for Oklahoma City approvals, FY2017 to FY2024, and 12.3% as a ceiling that counts Oklahoma City loans still undisbursed as cancelled. The Oklahoma City charge-off floor reaches 4.9% across a cohort of 1,019 loans disbursed between FY2017 and FY2021. Early Oklahoma City charge-offs, those within five years, reach 2.6%. Oklahoma City, OK membership follows the July 2023 delineation; Oklahoma City counties are matched by name, and a Oklahoma City loan with no match is dropped, so 2,302 is a floor, and every Oklahoma City rate is too.

Oklahoma City: the study questions

For Oklahoma City, a study tests Oklahoma City demand within a defined trade area, since Oklahoma County, OK dominates Oklahoma City loan counts. If a Oklahoma City concept resembles full-service restaurant, Oklahoma City offers size and lender precedent; other Oklahoma City concepts must rest on their own Oklahoma City evidence. The Oklahoma City cost section uses local quotes; run Oklahoma City debt service coverage for loans near $230,500 and near $526,500. Oklahoma City is metropolitan, so submarkets differ, and a Oklahoma City appraisal should use the site's own Oklahoma City submarket comparables. The Oklahoma City record frames questions, and each lender in Oklahoma City decides on its own.

SBA loans in the Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY20262,302
Gross dollars approved$1.20 billion
Median loan$230,500
Middle half of loans, from$100,000
Middle half of loans, to$526,500
SBA 7(a) loans2,165
SBA 504 loans137
Franchise share of loans15.2%
Rank among metro and micro areas by loans49 of 928
Median loan against the national median1.11x

Cancellation and charge-off

Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor)11.5%
The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling)12.3%
Charged off to date, FY2017 to FY2021 disbursed loans (a floor)4.9%
Charged off within five years of approval2.6%
Loans in that cohort1,019

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 Oklahoma City, OK Metro Area, by fiscal year

0100200300FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2017: 200Loans, FY2018: 216Loans, FY2019: 234Loans, FY2020: 241Loans, FY2021: 274Loans, FY2022: 259Loans, FY2023: 190Loans, FY2024: 210Loans, FY2025: 251Loans, FY2026: 227
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY2017200$80.6 million
FY2018216$99.9 million
FY2019234$87.9 million
FY2020241$118.0 million
FY2021274$174.6 million
FY2022259$136.3 million
FY2023190$89.6 million
FY2024210$115.3 million
FY2025251$143.6 million
FY2026227$152.6 million

Loans by asset class

Asset classLoans
Not in any of the 39 asset classes1,648
Full-service restaurant102
Limited-service restaurant102
Child care center56
Fitness center51
Hotel and motel38
Coffee shop and snack bar33
Beauty salon31
Automotive mechanical repair (car and truck)30
Beverage manufacturing (breweries, wineries, distilleries)27
Medical office (physicians)27
Dental office21
Rehabilitation and therapy clinic21
Veterinary clinic20
Gas station and truck stop16
Car wash16
Liquor store11
Self storage8
Assisted living (without nursing care)6
Behavioral health and addiction treatment6
Nonresidential lessor (flex, office and retail investor buildings)5
Grocery 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
Rural Enterprises of Oklahoma, Inc.88$84.7 million
Small Business Capital Corporation21$14.6 million
Metro Area Development Corporation20$26.5 million
SBA 7(a): lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
BancFirst691$277.2 million
Arvest Bank99$17.4 million
MidFirst Bank75$14.3 million
Northeast Bank (ME)64$11.9 million
First United Bank and Trust Company57$41.0 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
Oklahoma County, OK1,478
Cleveland County, OK372
Canadian County, OK222
Logan County, OK70
McClain County, OK65
Grady County, OK61
Lincoln County, OK34

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-36420.

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