Feasibility Study Data for the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area
What SBA's own loan files show about lending in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area, every asset class together, and what a feasibility study for a project there has to test.
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA in the national count, 9,481 loans
SBA files rank Riverside 15 of 928 by loans: 9,481 approvals in FY2017 to FY2026, $6.71 billion gross. Median loan: $329,300 in Riverside, 1.58x the national median. That makes Riverside a larger-ticket market. In Riverside, the middle half of loans runs from $95,000 to $850,500. Because $95,000 and $850,500 frame the middle half, a Riverside borrower should weigh any Riverside request against $329,300.
Program mix in Riverside: 7,823 under SBA 7(a) and 1,658 under SBA 504. As SBA flags them, 9.7% of Riverside loans are franchise loans. Asset by asset, Riverside shows full-service restaurant with 449, limited-service restaurant with 303 and automotive mechanical repair with 208. A further 6,852 Riverside loans sit in no named class in Riverside. The class lines for Riverside therefore never sum to 9,481. County by county, Riverside reads Riverside County, CA with 4,916 and San Bernardino County, CA with 4,565 in Riverside.
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA lender names, as SBA lists them in Riverside
In Riverside, lender names come out of SBA's file view in Riverside of loans a firm holds or held, as current holder in Riverside, and carry no judgment of lenders. Riverside holders should be read that way. The Riverside SBA 7(a) table in Riverside opens with U.S. Bank, National Association with 1,478 loans worth $351.3 million; Wells Fargo Bank National Association with 541 loans worth $169.8 million; JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association with 352 loans worth $108.7 million. Under SBA 504, Riverside lists Business Finance Capital with 443 loans worth $518.8 million; CDC Small Business Finance Corp. with 244 loans worth $278.1 million; California Statewide Certified Development Corporation with 238 loans worth $299.8 million first. The first holder in Riverside sets the pace. Even so, a Riverside borrower may take a study elsewhere in Riverside.
Of Riverside approvals from FY2017 to FY2024 in Riverside, at least 12.1% were cancelled after approval. Riverside has a ceiling of 13.3% when undisbursed loans count as cancelled in Riverside. For the Riverside disbursed cohort of 3,951 loans, FY2017 to FY2021, the floor is 5.1%. 3.3% were charged off inside five years. Riverside's busiest printed year was FY2025, with 1,209 loans. A loan joins Riverside through the county of the project, matched against the July 2023 delineation, so one with a county left unresolved is left out of every area. The 9,481 loans in Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA count the 6,852 loans outside any named class.
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA: questions a study has to answer for Riverside
In Riverside, demand is the opening test. Size the real catchment of the actual site in Riverside, not the metropolitan area in Riverside, so timing may slip, for Riverside. The Riverside budget is next. $329,300 is the median ticket, a guide in Riverside, but the budget needs local bids, and an honest Riverside contingency. Coverage of the Riverside loan payment follows. Test coverage at the requested size and again on weaker revenue, letting a Riverside lender see the margin. Lenders in Riverside also rely on appraisals, so any rent figure must hold up before an appraiser in Riverside. In Riverside, 9,481 loans spread over many neighbourhoods, and a Riverside study must say which it targets. With Riverside at 1.58x the national median in Riverside, projects run large in Riverside. The study must justify its project for Riverside against $329,300.
SBA loans in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area
| Loans approved, FY2017 to FY2026 | 9,481 |
|---|---|
| Gross dollars approved | $6.71 billion |
| Median loan | $329,300 |
| Middle half of loans, from | $95,000 |
| Middle half of loans, to | $850,500 |
| SBA 7(a) loans | 7,823 |
| SBA 504 loans | 1,658 |
| Franchise share of loans | 9.7% |
| Rank among metro and micro areas by loans | 15 of 928 |
| Median loan against the national median | 1.58x |
Cancellation and charge-off
| Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor) | 12.1% |
|---|---|
| The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling) | 13.3% |
| Charged off to date, FY2017 to FY2021 disbursed loans (a floor) | 5.1% |
| Charged off within five years of approval | 3.3% |
| Loans in that cohort | 3,951 |
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 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area, by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Loans | Dollars |
|---|---|---|
| FY2017 | 1,024 | $645.5 million |
| FY2018 | 967 | $648.4 million |
| FY2019 | 848 | $556.6 million |
| FY2020 | 788 | $597.4 million |
| FY2021 | 887 | $906.7 million |
| FY2022 | 787 | $709.8 million |
| FY2023 | 887 | $636.7 million |
| FY2024 | 1,108 | $661.2 million |
| FY2025 | 1,209 | $681.3 million |
| FY2026 | 976 | $667.1 million |
Loans by asset class
| Asset class | Loans |
|---|---|
| Not in any of the 39 asset classes | 6,852 |
| Full-service restaurant | 449 |
| Limited-service restaurant | 303 |
| Automotive mechanical repair (car and truck) | 208 |
| Hotel and motel | 206 |
| Gas station and truck stop | 202 |
| Medical office (physicians) | 170 |
| Liquor store | 135 |
| Dental office | 134 |
| Fitness center | 115 |
| Coffee shop and snack bar | 102 |
| Car wash | 84 |
| Beauty salon | 67 |
| Child care center | 61 |
| Grocery store | 50 |
| Veterinary clinic | 48 |
| Rehabilitation and therapy clinic | 42 |
| Assisted living (without nursing care) | 32 |
| Caterers (includes banquet halls with catering staff) | 31 |
| Beverage manufacturing (breweries, wineries, distilleries) | 30 |
| Nonresidential lessor (flex, office and retail investor buildings) | 28 |
| Warehouse and distribution | 25 |
| Self storage | 23 |
| Skilled nursing | 17 |
| School (elementary and secondary, including charter) | 11 |
| Behavioral health and addiction treatment | 10 |
| Diagnostic imaging center | 9 |
| Data center | 9 |
| RV park and campground | 8 |
| Parking lot and garage | 7 |
Classes with 5 or more loans; smaller ones are withheld, and more where a small one could be derived.
Most active SBA lenders
| Lender | Loans | Dollars |
|---|---|---|
| Business Finance Capital | 443 | $518.8 million |
| CDC Small Business Finance Corp. | 244 | $278.1 million |
| California Statewide Certified Development Corporation | 238 | $299.8 million |
| AMPAC Tri-State CDC, Inc. | 237 | $275.4 million |
| The Mortgage Capital Development Corporation | 221 | $303.0 million |
| Lender | Loans | Dollars |
|---|---|---|
| U.S. Bank, National Association | 1,478 | $351.3 million |
| Wells Fargo Bank National Association | 541 | $169.8 million |
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 352 | $108.7 million |
| Northeast Bank (ME) | 269 | $43.2 million |
| Harvest Small Business Finance, LLC | 223 | $245.5 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
| County | Loans |
|---|---|
| Riverside County, CA | 4,916 |
| San Bernardino County, CA | 4,565 |
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-40140.
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Feasibility study data by asset class in the Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA Metro Area
- Full-service restaurant
- Limited-service restaurant
- Automotive mechanical repair (car and truck)
- Hotel and motel
- Gas station and truck stop
- Medical office (physicians)
- Liquor store
- Dental office
- Fitness center
- Coffee shop and snack bar
- Car wash
- Beauty salon
- Child care center
- Grocery store
- Veterinary clinic
- Rehabilitation and therapy clinic
- Assisted living (without nursing care)
- Beverage manufacturing (breweries, wineries, distilleries)
- Nonresidential lessor (flex, office and retail investor buildings)
- Warehouse and distribution
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