BayFirst National Bank: SBA Lending Record

What SBA's own loan files show about BayFirst National Bank as an SBA lender, and how a lender's record bears on a feasibility study.

SBA's public loan files credit BayFirst National Bank with 12,959 loans approved from FY2017 to FY2026, for $2.71 billion in gross dollars. The $2.71 billion for BayFirst National Bank counts approved dollars, not balances. 12,959 loans sit under SBA 7(a), every BayFirst National Bank loan here. BayFirst National Bank reads 0 under SBA 504. 12,959 loans are records SBA keeps on BayFirst National Bank. SBA, not BayFirst National Bank, carries each guarantee. Each of the 12,959 loans is assigned to BayFirst National Bank now, or last held by it. BayFirst National Bank is an SBA 7(a) record of 12,959 loans, in program terms. Here, BayFirst National Bank means the holder SBA names. BayFirst National Bank's 12,959 loans span FY2017 to FY2026 approvals.

BayFirst National Bank: where the loans sit

For BayFirst National Bank, these classes lead: full-service restaurant with 304 loans; automotive mechanical repair with 196 loans; medical office with 162 loans. Another 11,051 loans credited to BayFirst National Bank fall outside all of those classes. BayFirst National Bank's 12,959 loans: a slice sits in named classes. BayFirst National Bank lists 304 loans in full-service restaurant. BayFirst National Bank loans lead, by state, in California with 2,125 loans; Florida with 1,648 loans; Texas with 1,173 loans. BayFirst National Bank's sample for California sites is 2,125 loans. BayFirst National Bank's counts are a map only.

BayFirst National Bank: cancelled and charged-off loans

9.4% of BayFirst National Bank approvals, FY2017 to FY2024, were cancelled. For BayFirst National Bank, 9.4% is a floor. BayFirst National Bank's floor stops at FY2024 approvals. For BayFirst National Bank, 9.4% is the ceiling. The BayFirst National Bank ceiling counts undisbursed loans as cancelled. BayFirst National Bank: rates match, so the floor stands. BayFirst National Bank: the cohort runs FY2017 to FY2021. BayFirst National Bank's cohort holds 4,005 disbursed loans. 17.9% of BayFirst National Bank loans are charged off to date. For BayFirst National Bank, 17.9% is a floor. BayFirst National Bank: the two rates cover different loans. BayFirst National Bank: 11.0% charged off within 5 years.

BayFirst National Bank: what a study must test

BayFirst National Bank's $2.71 billion and 12,959 loans are on record. At BayFirst National Bank, demand comes first: who pays? For BayFirst National Bank, cost is second; 12,959 loans do not replace a quote. For BayFirst National Bank, third is debt service coverage. BayFirst National Bank: 17.9% and 9.4% are floors. At BayFirst National Bank, the appraisal comes last: 12,959 loans cannot set your value. BayFirst National Bank's record cannot settle cost. Here BayFirst National Bank is a holder, not a verdict. BayFirst National Bank's 12,959 loans state nothing about its requirements. Ask BayFirst National Bank directly. Test first, then compare with BayFirst National Bank's 12,959 loans. Ask BayFirst National Bank what a complete study contains.

SBA loans held by BayFirst National Bank

SBA guarantees these loans; the lender does not. The lender's name and every figure come from the U.S. Small Business Administration's public 7(a) and 504 FOIA file (data.sba.gov).

7(a) lender is the bank or lender the loan is currently assigned to (or last held it), as SBA records it; 504 lender is the Certified Development Company (CDC). 504 third-party (first-lien) lenders are free text with no identifier and are not credited.

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY202612,959
Gross dollars approved$2.71 billion
SBA 7(a) loans12,959
SBA 504 loans0

Cancellation and charge-off

Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor)9.4%
The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling)9.4%
Charged off to date, FY2017 to FY2021 disbursed loans (a floor)17.9%
Charged off within five years of approval11.0%
Loans in that cohort4,005

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.

Loans by asset class

Asset classLoans
Not in any of the 39 asset classes11,051
Full-service restaurant304
Automotive mechanical repair (car and truck)196
Medical office (physicians)162
Beauty salon162
Dental office159
Limited-service restaurant153
Fitness center131
Child care center96
Rehabilitation and therapy clinic80
Liquor store59
Coffee shop and snack bar49
Grocery store46
Veterinary clinic41
Data center39
Caterers (includes banquet halls with catering staff)32
Assisted living (without nursing care)25
Beverage manufacturing (breweries, wineries, distilleries)25
Gas station and truck stop19
Car wash18
Hotel and motel16
Behavioral health and addiction treatment14
Skilled nursing13
School (elementary and secondary, including charter)13
Self storage10
Warehouse and distribution9
Hospital7

Classes with 5 or more loans; smaller ones are withheld, and more where a small one could be derived.

Loans by project state

States with 5 or more loans; smaller ones are withheld, and more where a small one could be derived.

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; Loan Analytics lender cell LP-fdic-34997.

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