Frost Bank: SBA Lending Record

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

Frost Bank in SBA's loan files

867 approved loans sit against Frost Bank in FY2017 to FY2026 files, $481.3 million gross. Frost Bank is recorded by SBA in Texas. The 867 loans count as holdings: Frost Bank holds or last held each, per SBA. 867 loans belong to SBA 7(a). Frost Bank has 0 in SBA 504. Frost Bank's last year, FY2026, is complete. $481.3 million gross across 867 loans is the scale of Frost Bank's record. SBA, not Frost Bank, stands behind the 867 loans; the figures show holdings, not policy.

574 of Frost Bank's 867 loans have no named class. Frost Bank's class table reads: Full-service restaurant at 55; Fitness center (41); Limited-service restaurant (36); Coffee shop and snack bar, 30; Medical office (physicians) at 28; Beauty salon (25); Child care center at 21; Rehabilitation and therapy clinic, 11; Automotive mechanical repair (car and truck) at 11; Beverage manufacturing (breweries, wineries, distilleries) (6). Of 867 loans, 574 are unclassed and 55 are Full-service restaurant. Frost Bank's class lines cover part of 867. At Frost Bank, 41 Fitness center loans follow 55 Full-service restaurant.

Frost Bank: where the loans sit

Only Texas appears in the state table, with 856 loans of the 867. 856 of Frost Bank's 867 loans sit in Texas. Frost Bank's table maps 867 loans, no boundary for sites beyond Texas.

Frost Bank: floors and study

FY2017 to FY2024 approvals: 12.1% cancelled after approval, a floor. In the Frost Bank book, the ceiling is held back. The ceiling counts unfunded loans as if cancelled. The Loan Analytics test hides it for small groups. Read the gap as unknown; no stand-in figure is given. 2.9% is the floor charged off to date across 418 loans disbursed in FY2017 to FY2021. 1.7% by year five after approval. A 12.1% floor at Frost Bank says approval is no funding. In 418 loans, 2.9% charged off, so cash flow must hold. For Frost Bank, test one is site demand. For Frost Bank, test two is full project cost. For Frost Bank, test three is debt service coverage. For Frost Bank, test four is the appraisal.

Frost Bank's file hands a lender 867 loans and $481.3 million gross. Frost Bank's book gives a borrower 867 holdings, not terms. Nothing in Frost Bank's 867 loans predicts its answer to a request. 55 Full-service restaurant loans lead the named classes. Frost Bank's file ends at holdings. For Frost Bank, bring a self-standing study. 867 loans held by Frost Bank are all the file contains.

SBA loans held by Frost 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 FY2026867
Gross dollars approved$481.3 million
SBA 7(a) loans867
SBA 504 loans0

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)withheld
Charged off to date, FY2017 to FY2021 disbursed loans (a floor)2.9%
Charged off within five years of approval1.7%
Loans in that cohort418

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 classes574
Full-service restaurant55
Fitness center41
Limited-service restaurant36
Coffee shop and snack bar30
Medical office (physicians)28
Beauty salon25
Child care center21
Rehabilitation and therapy clinic11
Automotive mechanical repair (car and truck)11
Beverage manufacturing (breweries, wineries, distilleries)6

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

Loans by project state

State or areaLoans
Texas856

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-5510.

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