Newtek Small Business Finance, LLC: SBA Lending Record

What SBA's own loan files show about Newtek Small Business Finance, LLC as an SBA lender, and how a lender's record bears on a feasibility study.

Newtek Finance as holder

Newtek Small Business Finance, LLC holds 6,618 loans for FY2017 to FY2026. At Newtek Finance, the gross dollars approved are $4.47 billion. Not one of the 6,618 at Newtek Finance is an SBA 504 loan; all 6,618 are SBA 7(a). Newtek Finance: state of record New York. Newtek Finance is shown as holder of 6,618 loans at last record, or now. At Newtek Finance, SBA stands behind the 6,618. A loan Newtek Finance passed on no longer shows under Newtek Finance.

Newtek Finance: named classes

4,887 of the 6,618 loans at Newtek Finance are unplaced. That limits Newtek Finance's class view. Newtek Finance: full-service restaurant first, at 367, then limited-service restaurant at 196, next fitness center at 154. Then at Newtek Finance: child care center at 119, next automotive mechanical repair at 116; coffee shop and snack bar at 112. Lower at Newtek Finance: beauty salon at 105, then medical office at 94, next dental office at 51. Next at Newtek Finance: gas station and truck stop at 48, grocery store at 42, then hotel and motel at 40. With 4,887 unplaced loans in front, Newtek Finance offers class evidence for part of 6,618.

Newtek Finance: states

The largest state for Newtek Finance is California at 813 loans, then Florida with 808 and Texas with 545. The Newtek Finance table continues through New York at 519, New Jersey at 270, Georgia at 238, Illinois at 217, Pennsylvania at 214, North Carolina at 206 and Virginia at 195, then smaller counts. For Newtek Finance, home state New York shows 519 loans. For Newtek Finance, 6,618 loans show holdings, not a lending territory.

Newtek Finance: the floors

Newtek Finance's FY2017 to FY2024 approvals: 34.4% or more cancelled, a floor among 6,618. Newtek Finance ceiling: 34.4%, counting undisbursed loans as cancelled. Newtek Finance: floor and ceiling meet. Newtek Finance records 4.4% charged off to date among 2,683 FY2017 to FY2021 disbursements, and 2.3% by the five-year mark after approval. 4.4% at Newtek Finance is a floor. Open Newtek Finance loans can still be charged off.

Newtek Finance: how to read it

The Newtek Finance record gives a book's shape. 6,618 loans mark where Newtek Finance holds SBA loans. 34.4% cancelled marks where Newtek Finance approvals fell away, a floor for 6,618. Neither figure decides a Newtek Finance request. A Newtek Finance request has own demand and cost. The Newtek Finance study should say which of the 6,618 loans resemble the project. For Newtek Finance, it should name differences. 6,618 loans, read plainly, give Newtek Finance a fair view. A floor of 34.4% is history for Newtek Finance, not a forecast.

Newtek Finance: study to bring

A borrower weighing Newtek Finance should treat 6,618 loans as context, not a promise from Newtek Finance. In full-service restaurant, Newtek Finance shows 367 loans as a reference point. Newtek Finance: the study tests sales per seat. Newtek Finance needs labour cost tested too. Show Newtek Finance coverage in a slow year too. Newtek Finance needs an appraisal that supports it. Newtek Finance offers just 4,887 unplaced loans for an unnamed type. Newtek Finance's study makes the case. Newtek Finance holds 813 loans in California. Elsewhere, Newtek Finance holdings need a reason. Cancelled at Newtek Finance: a floor of 34.4%. Approval is not funding. A Newtek Finance study should hold up under delay.

SBA loans held by Newtek Small Business Finance, LLC

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 FY20266,618
Gross dollars approved$4.47 billion
SBA 7(a) loans6,618
SBA 504 loans0

Cancellation and charge-off

Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor)34.4%
The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling)34.4%
Charged off to date, FY2017 to FY2021 disbursed loans (a floor)4.4%
Charged off within five years of approval2.3%
Loans in that cohort2,683

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 classes4,887
Full-service restaurant367
Limited-service restaurant196
Fitness center154
Child care center119
Automotive mechanical repair (car and truck)116
Coffee shop and snack bar112
Beauty salon105
Medical office (physicians)94
Dental office51
Gas station and truck stop48
Grocery store42
Hotel and motel40
Rehabilitation and therapy clinic40
Liquor store36
Car wash30
Assisted living (without nursing care)26
Beverage manufacturing (breweries, wineries, distilleries)22
Behavioral health and addiction treatment22
Caterers (includes banquet halls with catering staff)17
RV park and campground14
Data center12
Skilled nursing11
Veterinary clinic11
Warehouse and distribution8
Manufactured housing community (lessors of other real estate)8
Nonresidential lessor (flex, office and retail investor buildings)5
Life science lab (research and development)5

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-name-newtek-small-business-finance.

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