Feasibility Study Data for the Shreveport-Bossier City, LA Metro Area

How big the Shreveport-Bossier City record is

Across Shreveport-Bossier City, SBA's files record 328 approvals from FY2017 to FY2026, totalling $202.4 million of gross dollars. Shreveport-Bossier City sits among the whole list of areas, by loans, at 229 of 928. The core of Shreveport-Bossier City lending falls between $108,000 and $670,750, with a median near $216,050; that puts the median at 1.04x the nationwide median. In Shreveport-Bossier City the program mix is 318 loans under 7(a) and 10 in 504. Franchised units took 18.9% of approvals.

Shreveport-Bossier City: classes and counties

Inside the classes we list for Shreveport-Bossier City, hotel and motel heads the list with 14 loans, and then limited-service restaurant (13) and dental office, 9 loans. Another 235 loans in Shreveport-Bossier City sit outside every class. County by county, Caddo Parish, LA carries 233 loans, followed by Bossier Parish, LA (83) and De Soto Parish, LA (12).

Shreveport-Bossier City: lenders on record

Names listed for Shreveport-Bossier City come from SBA's archived Shreveport-Bossier City records of the 328 business loans in Shreveport-Bossier City, carried at present or before; the entries log every entry though offer nothing on lender appetite. Also, in the 7(a) program near Caddo Parish, LA, the leading holders are Carter FCU, with 43 loans for $19.4 million; next, Planters Bank and Trust Company, with 32 loans for $2.6 million. Among 504 loans in Shreveport-Bossier City, the records show Community Certified Development Corporation ($8.3 million across 5 loans). An applicant in Shreveport-Bossier City is free to ask Shreveport-Bossier City's listed holder Carter FCU or other Shreveport-Bossier City holders near Caddo Parish, LA which documents it expects, then shape the Shreveport-Bossier City study to answer it.

Shreveport-Bossier City: what followed approval

Among Shreveport-Bossier City approvals from FY2017 to FY2024, not below 14.1% ended in cancellation after approval in Shreveport-Bossier City, and that is a floor; the true Shreveport-Bossier City share is no lower. For the record, among disbursed Shreveport-Bossier City loans approved in FY2017 to FY2021, 11.2% have ended in charge-off so far, again a floor; 5.2% were written off within five years, in a base of 116 loans. Over the decade, Shreveport-Bossier City topped out in FY2025 at 50 loans and $25.0 million, and bottomed out in FY2020 at 19 loans and $13.2 million.

Shreveport-Bossier City: what a borrower checks

Around Caddo Parish, LA, demand comes first: who lives in Caddo Parish, LA, who lives in Bossier Parish, LA, measured against the wider Shreveport-Bossier City area, and how much room 14 hotel and motel loans leave. Budget: $216,050 is the Shreveport-Bossier City median and $108,000 to $670,750 where half of loans fall, so a Caddo Parish, LA site must justify its budget against this $216,050 median. Debt service: Shreveport-Bossier City repayment survives a weak year against the 14.1% floor for cancellation and the 11.2% charge-off rate. The appraisal for Shreveport-Bossier City needs to agree with the value assumed. Shreveport-Bossier City adopts the July 2023 delineation; a case whose county lacks a CBSA match is excluded from every other area, Shreveport-Bossier City no exception, yet the totals carry loans apart from the class list.