Feasibility Study Data for the Tulsa, OK Metro Area

What SBA's own loan files show about lending in the Tulsa, OK Metro Area, every asset class together, and what a feasibility study for a project there has to test.

Tulsa at a glance

Tulsa drew 1,693 SBA approvals across FY2017 to FY2026, worth $987.6 million gross. Tulsa sits at 62 of 928 among areas ranked by loans. Tulsa loans center on $253,000, the median. $105,000 to $614,000 spans the Tulsa middle half. The Tulsa median sits at 1.22x nationally. Tulsa splits into 1,565 loans under 7(a) and 128 under 504. Tulsa shows a franchise share of 13.6%. Tulsa dollars add to $987.6 million.

Tulsa: classes and counties

The busiest classes in Tulsa are full-service restaurant (96), limited-service restaurant (48), and medical office (35). Next in Tulsa comes fitness center at 35 loans. Outside every class stand 1,169 Tulsa loans, so each Tulsa project is judged on its own facts. By county, Tulsa loans concentrate in Tulsa County, OK (1,292), Wagoner County, OK (105), and Rogers County, OK (100). At the other end, Pawnee County, OK holds 28 loans, a sign that Tulsa is not one market.

Tulsa: lenders in the record

A Tulsa lender row names today's holder; the Tulsa originator may be another. Tulsa 7(a) holders include BancFirst (172 loans, $73.5 million), Arvest Bank (141 loans, $31.9 million), and Security Bank (OK) (105 loans, $70.4 million). Tulsa 504 holders include Small Business Capital Corporation with 51 loans ($33.6 million) and Tulsa Economic Development Corporation with 46 loans ($32.9 million). In Tulsa, a borrower treats the rows as context. No Tulsa row recommends any institution.

Tulsa: what the floors can say

Tulsa cancellation, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals: 10.4%. It is a floor for Tulsa. The Tulsa ceiling is 11.9%, counting undisbursed loans as cancelled. Of 776 Tulsa loans disbursed FY2017 to FY2021, 4.4% are charged off to date, a floor. The Tulsa five-year figure is 2.8%. A lender reading Tulsa takes both rates as the least. Tulsa history only grows. County names place the Tulsa loans. For Tulsa, the July 2023 list governs. Tulsa omits loans with no county match. Tulsa totals hold untracked-class loans too.

Tulsa: the feasibility questions

Tulsa approvals were thinnest in FY2020 (133 loans, $72.9 million) and heaviest in FY2017 (215 loans, $91.9 million). The latest year, FY2026, shows 141 loans and $98.2 million for Tulsa. A Tulsa feasibility study tests demand first, from Tulsa County, OK outward, not from the area average. The Tulsa median is $253,000. Set Tulsa budgets beside it; nationally it is 1.22x. Coverage for Tulsa is run on weaker income. Tulsa floors shape that downside. A final Tulsa check sets appraised value against cost. Sources and uses in Tulsa must tie to bids near Tulsa County, OK. The Tulsa study states its limits beside Tulsa County, OK findings.

SBA loans in the Tulsa, OK Metro Area

Loans approved, FY2017 to FY20261,693
Gross dollars approved$987.6 million
Median loan$253,000
Middle half of loans, from$105,000
Middle half of loans, to$614,000
SBA 7(a) loans1,565
SBA 504 loans128
Franchise share of loans13.6%
Rank among metro and micro areas by loans62 of 928
Median loan against the national median1.22x

Cancellation and charge-off

Cancelled after approval, FY2017 to FY2024 approvals (a floor)10.4%
The same, counting loans still undisbursed as cancelled (a ceiling)11.9%
Charged off to date, FY2017 to FY2021 disbursed loans (a floor)4.4%
Charged off within five years of approval2.8%
Loans in that cohort776

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 Tulsa, OK Metro Area, by fiscal year

050100150200250FY2017FY2018FY2019FY2020FY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025FY2026Loans, FY2017: 215Loans, FY2018: 180Loans, FY2019: 160Loans, FY2020: 133Loans, FY2021: 178Loans, FY2022: 175Loans, FY2023: 180Loans, FY2024: 169Loans, FY2025: 162Loans, FY2026: 141
Fiscal yearLoansDollars
FY2017215$91.9 million
FY2018180$94.4 million
FY2019160$77.3 million
FY2020133$72.9 million
FY2021178$117.6 million
FY2022175$119.1 million
FY2023180$103.2 million
FY2024169$115.0 million
FY2025162$98.2 million
FY2026141$98.2 million

Loans by asset class

Asset classLoans
Not in any of the 39 asset classes1,169
Full-service restaurant96
Limited-service restaurant48
Medical office (physicians)35
Fitness center35
Automotive mechanical repair (car and truck)33
Child care center32
Hotel and motel31
Coffee shop and snack bar29
Dental office26
Liquor store24
Beauty salon24
Veterinary clinic20
Grocery store13
Rehabilitation and therapy clinic12
Car wash10
Gas station and truck stop9
Self storage7
Beverage manufacturing (breweries, wineries, distilleries)7
Nonresidential lessor (flex, office and retail investor buildings)5
Caterers (includes banquet halls with catering staff)5

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

Most active SBA lenders

SBA 504: lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
Small Business Capital Corporation51$33.6 million
Tulsa Economic Development Corporation46$32.9 million
SBA 7(a): lenders by loans approved (the current holder of each loan, as SBA reports it)
LenderLoansDollars
BancFirst172$73.5 million
First Oklahoma Bank149$137.2 million
Arvest Bank141$31.9 million
Security Bank (OK)105$70.4 million
First Pryority Bank96$39.6 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

CountyLoans
Tulsa County, OK1,292
Wagoner County, OK105
Rogers County, OK100
Creek County, OK99
Okmulgee County, OK36
Osage County, OK33
Pawnee County, OK28

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-46140.

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