SBA 7(a) lenders in West Baton Rouge, LA
Approvals in SBA fiscal years 2008–2026. Source data as of 2026-06-30.
Lenders
23 institutions have SBA 7(a) loans on record in West Baton Rouge, together $28.6M across 50 loans. First Horizon Bank is the largest, with 16% of approvals.
| Rank | Lender | Loans | Approved | Share | Loss rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | First Horizon Bank | 1 | $4.4M | 15.5% | 0.00% |
| 2 | Shoreham Bank | 1 | $3.7M | 13.0% | 0.00% |
| 3 | Live Oak Banking Company | 1 | $3.5M | 12.2% | 0.00% |
| 4 | Hancock Whitney Bank | 9 | $3.0M | 10.5% | 0.00% |
| 5 | The Cottonport Bank | 3 | $2.9M | 10.0% | 0.00% |
| 6 | First Financial Bank | 3 | $2.6M | 9.3% | 0.00% |
| 7 | Newtek Small Business Finance, Inc. | 3 | $2.4M | 8.4% | 0.00% |
| 8 | Gulf Coast Bank and Trust Company | 3 | $1.1M | 3.7% | 11.32% |
| 9 | PNC Bank, National Association | 2 | $985K | 3.4% | 0.00% |
| 10 | Fifth Third Bank | 1 | $674K | 2.4% | 0.00% |
| 11 | Red River Bank | 2 | $520K | 1.8% | 0.00% |
| 12 | Banc of California | 1 | $509K | 1.8% | 0.00% |
| 13 | Readycap Lending, LLC | 1 | $350K | 1.2% | 0.00% |
| 14 | The Huntington National Bank | 1 | $350K | 1.2% | 0.00% |
| 15 | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation | 1 | $300K | 1.0% | 0.00% |
| 16 | Plaquemine Bank & Trust Company | 2 | $295K | 1.0% | 0.00% |
| 17 | JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | 4 | $240K | 0.8% | 0.00% |
| 18 | Essential Credit Union | 4 | $225K | 0.8% | 0.00% |
| 19 | Fidelity Bank | 3 | $225K | 0.8% | 0.00% |
| 20 | Citizens Bank & Trust Company | 1 | $193K | 0.7% | 0.00% |
| 21 | Celtic Bank Corporation | 1 | $35K | 0.1% | 0.00% |
| 22 | Northeast Bank | 1 | $30K | 0.1% | 0.00% |
| 23 | VelocitySBA, LLC | 1 | $5K | 0.0% | 0.00% |
Loss rates cover every approval year on record together. SBA 7(a) losses peak two to four years after approval, so a lender whose lending is mostly recent will show a low rate because its loans have not aged yet, not because they are performing better.
What the money went into
| Rank | Industry | Loans | Approved | Share of county |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Accommodation & food services | 8 | $8.8M | 30.7% |
| 2 | Administrative & waste services | 1 | $4.4M | 15.5% |
| 3 | Construction | 10 | $4.3M | 15.1% |
| 4 | Health care & social assistance | 9 | $2.8M | 9.8% |
| 5 | Transportation & warehousing | 4 | $2.4M | 8.3% |
| 6 | Retail trade | 5 | $2.1M | 7.5% |
| 7 | Real estate & leasing | 3 | $905K | 3.2% |
| 8 | Retail trade | 2 | $790K | 2.8% |
| 9 | Professional & technical services | 2 | $659K | 2.3% |
| 10 | Other services | 2 | $605K | 2.1% |
| 11 | Wholesale trade | 1 | $600K | 2.1% |
| 12 | Finance & insurance | 2 | $90K | 0.3% |
| 13 | Manufacturing | 1 | $68K | 0.2% |
Industry is the borrower’s NAICS sector as recorded by SBA at approval, grouped to the two-digit sector.
About this data
Built from the U.S. Small Business Administration’s 7(a) FOIA data release, a public record covering approvals from fiscal year 2008 onward and refreshed each quarter. SBA fiscal years end 30 September, so the most recent year is partial. Figures are approvals, not outstanding balances, and SBA attributes each loan to the institution that holds it today rather than the one that originated it — an acquisitive lender therefore shows books it did not write.