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SBA Lending DataEvery 7(a) lender, market and industry, from the SBA’s own public record. Free to use.

SBA 7(a) lenders in Benton, MN

Approvals in SBA fiscal years 2008–2026. Source data as of 2026-06-30.

Lenders

33 institutions have SBA 7(a) loans on record in Benton, together $104.5M across 346 loans. Falcon National Bank is the largest, with 23% of approvals.

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RankLenderLoansApprovedShareLoss rate
1Falcon National Bank95$24.1M23.1%0.21%
2BankVista66$15.9M15.2%1.92%
3Stearns Bank National Association24$9.1M8.7%0.00%
4Old National Bank16$7.4M7.1%8.60%
5Frandsen Bank and Trust13$7.1M6.8%1.32%
6U.S. Bank, National Association15$5.4M5.1%0.00%
7Farmers and Merchants State Bank of Pierz19$3.3M3.2%3.01%
8Sentry Bank20$3.2M3.1%0.00%
9Minnwest Bank6$3.2M3.1%0.00%
10Alerus Financial, National Association2$3.1M3.0%0.00%
11Choice Financial Group1$3.0M2.9%0.00%
12Wells Fargo Bank National Association9$2.8M2.6%0.00%
13Magnifi Financial CU8$2.7M2.6%0.00%
14American Heritage National Bank10$2.0M1.9%0.00%
15Deerwood Bank2$1.9M1.8%0.00%
16Pine Country Bank4$1.5M1.5%0.00%
17The Bank of Elk River2$1.3M1.3%0.00%
18Woodlands National Bank7$1.2M1.2%0.00%
19The First National Bank of Milaca5$1.1M1.1%0.00%
20Northeast Bank2$824K0.8%0.00%
21First Western Bank & Trust2$799K0.8%0.00%
22Kensington Bank3$575K0.6%0.00%
23Scale Bank1$468K0.4%0.00%
24Village Bank1$446K0.4%0.00%
25St Cloud Financial Credit Union2$425K0.4%0.00%
26Readycap Lending, LLC1$390K0.4%0.00%
27The Huntington National Bank3$365K0.3%0.00%
28MidCountry Bank1$238K0.2%0.00%
29Northeast Entrepreneur Fund, Inc.2$198K0.2%0.00%
30Freeport State Bank1$126K0.1%0.00%
31Unity Bank1$120K0.1%0.00%
32United Minnesota Bank1$65K0.1%0.00%
33Northeast Bank1$60K0.1%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

RankIndustryLoansApprovedShare of county
1Manufacturing30$13.2M12.6%
2Construction66$12.0M11.5%
3Other services28$9.0M8.6%
4Transportation & warehousing30$8.8M8.4%
5Administrative & waste services21$8.0M7.7%
6Retail trade20$7.6M7.3%
7Health care & social assistance20$6.7M6.4%
8Accommodation & food services24$5.7M5.5%
9Wholesale trade17$5.3M5.1%
10Manufacturing10$5.2M5.0%
11Professional & technical services13$4.9M4.7%
12Retail trade14$4.8M4.6%
13Manufacturing9$4.6M4.4%
14Agriculture, forestry & fishing8$3.0M2.9%
15Arts, entertainment & recreation10$2.8M2.7%
16Real estate & leasing9$1.2M1.1%
17Mining & extraction4$629K0.6%
18Educational services6$473K0.5%
19Finance & insurance5$343K0.3%
20Information1$185K0.2%
21Transportation & warehousing1$72K0.1%

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.