SBA 7(a) lenders in Knox, TN

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

Lenders

124 institutions have SBA 7(a) loans on record in Knox, together $475.0M across 1,013 loans. Pinnacle Bank is the largest, with 9% of approvals.

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Rank	Lender	Loans	Approved	Share	Loss rate
1	Pinnacle Bank	41	$43.7M	9.2%	0.26%
2	Live Oak Banking Company	38	$33.9M	7.1%	0.00%
3	Citizens Bank	21	$20.9M	4.4%	0.28%
4	Regions Bank	27	$19.5M	4.1%	0.00%
5	U.S. Bank, National Association	102	$16.6M	3.5%	2.83%
6	Truist Bank	53	$16.6M	3.5%	3.73%
7	United Community Bank	22	$16.4M	3.4%	9.54%
8	First Horizon Bank	24	$15.4M	3.3%	0.00%
9	First US Bank	11	$14.1M	3.0%	0.00%
10	Bank Five Nine	10	$11.2M	2.4%	2.88%
11	Readycap Lending, LLC	21	$11.1M	2.3%	2.89%
12	The Huntington National Bank	39	$10.8M	2.3%	0.00%
13	HomeTrust Bank	29	$10.1M	2.1%	7.86%
14	SouthState Bank, National Association	11	$9.6M	2.0%	3.48%
15	Newtek Bank, National Association	29	$9.4M	2.0%	0.00%
16	GBank	4	$8.7M	1.8%	0.00%
17	Wells Fargo Bank National Association	19	$8.7M	1.8%	0.64%
18	TowneBank	6	$7.8M	1.6%	0.00%
19	Centerstone SBA Lending, Inc.	3	$6.6M	1.4%	0.00%
20	O R N L FCU	8	$6.5M	1.4%	14.20%
21	SmartBank	8	$6.5M	1.4%	0.00%
22	Fifth Third Bank	20	$6.4M	1.3%	4.66%
23	Thread Bank	5	$6.3M	1.3%	6.02%
24	First Western SBLC, LLC	2	$5.6M	1.2%	0.00%
25	Bank of America, National Association	9	$5.5M	1.2%	0.00%
26	Community Trust Bank, Inc.	7	$5.5M	1.2%	0.00%
27	Commercial Bank	37	$5.5M	1.2%	3.82%
28	North State Bank	5	$5.3M	1.1%	0.00%
29	Metro City Bank	4	$4.7M	1.0%	0.00%
30	FDIC - Community Bank & Trust-West Georgia	2	$4.5M	1.0%	0.00%
31	Northeast Bank	23	$4.3M	0.9%	0.00%
32	Legence Bank	1	$4.2M	0.9%	0.00%
33	United Midwest Savings Bank National Association	22	$4.2M	0.9%	0.00%
34	Newtek Small Business Finance, Inc.	6	$4.2M	0.9%	0.00%
35	Centennial Bank	22	$4.0M	0.8%	2.91%
36	KeyBank National Association	3	$3.9M	0.8%	0.00%
37	Affinity Bank, National Association	1	$3.8M	0.8%	0.00%
38	First-Citizens Bank & Trust Company	4	$3.6M	0.8%	0.00%
39	Ameris Bank	3	$3.4M	0.7%	0.00%
40	Byline Bank	7	$3.3M	0.7%	10.70%
41	MidFirst Bank	1	$3.3M	0.7%	0.00%
42	BayFirst National Bank	20	$3.2M	0.7%	0.00%
43	Old National Bank	11	$3.2M	0.7%	0.00%
44	Celtic Bank Corporation	16	$3.1M	0.7%	6.35%
45	First Bank	2	$3.1M	0.7%	3.53%
46	Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation	11	$2.9M	0.6%	3.09%
47	Citizens National Bank	1	$2.9M	0.6%	0.00%
48	Milestone Bank	2	$2.7M	0.6%	0.00%
49	The MINT National Bank	1	$2.2M	0.5%	0.00%
50	Brightbridge, Inc.	8	$2.0M	0.4%	0.00%
51	Renasant Bank	3	$1.9M	0.4%	0.00%
52	First Internet Bank of Indiana	3	$1.9M	0.4%	17.76%
53	First Bank of the Lake	5	$1.9M	0.4%	0.00%
54	Evolve Bank and Trust	1	$1.8M	0.4%	0.00%
55	UT Federal Credit Union	28	$1.7M	0.4%	0.00%
56	Colony Bank	2	$1.7M	0.4%	0.00%
57	Simmons Bank	7	$1.7M	0.4%	0.00%
58	Happen Bank	2	$1.6M	0.3%	0.00%
59	US Metro Bank	1	$1.6M	0.3%	0.00%
60	BankUnited, National Association	1	$1.5M	0.3%	0.00%
61	PNC Bank, National Association	2	$1.4M	0.3%	0.00%
62	22nd State Bank, A Division of 22nd State Banking Company	1	$1.3M	0.3%	0.00%
63	VelocitySBA, LLC	64	$1.3M	0.3%	8.19%
64	Gulf Coast Bank and Trust Company	4	$1.3M	0.3%	0.00%
65	Builtwell Bank	4	$1.2M	0.3%	0.00%
66	PromiseOne Bank	1	$1.2M	0.3%	0.00%
67	City National Bank	1	$1.1M	0.2%	0.00%
68	Meridian Bank	2	$1.1M	0.2%	0.00%
69	One Florida Bank	1	$1.1M	0.2%	0.00%
70	The Bancorp Bank National Association	2	$1.1M	0.2%	0.00%
71	FNBC Bank	1	$1.0M	0.2%	0.00%
72	Apex Bank	2	$981K	0.2%	0.00%
73	Waukegan Savings Bank	1	$975K	0.2%	0.00%
74	First National Bank of Pennsylvania	1	$944K	0.2%	0.00%
75	Stearns Bank National Association	7	$925K	0.2%	0.00%
76	First Bank	2	$920K	0.2%	0.00%
77	Customers Bank	2	$912K	0.2%	0.00%
78	First Merchants Bank	1	$882K	0.2%	0.00%
79	Harvest Small Business Finance, LLC	1	$803K	0.2%	0.00%
80	Grasshopper Bank National Association	2	$800K	0.2%	0.00%
81	Banesco USA	1	$795K	0.2%	0.00%
82	Cache Valley Bank	2	$689K	0.1%	0.00%
83	Coastal States Bank	2	$672K	0.1%	0.00%
84	Core Bank	1	$640K	0.1%	0.00%
85	Northwest Bank	2	$638K	0.1%	0.00%
86	Georgia Banking Company	1	$635K	0.1%	0.00%
87	IncredibleBank	1	$633K	0.1%	0.00%
88	Shoreham Bank	1	$595K	0.1%	0.00%
89	Beacon Bank and Trust	1	$564K	0.1%	0.00%
90	Capital Bank, National Association	1	$500K	0.1%	0.00%
91	Bankwell Bank	1	$500K	0.1%	0.00%
92	Quaint Oak Bank	1	$494K	0.1%	0.00%
93	CenTrust Bank, A Division of SmartBiz Bank National Association	2	$475K	0.1%	0.00%
94	Enterprise Bank & Trust	1	$463K	0.1%	0.00%
95	Fund-Ex Solutions Group, LLC	1	$450K	0.1%	95.98%
96	FirstBank	1	$450K	0.1%	0.00%
97	ACC Capital	1	$404K	0.1%	0.00%
98	Lendistry SBLC, LLC	4	$398K	0.1%	0.00%
99	Columbia Bank	11	$395K	0.1%	0.00%
100	Lincoln Savings Bank	1	$354K	0.1%	0.00%
101	CDC Small Business Finance Corp.	1	$350K	0.1%	0.00%
102	Home Federal Bank of Tennessee	1	$350K	0.1%	0.00%
103	Paragon Bank	1	$290K	0.1%	0.00%
104	Community West Bank	1	$286K	0.1%	84.01%
105	Independence Bank	2	$275K	0.1%	23.11%
106	Associated Bank National Association	2	$270K	0.1%	0.00%
107	First Business Bank	1	$268K	0.1%	0.00%
108	BankFirst Financial Services	2	$258K	0.1%	0.00%
109	Five Star Bank	1	$250K	0.1%	0.00%
110	Carver State Bank	2	$248K	0.1%	38.78%
111	Farmers State Bank of Alto Pass, Illinois	1	$210K	0.0%	0.00%
112	Hancock Whitney Bank	1	$205K	0.0%	0.00%
113	Bank of Hope	9	$205K	0.0%	9.40%
114	CRF Small Business Loan Company, LLC	1	$200K	0.0%	0.00%
115	Heritage Bank Inc	1	$150K	0.0%	0.00%
116	LiftFund, Inc.	2	$145K	0.0%	47.30%
117	Magnifi Financial CU	1	$142K	0.0%	0.00%
118	TNBANK	1	$140K	0.0%	0.00%
119	SoFi Bank, National Association	2	$120K	0.0%	0.00%
120	Verve, a Credit Union	2	$120K	0.0%	0.00%
121	JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association	1	$100K	0.0%	0.00%
122	The First Bank and Trust Company	1	$76K	0.0%	0.00%
123	Capital One National Association	1	$25K	0.0%	0.00%
124	Mountain America FCU	1	$12K	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	147	$93.8M	19.7%
2	Health care & social assistance	77	$57.3M	12.1%
3	Professional & technical services	108	$54.6M	11.5%
4	Other services	107	$47.4M	10.0%
5	Retail trade	109	$34.3M	7.2%
6	Construction	95	$34.1M	7.2%
7	Real estate & leasing	29	$28.4M	6.0%
8	Arts, entertainment & recreation	40	$22.6M	4.8%
9	Retail trade	55	$22.4M	4.7%
10	Administrative & waste services	63	$17.4M	3.7%
11	Manufacturing	32	$12.9M	2.7%
12	Wholesale trade	40	$11.7M	2.5%
13	Information	26	$7.9M	1.7%
14	Transportation & warehousing	13	$7.3M	1.5%
15	Finance & insurance	16	$7.2M	1.5%
16	Manufacturing	7	$4.2M	0.9%
17	Manufacturing	17	$3.4M	0.7%
18	Educational services	22	$3.3M	0.7%
19	Transportation & warehousing	7	$3.2M	0.7%
20	Agriculture, forestry & fishing	1	$1.2M	0.3%
21	Public administration	2	$452K	0.1%

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.