SBA Lending by State · Kentucky
SBA Lending in Kentucky
Kentucky is a mid-sized SBA market concentrated in food and lodging, growing -13%.
- 15,450
- Total SBA loans
- $4.3B
- Approved dollars
- 4.4
- Loans per 1,000 businesses / yr
- -13%
- Growth, 2010s to 2020s
- 9.1%
- Active-loan distress
- #33
- Rank, national volume
- #43
- Rank, loans per business
Every SBA 7(a) and 504 loan approved in Kentucky since 1991 sits in the public federal record. Kentucky accounts for 15,450 of them, worth $4.3B, split 14,253 under 7(a) and 1,197 under 504. Roughly 16% of 7(a) went to startups and new businesses.
Top industries funded in Kentucky
Program mix
- 14,253
- 7(a) loans
- 1,197
- 504 loans
- 16%
- To startups & new businesses
- 84%
- To existing businesses
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Drill Kentucky to the zip-code level, see its top lenders, and shade it by growth, dollars, or distress.
Explore Kentucky on the map ↗Loan counts and dollars cover SBA 7(a) and 504, approved and not cancelled, gross basis. Growth, distress, per-business rates, industries, and startup share describe the 7(a) book. Approval is not funding. FOIA record as of March 31, 2026.