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SBA Lenders in Ohio
180 SBA lenders have funded 53,191 approved SBA loans for Ohio businesses.
70 are based in Ohio; the rest are national or multi-state lenders that actively fund Ohio businesses.
SBA lenders serving Ohio
All 180 lenders that fund SBA loans for Ohio businesses — 70 based in Ohio, plus national and multi-state lenders. Multi-state listings link to their branch finder for Ohio.
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180 lenders
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Enterprise Bank
4091 Mount Royal Blvd
Allison Park, Pennsylvania
Serves Ohio — 23 approved
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Beacon Bank and Trust
2 Harvard Street
Brookline, Massachusetts
Serves Ohio — 18 approved
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Commonwealth Business Bank
3435 Wilshire Blvd, Ste 700
Los Angeles, California
Serves Ohio — 12 approved
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22nd State Bank, A Division of 22nd State Banking Company
51 St. Joseph St
Mobile, Alabama
Serves Ohio — 7 approved
Find a local branch →Bank5.0(1)Centerstone SBA Lending, Inc.
700 S Flower Street
Los Angeles, California
Serves Ohio — 13 approved
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Lendistry SBLC, LLC
767 South Alameda Street
Los Angeles, California
Serves Ohio — 56 approved
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Community Choice CU
31155 Northwestern Hwy, Ste 18
Farmington Hills, Michigan
Serves Ohio — 9 approved
Find a local branch →Credit Union4.8(930)
First Commonwealth Bank
654 Philadelphia St
Indiana, Pennsylvania
Serves Ohio — 587 approved
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Merchants Bank of Indiana
410 Monon Blvd
Carmel, Indiana
Serves Ohio — 18 approved
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Eclipse Bank Inc
13903 Promenade Green Way
Louisville, Kentucky
Serves Ohio — 14 approved
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Signature Bank, National Association
130-138, East Oak Street, Gold Coast, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois, United States, 60611
Toledo, Ohio
Find a local branch →Bank4.7(18)The Commercial and Savings Bank of Millersburg, Ohio
91 N Clay St
Millersburg, Ohio
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First Bank of the Lake
4558 Osage Beach Pkwy, Ste 100
Osage Beach, Missouri
Serves Ohio — 39 approved
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Banc of California
11611 San Vicente Blvd, Ste 50
Los Angeles, California
Serves Ohio — 39 approved
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First Bank
205 SE Broad St
Southern Pines, North Carolina
Serves Ohio — 17 approved
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First Internet Bank of Indiana
8701 E 116th St
Fishers, Indiana
Serves Ohio — 45 approved
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Every SBA lender serving Ohio, A to Z
The complete index of all 180 lenders that fund SBA loans for Ohio businesses. Every name links to that lender's full listing.
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- 1st National Bank — Lebanon, Ohio
- 1st Source Bank — South Bend, Indiana
- 22nd State Bank, A Division of 22nd State Banking Company — Mobile, Alabama
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- Adelphi Bank — Columbus, Ohio
- AG CREDIT ACA — Fostoria, Ohio
- American Momentum Bank — College Station, Texas
- Ameris Bank — Atlanta, Georgia
- Avidia Bank — Hudson, Massachusetts
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- Banc of California — Los Angeles, California
- Bank Five Nine — Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
- Bank of America, National Association — Charlotte, North Carolina
- Bank of Hope — Los Angeles, California
- Bank of Wisconsin Dells — Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
- BankUnited, National Association — Miami Lakes, Florida
- BayFirst National Bank — Saint Petersburg, Florida
- Beacon Bank and Trust — Brookline, Massachusetts
- Buckeye Community Bank — Elyria, Ohio
- Buckeye State Bank — Powell, Ohio
- Byline Bank — Chicago, Illinois
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- Capital Bank, National Association — Rockville, Maryland
- Celtic Bank Corporation — Salt Lake City, Utah
- Centerstone SBA Lending, Inc. — Los Angeles, California
- CenTrust Bank, A Division of SmartBiz Bank National Association — Northbrook, Illinois
- CFBank National Association — Columbus, Ohio
- ChoiceOne Bank — Sparta, Michigan
- CIBC Bank USA — Chicago, Illinois
- Citizens Bank — Elizabethton, Tennessee
- Citizens Bank, National Association — Providence, Rhode Island
- City National Bank of Florida — Miami, Florida
- Civista Bank — Sandusky, Ohio
- CNB Bank — Clearfield, Pennsylvania
- Colony Bank — Fitzgerald, Georgia
- Columbia Bank — Lake Oswego, Oregon
- Commerce Bank — Kansas City, Missouri
- Commonwealth Business Bank — Los Angeles, California
- Community Capital Development Corporation — Dublin, Ohio
- Community Choice CU — Farmington Hills, Michigan
- Community Star CU, Inc. — Elyria, Ohio
- Community Trust Bank, Inc. — Pikeville, Kentucky
- Consumers National Bank — Minerva, Ohio
- CRF Small Business Loan Company, LLC — Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Customers Bank — Malvern, Pennsylvania
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- Directions CU — Toledo, Ohio
- Dollar Bank, A Federal Savings Bank — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Eclipse Bank Inc — Louisville, Kentucky
- Economic and Community Development Institute — Columbus, Ohio
- Enterprise Bank — Allison Park, Pennsylvania
- Evolve Bank and Trust — West Memphis, Arkansas
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- FCN Bank, National Association — Brookville, Indiana
- Fifth Third Bank — Cincinnati, Ohio
- Finance Fund Capital Corporation — Columbus, Ohio
- FinWise Bank — Sandy, Utah
- First Bank — Southern Pines, North Carolina
- First Bank of Central Ohio — Worthington, Ohio
- First Bank of the Lake — Osage Beach, Missouri
- First Bank Richmond — Richmond, Indiana
- First Commonwealth Bank — Indiana, Pennsylvania
- First Federal Community Bank National Association — Dover, Ohio
- First Federal Savings and Loan Association of Lakewood — Lakewood, Ohio
- First Financial Bank — Cincinnati, Ohio
- First Internet Bank of Indiana — Fishers, Indiana
- First Merchants Bank — Indianapolis, Indiana
- First Midwest Bank of the Ozarks — Poplar Bluff, Missouri
- First National Bank of Pennsylvania — Greenville, Pennsylvania
- First State Bank Nebraska — Lincoln, Nebraska
- First Utah Bank — Salt Lake City, Utah
- First Western SBLC, Inc — Dallas, Texas
- Firstrust Savings Bank — Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
- Five Star Bank — Rancho Cordova, California
- Forcht Bank, National Association — Lexington, Kentucky
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- GBank — Las Vegas, Nevada
- General Electric Credit Union — Cincinnati, Ohio
- German American Bank — Jasper, Indiana
- Grasshopper Bank National Association — New York, New York
- Greenville Federal — Greenville, Ohio
- Greenville National Bank — Greenville, Ohio
- GreenWay Bank — Van Wert, Ohio
- Growth Capital Corp. — Cleveland, Ohio
- Gulf Coast Bank — New Orleans, Louisiana
- Gulf Coast Bank and Trust Company — New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Hanmi Bank — Los Angeles, California
- Hanover Community Bank — Mineola, New York
- Harvest Small Business Finance, LLC — Laguna Hills, California
- Heritage Bank Inc — Burlington, Kentucky
- Hometown Bank — Kent, Ohio
- HomeTrust Bank — Asheville, North Carolina
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- IncredibleBank — Wausau, Wisconsin
- Independence Bank — East Greenwich, Rhode Island
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- JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association — Columbus, Ohio
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- KEMBA Financial CU — Gahanna, Ohio
- KeyBank National Association — Cleveland, Ohio
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- LendingClub Bank, National Association — Lehi, Utah
- Lendistry SBLC, LLC — Los Angeles, California
- Live Oak Banking Company — Wilmington, North Carolina
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- Magnifi Financial CU — Melrose, Minnesota
- Meadows Bank — Las Vegas, Nevada
- Merchants Bank of Indiana — Carmel, Indiana
- Meridian Bank — Malvern, Pennsylvania
- Metro City Bank — Doraville, Georgia
- Michigan Certified Development Corporation — East Lansing, Michigan
- Midland States Bank — Effingham, Illinois
- Millennium Bank — Des Plaines, Illinois
- Minster Bank — Minster, Ohio
- Mission Valley Bank — Sun Valley, California
- MVB Bank, Inc. — Fairmont, West Virginia
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- National Cooperative Bank, National Association — Hillsboro, Ohio
- New Carlisle Federal Savings Bank — New Carlisle, Ohio
- Newtek Bank, National Association — Miami, Florida
- Newtek Small Business Finance, Inc. — Lake Success, New York
- North Valley Bank — Zanesville, Ohio
- Northwest Bank — Warren, Pennsylvania
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- OakStar Bank — Springfield, Missouri
- Old National Bank — Evansville, Indiana
- Open Bank — Los Angeles, California
- Osgood Bank — Osgood, Ohio
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- Paragon Bank — Memphis, Tennessee
- Pathward National Association — Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- Pathways Financial Credit Union — Columbus, Ohio
- Peoples Bank — Mendenhall, Mississippi
- PNC Bank, National Association — Wilmington, Delaware
- Poppy Bank — Santa Rosa, California
- Port 51 Lending LLC — New York, New York
- Portage Community Bank — Ravenna, Ohio
- PromiseOne Bank — Duluth, Georgia
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- Readycap Lending, LLC — Berkeley Heights, New Jersey
- RiverHills Bank — Milford, Ohio
- Riverside Bank of Dublin — Dublin, Ohio
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- Seacoast National Bank — Stuart, Florida
- Shoreham Bank — Warwick, Rhode Island
- Signature Bank, National Association — Toledo, Ohio
- Simmons Bank — Pine Bluff, Arkansas
- SouthState Bank, National Association — Winter Haven, Florida
- Stearns Bank National Association — Saint Cloud, Minnesota
- Stone Bank — Mountain View, Arkansas
- Sutton Bank — Attica, Ohio
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- T Bank, National Association — Dallas, Texas
- Telhio Credit Union Inc — Columbus, Ohio
- The Andover Bank — Andover, Ohio
- The Apple Creek Banking Company — Apple Creek, Ohio
- The Bancorp Bank National Association — Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- The Bank of Magnolia Company — Magnolia, Ohio
- The Citizens National Bank of Bluffton — Bluffton, Ohio
- The Commercial and Savings Bank of Millersburg, Ohio — Millersburg, Ohio
- The Community Bank — Zanesville, Ohio
- The Croghan Colonial Bank — Fremont, Ohio
- The Fahey Banking Company — Marion, Ohio
- The Farmers and Merchants State Bank — Archbold, Ohio
- The Farmers National Bank of Canfield — Canfield, Ohio
- The First National Bank Bellevue — Bellevue, Ohio
- The First National Bank of Dennison — Dennison, Ohio
- The Genoa Banking Company — Genoa, Ohio
- The Hicksville Bank — Hicksville, Ohio
- The Hocking Valley Bank — Athens, Ohio
- The Home Loan Savings Bank — Coshocton, Ohio
- The Huntington National Bank — Columbus, Ohio
- The MINT National Bank — Kingwood, Texas
- The National Bank of Adams County of West Union — West Union, Ohio
- The Ohio Valley Bank Company — Gallipolis, Ohio
- The Park National Bank — Newark, Ohio
- The Richwood Banking Company — Richwood, Ohio
- The State Bank and Trust Company — Defiance, Ohio
- The Union Bank Company — Columbus Grove, Ohio
- The Vinton County National Bank — Mcarthur, Ohio
- TowneBank — Portsmouth, Virginia
- Truist Bank — Charlotte, North Carolina
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- U.S. Bank, National Association — Cincinnati, Ohio
- Unified Bank — Martins Ferry, Ohio
- United Community Bank — Greenville, South Carolina
- United FCU — Saint Joseph, Michigan
- United Midwest Savings Bank National Association — De Graff, Ohio
- US Metro Bank — Garden Grove, California
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- Valley Economic Development Partners, Inc. — Youngstown, Ohio
- VelocitySBA, LLC — Irving, Texas
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- Waterford Bank, National Association — Toledo, Ohio
- Wells Fargo Bank National Association — Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- WesBanco Bank, Inc. — Wheeling, West Virginia
- West Central Development Corporation — Ohio
- Westfield Bank — Westfield, Massachusetts
- Wright Patt Credit Union Inc — Beavercreek, Ohio
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- Zions Bank, A Division of — Salt Lake City, Utah
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How many SBA lenders serve Ohio?
180 lenders have funded SBA loans for Ohio businesses (53,191 approved loans in total) — 70 based in Ohio, plus national and multi-state lenders that fund Ohio borrowers. Counts are sourced from SBA loan records by borrower location.
Can I use an SBA lender outside Ohio?
Yes. SBA loans are federal, so an out-of-state lender can fund your Ohio business. National SBA lenders like Live Oak Bank and Newtek lend in all 50 states. A local lender still helps when the deal needs site visits or local market knowledge.
Who is the best SBA lender in Ohio?
"Best" depends on your loan size and industry, but Google ratings are a fair starting signal. Riverside Bank of Dublin currently holds the top rating among Ohio-based SBA lenders at 5.0 stars. Preferred (PLP) lenders move fastest on approval timelines.
Top SBA lending markets in Ohio
The Ohio cities where businesses have won the most SBA 7(a) & 504 funding, ranked by real approval volume from public SBA FOIA data. Each links to the lenders most active in that market.