The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) San Francisco District Office serves 14 counties. This includes Alameda, Contra Costa, Del Norte, Humboldt, Lake, Marin, Mendocino, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Solano, and Sonoma, which have a combined population base of nearly 7.7 million residents. This service area is a major U.S tourism area and is one of California’s major ports, thus attracting many small business entrepreneurs. San Francisco possesses a diverse and prosperous economic base with technology, medical science, research, trade and financial services.

 

Finding the best and cheapest business loans has always been a hassle, so we make it easier by comparing all the best SBA lenders in San Francisco for you. After reading our analysis, please click apply now and we will able to match you with the best SBA loan providers in San Francisco.

 

GoSBA Loans is proud to announce the 2020, top 50 SBA banks providing SBA loans in San Francisco. As one of the top 10 cities for small business entrepreneurs, San Francisco SBA loan providers financed 1,106 businesses valued at over $600.2 million for the FY of 2019.

 

One of the biggest challenges that small businesses face is access to affordable financing. Top lenders signing SBA-backed loans in San Francisco include some of the larger banks like Wells Fargo and U.S. Bank National Association, as well as some smaller players, including Plumas Bank and Cornerstone Community Bank. Unfortunately, these banks have some of the strictest underwriting criteria. Most small businesses are better off speaking with smaller and more aggressive SBA lenders in San Francisco. Applicants that apply for an SBA loan with GoSBA loans benefit from automatic circulation of their loan application to 33 of the 100 top San Francisco SBA lenders. Here is our GoSBA’s official ranking for the 50 Best San Francisco SBA Lenders In 2020.

 

RANK	BANK	LOANS FUNDED	VOLUME FUNDED ($)
1	Live Oak Banking	27	$48,008,500
2	Wells Fargo Bank	133	$33,633,200
3	U.S. Bank	118	$26,586,600
4	Fremont Bank	19	$25,535,800
5	Bank of the West	36	$25,141,600
6	Pinnacle Bank	11	$22,943,000
7	United Business Bank	24	$21,277,700
8	Santa Cruz County Bank	32	$21,120,000
9	Celtic Bank Corporation	27	$18,388,100
10	MUFG Union Bank, National Association	16	$15,349,700
11	Exchange Bank	25	$14,488,400
12	Bank of Hope	25	$13,816,900
13	Summit State Bank	15	$12,841,000
14	First Home Bank	50	$12,485,200
15	JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association	59	$11,906,800
16	Harvest Small Business Finance, LLC	11	$11,548,600
17	Umpqua Bank	13	$11,210,100
18	Stearns Bank National Association	30	$10,398,100
19	Comerica Bank	23	$9,981,600
20	California Bank of Commerce	20	$9,809,500
21	Centerstone SBA Lending, Inc.	11	$9,532,000
22	Redwood CU	33	$9,325,300
23	KeyPoint CU	8	$9,190,800
24	Plumas Bank	13	$8,846,200
25	Heritage Bank of Commerce	14	$8,477,000
26	First Bank	11	$8,263,400
27	East West Bank	12	$7,102,000
28	Bank of San Francisco	5	$7,001,500
29	Bank of America, National Association	11	$6,779,300
30	US Metro Bank	3	$6,628,500
31	Poppy Bank	3	$6,342,000
32	Newtek Small Business Finance, Inc.	11	$6,235,000
33	Byline Bank	4	$5,685,000
34	Open Bank	2	$5,210,000
35	United Midwest Savings Bank, National Association	7	$5,115,000
36	Main Street Launch	29	$5,044,500
37	Crossroads Small Business Solutions, LLC	7	$4,900,500
38	Crestmark Bank	2	$4,745,000
39	Five Star Bank	22	$4,703,000
40	Western Alliance Bank	7	$4,645,000
41	UniBank	2	$4,620,000
42	Cadence Bank, National Association	12	$4,265,000
43	Sunwest Bank	1	$4,140,000
44	HomeStreet Bank	4	$3,992,000
45	Readycap Lending, LLC	5	$3,797,500
46	Pacific Enterprise Bank	4	$3,620,000
47	Independence Bank	26	$3,525,000
48	Opus Bank	1	$3,500,000
49	BBVA USA	2	$3,481,800
50	Lighthouse Bank	2	$3,358,700

Sound great? Click on apply now and we’ll match you with the best SBA loan providers in San Francisco.