Beacon Bank and Trust

Headquartered in Brookline, MAbeaconbank.com$22.2B in assetsFounded 1871151 officesData: SBA 7(a) FOIA file

Loans
147

#11 of 249 by loans, FY2025 to FY2026 Q3

Approved
$277M

gross approvals

Median deal
$1,484,300

national $709,300

Median rate
9.50%

national 9.25% at approval

Charged off
1.49%

201 FY2020-22 loans

Charge-off means SBA wrote the loan off as a loss. The rate covers the FY2020-22 approval cohort, not the window above, because recent loans have had less time to go bad, and is shown only for lenders with 100 or more cohort loans. Charge-off rates across all 31 lenders

Loans per fiscal year

FY2026 is partial: 57 loans approved through June 30, 2026.

Loans per fiscal year
Fiscal yearLoans
FY202069
FY202184
FY202248
FY202365
FY202472
FY202590
FY2026 (partial year, through June 30, 2026)57

How they lend

Across 147 change-of-ownership loans, FY2025 to FY2026 Q3.

Acquisition share of their 7(a) lending

Acquisitions 485 (30.1%)Other purposes 1,127 (69.9%)

Their full 7(a) book since FY2020 is 1,612 loans. Every other figure on this page counts the 485 acquisition loans only.

Initial rate structure

Variable 97.96%Fixed 2.04%

Middle half of rates
9.00% to 10.00%
Typical margin over Prime
Prime + 2.25% at approval (144 variable loans)
Recent median rate
9.00% (n = 39, Jan 1 to Jun 30, 2026)
Median term
120 months
Collateral reported
100.00% of loans
Sold on the secondary market
76.87% of loans
Franchise loans
10.88% of loans
Approval to first disbursement
25 days (n = 124)

Processing method

Preferred Lenders Program
80.27%
International Trade Loans
10.20%
SBA Express Program
6.80%
7a General
2.72%

SBA processing-method labels as they appear in the loan file, as shares of this lender’s window loans.

What they fund

Industries and deal sizes across 147 change-of-ownership loans, FY2025 to FY2026 Q3.

Top industries

Accommodation and Food Services
15.65%
Construction
14.29%
Manufacturing
13.61%
Wholesale Trade
10.20%
Retail Trade
9.52%

Deal size mix

Under $350K 8.16%$350K to $1M 27.21%$1M to $3.5M 49.66%$3.5M+ 14.97%

Sectors from each loan’s NAICS code; deal sizes from gross approval amounts. Window loans only.

Where they lend

Top states by this lender’s change-of-ownership loans, FY2025 to FY2026 Q3.

Grouped by ProjectState. State names link to the state lender pages where one exists.

Beacon Bank and Trust: SBA acquisition lending, answered

Does Beacon Bank and Trust make SBA acquisition loans?

Yes. Beacon Bank and Trust was approved for 485 SBA 7(a) change-of-ownership loans since FY2020, including 147 in FY2025 to FY2026 Q3. That ranks it #11 of 249 acquisition lenders by loan count in that window. Acquisitions are 30.1% of its 7(a) lending; the rest are startups, expansions, and working capital.

What interest rates does Beacon Bank and Trust charge on SBA loans?

Across its FY2025 to FY2026 Q3 acquisition loans, the median rate at approval was 9.50%, against a national median of 9.25%. Half of them started between 9.00% and 10.00%. Its variable-rate loans priced around Prime + 2.25%. Most 7(a) loans float over Prime, so these are rates at approval, not what a borrower pays today.

How large are Beacon Bank and Trust's SBA acquisition loans?

The median deal was $1,484,300, against a national median of $709,300. In total it has approved $277M in gross change-of-ownership loans over FY2025 to FY2026 Q3.

How fast does Beacon Bank and Trust fund an SBA loan?

Across the 124 loans that report both dates, the median time from approval to first disbursement was 25 days. Actual timelines vary with the deal and the documentation.

What kinds of businesses does Beacon Bank and Trust finance?

Its FY2025 to FY2026 Q3 acquisition loans concentrate in Accommodation and Food Services and Construction. 10.88% of its acquisition loans went to franchises. The full industry and deal-size mix is above.

What is Beacon Bank and Trust's SBA loan charge-off rate?

Of the 201 acquisition loans it approved in the FY2020-22 cohort, 1.49% were later charged off, meaning SBA wrote the loan off as a loss. Charge-off rates are shown only for lenders with 100 or more cohort loans, since recent loans have had less time to season.

Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA file, change-of-ownership loans for Beacon Bank and Trust. Window stats cover FY2025 to FY2026 Q3, as of June 30, 2026, and refresh with each quarterly cut. Rates and rate quartiles are the rates at approval. Website, headquarters, assets, founding year, and office count come from the FDIC BankFind Suite API and, for credit unions, the NCUA Credit Union Locator (public US government data). Methodology. See an error? Email us and we will correct it.