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Bell Bank

Headquartered in Fargo, NDbell.bank$14.8B in assetsFounded 196633 officesData: SBA 7(a) FOIA file

Loans
17

#121 of 249 by loans, FY2025 to FY2026 Q3

Approved
$21M

gross approvals

Median deal
$799,500

national $709,300

Median rate
9.00%

national 9.25% at approval

Loans per fiscal year

FY2026 is partial: 9 loans approved through June 30, 2026.

Loans per fiscal year
Fiscal yearLoans
FY20201
FY20210
FY202210
FY202319
FY202412
FY20258
FY2026 (partial year, through June 30, 2026)9

How they lend

Across 17 change-of-ownership loans, FY2025 to FY2026 Q3.

Acquisition share of their 7(a) lending

Acquisitions 59 (22.9%)Other purposes 199 (77.1%)

Their full 7(a) book since FY2020 is 258 loans. Every other figure on this page counts the 59 acquisition loans only.

Initial rate structure

Variable 100.00%Fixed 0.00%

Middle half of rates
8.75% to 9.25%
Typical margin over Prime
Prime + 2.00% at approval (17 variable loans)
Median term
120 months
Collateral reported
100.00% of loans
Sold on the secondary market
88.24% of loans
Franchise loans
23.53% of loans
Approval to first disbursement
17 days (n = 17)

Processing method

Preferred Lenders Program
100.00%

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 17 change-of-ownership loans, FY2025 to FY2026 Q3.

Top industries

Manufacturing
23.53%
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
23.53%
Retail Trade
17.65%
Construction
11.76%
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
5.88%

Deal size mix

Under $350K 35.29%$350K to $1M 35.29%$1M to $3.5M 17.65%$3.5M+ 11.76%

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.

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Source: SBA 7(a) FOIA file, change-of-ownership loans for Bell Bank. 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.