Commonwealth Business Bank

Headquartered in Los Angeles, CAcbb-bank.com$2B in assetsFounded 200513 officesData: SBA 7(a) FOIA file

Loans
40

#64 of 249 by loans, FY2025 to FY2026 Q3

Approved
$44M

gross approvals

Median deal
$700,000

national $709,300

Median rate
9.25%

national 9.25% at approval

Charged off
0.00%

137 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: 8 loans approved through June 30, 2026.

Loans per fiscal year
Fiscal yearLoans
FY202019
FY202163
FY202255
FY202333
FY202452
FY202532
FY2026 (partial year, through June 30, 2026)8

How they lend

Across 40 change-of-ownership loans, FY2025 to FY2026 Q3.

Acquisition share of their 7(a) lending

Acquisitions 262 (24.5%)Other purposes 806 (75.5%)

Their full 7(a) book since FY2020 is 1,068 loans. Every other figure on this page counts the 262 acquisition loans only.

Initial rate structure

Variable 100.00%Fixed 0.00%

Middle half of rates
8.75% to 9.50%
Typical margin over Prime
Prime + 1.75% at approval (40 variable loans)
Median term
120 months
Collateral reported
100.00% of loans
Sold on the secondary market
80.00% of loans
Franchise loans
12.50% of loans
Approval to first disbursement
29 days (n = 33)

Processing method

Preferred Lenders Program
97.50%
7a General
2.50%

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

Top industries

Retail Trade
60.00%
Accommodation and Food Services
25.00%
Other Services (except Public Administration)
12.50%
Health Care and Social Assistance
2.50%

Deal size mix

Under $350K 40.00%$350K to $1M 27.50%$1M to $3.5M 27.50%$3.5M+ 5.00%

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.

Commonwealth Business Bank: SBA acquisition lending, answered

Does Commonwealth Business Bank make SBA acquisition loans?

Yes. Commonwealth Business Bank was approved for 262 SBA 7(a) change-of-ownership loans since FY2020, including 40 in FY2025 to FY2026 Q3. That ranks it #64 of 249 acquisition lenders by loan count in that window. Acquisitions are 24.5% of its 7(a) lending; the rest are startups, expansions, and working capital.

What interest rates does Commonwealth Business Bank charge on SBA loans?

Across its FY2025 to FY2026 Q3 acquisition loans, the median rate at approval was 9.25%, against a national median of 9.25%. Half of them started between 8.75% and 9.50%. Its variable-rate loans priced around Prime + 1.75%. Most 7(a) loans float over Prime, so these are rates at approval, not what a borrower pays today.

How large are Commonwealth Business Bank's SBA acquisition loans?

The median deal was $700,000, against a national median of $709,300. In total it has approved $44M in gross change-of-ownership loans over FY2025 to FY2026 Q3.

How fast does Commonwealth Business Bank fund an SBA loan?

Across the 33 loans that report both dates, the median time from approval to first disbursement was 29 days. Actual timelines vary with the deal and the documentation.

What kinds of businesses does Commonwealth Business Bank finance?

Its FY2025 to FY2026 Q3 acquisition loans concentrate in Retail Trade and Accommodation and Food Services. 12.50% of its acquisition loans went to franchises. The full industry and deal-size mix is above.

What is Commonwealth Business Bank's SBA loan charge-off rate?

Of the 137 acquisition loans it approved in the FY2020-22 cohort, 0.00% 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 Commonwealth Business 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.