SBA acquisition lenders in Minnesota
Minnesota borrowers closed 329 SBA change-of-ownership loans from FY2025 to FY2026 Q3: $281M approved, a median deal of $496,700, and a median initial rate of 9.00%.
- Loans
- 329
- Approved
- $281M
- Median deal
- $496,700
- Median rate
- 9.00%
- Charged off
- 1.97%
FY2025 to FY2026 Q3
gross approvals
national $709,300
national 9.25%
760 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 states with 100 or more cohort loans. Charge-off rates by lender
Most active lenders in Minnesota
Ranked by change-of-ownership loans closed in Minnesota, FY2025 to FY2026 Q3. Medians cover in-state loans only.
| Rank | Lender | Loans in MN | Median size | Median rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington National Bank | 51 | $215,000 | 9.50% |
| 2 | BankVista | 35 | $317,000 | 9.25% |
| 3 | Old National Bank | 19 | $726,100 | 8.27% |
| 4 | Frandsen Bank and Trust | 16 | $560,000 | 9.50% |
| 5 | Associated Bank National Association | 15 | $642,000 | 8.00% |
| 6 | Falcon National Bank | 15 | $562,500 | 9.00% |
| 7 | First Resource Bank | 14 | $842,500 | 8.88% |
| 8 | Bell Bank | 10 | $349,950 | 9.00% |
| 9 | Scale Bank | 10 | $406,750 | 8.00% |
| 10 | Live Oak Banking Company | 9 | $870,000 | 8.75% |
Lenders with fewer than 5 Minnesota loans in the window are not listed: medians from a handful of loans are not meaningful. The full national ranking is in the lender directory.
The median initial rate on Minnesota acquisition loans, 9.00%, is below the national median of 9.25% for the same window.
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Browse all lendersSource: SBA 7(a) FOIA file, change-of-ownership loans with ProjectState MN. Window stats cover FY2025 to FY2026 Q3, as of June 30, 2026, and refresh with each quarterly cut. Methodology. See an error? Email us and we will correct it.