Renasant Bank

Headquartered in Tupelo, MSrenasant.com$27.1B in assetsFounded 1904266 officesData: SBA 7(a) FOIA file

Loans
18

#112 of 249 by loans, FY2025 to FY2026 Q3

Approved
$27M

gross approvals

Median deal
$1,032,800

national $709,300

Median rate
9.50%

national 9.25% at approval

Loans per fiscal year

FY2026 is partial: 6 loans approved through June 30, 2026.

Loans per fiscal year
Fiscal yearLoans
FY202019
FY202125
FY202219
FY202315
FY202411
FY202512
FY2026 (partial year, through June 30, 2026)6

How they lend

Across 18 change-of-ownership loans, FY2025 to FY2026 Q3.

Acquisition share of their 7(a) lending

Acquisitions 107 (23.0%)Other purposes 359 (77.0%)

Their full 7(a) book since FY2020 is 466 loans. Every other figure on this page counts the 107 acquisition loans only.

Initial rate structure

Variable 100.00%Fixed 0.00%

Middle half of rates
9.06% to 10.00%
Typical margin over Prime
Prime + 2.13% at approval (18 variable loans)
Median term
120 months
Collateral reported
100.00% of loans
Sold on the secondary market
50.00% of loans
Franchise loans
33.33% of loans
Approval to first disbursement
28 days (n = 14)

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

Top industries

Accommodation and Food Services
27.78%
Construction
16.67%
Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services
11.11%
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
11.11%
Retail Trade
11.11%

Deal size mix

Under $350K 11.11%$350K to $1M 38.89%$1M to $3.5M 44.44%$3.5M+ 5.56%

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.

Renasant Bank: SBA acquisition lending, answered

Does Renasant Bank make SBA acquisition loans?

Yes. Renasant Bank was approved for 107 SBA 7(a) change-of-ownership loans since FY2020, including 18 in FY2025 to FY2026 Q3. That ranks it #112 of 249 acquisition lenders by loan count in that window. Acquisitions are 23.0% of its 7(a) lending; the rest are startups, expansions, and working capital.

What interest rates does Renasant Bank 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 9.06% and 10.00%. Its variable-rate loans priced around Prime + 2.13%. Most 7(a) loans float over Prime, so these are rates at approval, not what a borrower pays today.

How large are Renasant Bank's SBA acquisition loans?

The median deal was $1,032,800, against a national median of $709,300. In total it has approved $27M in gross change-of-ownership loans over FY2025 to FY2026 Q3.

How fast does Renasant Bank fund an SBA loan?

Across the 14 loans that report both dates, the median time from approval to first disbursement was 28 days. Actual timelines vary with the deal and the documentation.

What kinds of businesses does Renasant Bank finance?

Its FY2025 to FY2026 Q3 acquisition loans concentrate in Accommodation and Food Services and Construction. 33.33% of its acquisition loans went to franchises. The full industry and deal-size mix is above.

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