Simmons Bank
- Loans
- 1
- Approved
- $0
- Median deal
- $202,000
- Median rate
- 8.75%
#236 of 249 by loans, FY2025 to FY2026 Q3
gross approvals
national $709,300
national 9.25% at approval
Loans per fiscal year
FY2026 is partial: 1 loans approved through June 30, 2026.
| Fiscal year | Loans |
|---|---|
| FY2020 | 18 |
| FY2021 | 11 |
| FY2022 | 10 |
| FY2023 | 13 |
| FY2024 | 6 |
| FY2025 | 0 |
| FY2026 (partial year, through June 30, 2026) | 1 |
How they lend
Across 1 change-of-ownership loans, FY2025 to FY2026 Q3.
Acquisition share of their 7(a) lending
Acquisitions 59 (19.2%)Other purposes 249 (80.8%)
Their full 7(a) book since FY2020 is 308 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 8.75%
- Median term
- 120 months
- Collateral reported
- 100.00% of loans
- Sold on the secondary market
- 0.00% of loans
- Franchise loans
- 0.00% of loans
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 1 change-of-ownership loans, FY2025 to FY2026 Q3.
Top industries
| Retail Trade | 100.00% |
Deal size mix
Under $350K 100.00%$350K to $1M 0.00%$1M to $3.5M 0.00%$3.5M+ 0.00%
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.
- Arkansas1 loan
Grouped by ProjectState. State names link to the state lender pages where one exists.
Simmons Bank: SBA acquisition lending, answered
Does Simmons Bank make SBA acquisition loans?
Yes. Simmons Bank was approved for 59 SBA 7(a) change-of-ownership loans since FY2020, including 1 in FY2025 to FY2026 Q3. That ranks it #236 of 249 acquisition lenders by loan count in that window. Acquisitions are 19.2% of its 7(a) lending; the rest are startups, expansions, and working capital.
What interest rates does Simmons Bank charge on SBA loans?
Across its FY2025 to FY2026 Q3 acquisition loans, the median rate at approval was 8.75%, against a national median of 9.25%. Half of them started between 8.75% and 8.75%. Most 7(a) loans float over Prime, so these are rates at approval, not what a borrower pays today.
How large are Simmons Bank's SBA acquisition loans?
The median deal was $202,000, against a national median of $709,300. In total it has approved $0 in gross change-of-ownership loans over FY2025 to FY2026 Q3.
What kinds of businesses does Simmons Bank finance?
Its FY2025 to FY2026 Q3 acquisition loans concentrate in Retail Trade. 0.00% of its acquisition loans went to franchises. The full industry and deal-size mix is above.
Run a deal at these rates
The deal analyzer prices an acquisition with current SBA terms and shows whether the numbers cover the debt.
Open the deal analyzerThe full lender directory
Every 7(a) acquisition lender in the country, searchable and sortable, with loan counts, medians, and rates.
Browse all lendersSource: SBA 7(a) FOIA file, change-of-ownership loans for Simmons 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.