U.S. Bank, National Association

Headquartered in Cincinnati, OHusbank.com$683B in assetsFounded 18632,098 officesData: SBA 7(a) FOIA file

Loans
101

#22 of 249 by loans, FY2025 to FY2026 Q3

Approved
$98M

gross approvals

Median deal
$718,700

national $709,300

Median rate
8.00%

national 9.25% at approval

Charged off
0.62%

161 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: 27 loans approved through June 30, 2026.

Loans per fiscal year
Fiscal yearLoans
FY202050
FY202162
FY202249
FY202335
FY202450
FY202574
FY2026 (partial year, through June 30, 2026)27

How they lend

Across 101 change-of-ownership loans, FY2025 to FY2026 Q3.

Acquisition share of their 7(a) lending

Acquisitions 347 (1.9%)Other purposes 17,525 (98.1%)

Their full 7(a) book since FY2020 is 17,872 loans. Every other figure on this page counts the 347 acquisition loans only.

Initial rate structure

Variable 70.30%Fixed 29.70%

Middle half of rates
7.48% to 8.75%
Typical margin over Prime
Prime + 0.81% at approval (71 variable loans)
Recent median rate
7.65% (n = 21, Jan 1 to Jun 30, 2026)
Median term
120 months
Collateral reported
99.01% of loans
Sold on the secondary market
0.00% of loans
Franchise loans
12.87% of loans
Approval to first disbursement
42 days (n = 81)

Processing method

Preferred Lenders Program
87.13%
SBA Express Program
11.88%
7a General
0.99%

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

Top industries

Retail Trade
14.85%
Other Services (except Public Administration)
13.86%
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
13.86%
Health Care and Social Assistance
8.91%
Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation
7.92%

Deal size mix

Under $350K 29.70%$350K to $1M 36.63%$1M to $3.5M 31.68%$3.5M+ 1.98%

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.

U.S. Bank, National Association: SBA acquisition lending, answered

Does U.S. Bank, National Association make SBA acquisition loans?

Yes. U.S. Bank, National Association was approved for 347 SBA 7(a) change-of-ownership loans since FY2020, including 101 in FY2025 to FY2026 Q3. That ranks it #22 of 249 acquisition lenders by loan count in that window. Acquisitions are 1.9% of its 7(a) lending; the rest are startups, expansions, and working capital.

What interest rates does U.S. Bank, National Association charge on SBA loans?

Across its FY2025 to FY2026 Q3 acquisition loans, the median rate at approval was 8.00%, against a national median of 9.25%. Half of them started between 7.48% and 8.75%. Its variable-rate loans priced around Prime + 0.81%. Most 7(a) loans float over Prime, so these are rates at approval, not what a borrower pays today.

How large are U.S. Bank, National Association's SBA acquisition loans?

The median deal was $718,700, against a national median of $709,300. In total it has approved $98M in gross change-of-ownership loans over FY2025 to FY2026 Q3.

How fast does U.S. Bank, National Association fund an SBA loan?

Across the 81 loans that report both dates, the median time from approval to first disbursement was 42 days. Actual timelines vary with the deal and the documentation.

What kinds of businesses does U.S. Bank, National Association finance?

Its FY2025 to FY2026 Q3 acquisition loans concentrate in Retail Trade and Other Services (except Public Administration). 12.87% of its acquisition loans went to franchises. The full industry and deal-size mix is above.

What is U.S. Bank, National Association's SBA loan charge-off rate?

Of the 161 acquisition loans it approved in the FY2020-22 cohort, 0.62% 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 U.S. Bank, National Association. 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.