About Guam Office

The SBA Guam Branch Office functions as a branch of SBA's Hawaii District Office in Honolulu. The Branch Office is responsible for the delivery of SBA programs and services in the Territory of Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. freely associated island-nations of the Republic of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands.

Services Available

Over the years, the SBA has developed many small business loan and assistance programs, special outreach efforts and initiatives to aid and inform small businesses. The following describes briefly all the services and information available through this office:

• Financial assistance for new or existing businesses through guaranteed loans made by area bank and non-bank lenders. SBA's six commercial lending partners in this respect are Bank of Guam, Bank of Hawaii, BankPacific, Citibank, Citizens Security Bank, and First Hawaiian Bank. For additional information on financing programs in Guam and the Western Pacific, please  call (671) 472-7294 or email kenneth.lujan@sba.gov.

• Free counseling, advice and information on starting, better operating or expanding a small business through Small Business Development Centers operating under the Pacific Islands Small Business Development Center Network (PISBDCN).

• Assistance to businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals through the 8(a) Business Development Program. Other federal contracting programs available in the Territory include Small Disadvantaged Business (SDB) certification, registration on PRO-Net, and the SBA Surety Bond.

• Assistance in SBA's federal contracting programs in Guam. For more information, please call the Business Opportunity Specialist at (671) 472-7436, or contact via email at jasper.corbett@sba.gov.