SBA Lenders Serving South Carolina

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SBA Lenders Serving South Carolina

Note: Each lender name in the tables below includes a hyperlink to that each lender's website.

To report any errors or omissions, contact Anna Huntley at anna.huntley@sba.gov.

In-State Lenders

Lenders with locations in South Carolina

Lowcountry | Beaufort, Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester, Hampton and Jasper counties
Pee Dee and Grand Strand | Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Florence, Georgetown, Horry, Lee, Marion, Marlboro and Williamsburg counties
Midlands and Central Savannah River Area | Aiken, Allendale, Bamberg, Barnwell, Calhoun, Clarendon, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lexington, McCormick, Newberry, Orangeburg, Richland, Saluda and Sumter counties
Upstate and Catawba Region | Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Chester, Greenville, Greenwood, Lancaster, Laurens, Pickens, Oconee, Spartanburg, Union, York

Out-of-State Lenders

Out-of-state lenders serving South Carolina businesses

Out-of-State lenders

Lowcountry Lenders

Lender	Loan Program	Locations	Designation/ Subprogram	Loan $ Range (Estimated)
Ameris Bank	Primarily 504	Beaufort, Charleston area, Hilton Head, Summerville		100,000--3 million
Atlantic Community Bank	7(a)	Bluffton, Hilton Head		40,000--2 million
Bank of America	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide	Preferred Lender SBA Express Patriot Express	15,000--4 million
BB&T	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide	Preferred Lender SBA Express Patriot Express	10,000--5 million
BCI Lending	7(a)	Serving businesses statewide (Columbia & Greenville offices)	Preferred Lender SBA Express Patriot Express	50,000--4 million
BNC Bank	7(a) and 504	Charleston area, Hilton Head	Preferred Lender	200,000--5 million
Business Dev. Corp. of SC	7(a)	Serving businesses statewide (Columbia office)	Preferred Lender	50,000--5 million
Capital Bank	7(a) and 504	Mount Pleasant	SBA Express Patriot Express Export Express Small Loan Adv.	20,000--1 million
CBC National Bank	7(a) and 504	Beaufort, Port Royal	Preferred Lender SBA Express	20,000--4 million
Charleston Local Development Corp.	Microloan	Berkeley, Charleston, Colleton, Dorchester counties	Microloan Intermediary	5,000--50,000
CresCom Bank	Primarily 504	Charleston area, Summerville		Insufficient data
First Citizens	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide		100,000--750,000
First Federal Bank	7(a) and 504	Charleston area, Hilton Head area, Moncks Corner, Summerville	SBA Express	30,000--350,000
First National Bank of SC	504	Goose Creek, Harleyville, Ridgeville, Summerville		Insufficient data
First Reliance Bank	Primarily 504	Charleston area		Insufficient data
First South Bank	7(a) and 504	Bluffton		Insufficient data
NBSC (Division of Synovus)	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide	Preferred Lender SBA Express Patriot Express	50,000--2 million
Palmetto State Bank	7(a) and 504	Beaufort, Bluffton, Estill, Hampton		Insufficient data
PNC Bank	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide	Preferred Lender SBA Express Patriot Express	10,000--5 million
Regions Bank	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide	Preferred Lender SBA Express Export Express	50,000--2 million
SCBT (SC Bank and Trust)	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide		100,000--1 million
Small Business Assistance Corp.	Microloan	Beaufort, Hampton, Jasper counties	Microloan Intermediary	5,000--50,000
Southcoast Community Bank	7(a) and 504	Charleston area, Moncks Corner, Summerville		50,000--3 million
SunTrust Bank	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide	Preferred Lender SBA Express Patriot Express Export Express	15,000--5 million
TD Bank	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide	Preferred Lender SBA Express Patriot Express Export Express	10,000--5 million
Wells Fargo	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide	Preferred Lender SBA Express	5,000--4 million

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Pee Dee and Grand Strand Lenders

Lender	Loan Program	Locations	Designation/ Subprogram	Loan $ Range (Estimated)
Bank of America	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide	Preferred Lender SBA Express Patriot Express	15,000--4 million
BB&T	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide	Preferred Lender SBA Express Patriot Express	10,000--5 million
BCI Lending	7(a)	Serving businesses statewide (Columbia & Greenville offices)	Preferred Lender SBA Express Patriot Express	50,000--4 million
BNC Bank	7(a) and 504	Myrtle Beach area	Preferred Lender	200,000--5 million
Business Dev. Corp. of SC	7(a)	Serving businesses statewide (Columbia office)	Preferred Lender	50,000--5 million
CresCom Bank	Primarily 504	Myrtle Beach		Insufficient data
First Citizens	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide		100,000--750,000
First Federal Bank	7(a) and 504	Florence, Georgetown and throughout Horry County	SBA Express	30,000--350,000
First Reliance Bank	Primarily 504	Florence		Insufficient data
Heritage Community Bank	7(a)	Hartsville, McBee		Insufficient data
Horry County State Bank	7(a)	Horry County		Insufficient data
NBSC (Division of Synovus)	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide	Preferred Lender SBA Express Patriot Express	50,000--2 million
PNC Bank	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide	Preferred Lender SBA Express Patriot Express	10,000--5 million
Regions Bank	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide	Preferred Lender SBA Express Export Express	50,000--2 million
SCBT (SC Bank and Trust)	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide		100,000--1 million
South Atlantic Bank	7(a)	Murrells Inlet, Myrtle Beach, Pawley’s Island		200,000--5 million
SunTrust Bank	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide	Preferred Lender SBA Express Patriot Express Export Express	15,000--5 million
TD Bank	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide	Preferred Lender SBA Express Patriot Express Export Express	10,000--5 million
Wells Fargo	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide	Preferred Lender SBA Express	5,000--4 million

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Midlands and CSRA Lenders

Lender	Loan Program	Locations	Designation/ Subprogram	Loan $ Range (Estimated)
Ameris Bank	Primarily 504	Columbia, Irmo, Lexington		100,000--3 million
Bank of America	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide	Preferred Lender SBA Express Patriot Express	15,000--4 million
Bank of Clarendon	Primarily 504	Manning, Santee, Summerton, Sumter		Insufficient data
BB&T	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide	Preferred Lender SBA Express Patriot Express	10,000--5 million
BCI Lending	7(a)	Serving businesses statewide (Columbia & Greenville offices)	Preferred Lender SBA Express Patriot Express	50,000--4 million
Business Dev. Corp. of SC	7(a)	Serving businesses statewide: Columbia office	Preferred Lender	50,000--5 million
Capital Bank	7(a) and 504	Columbia, Lexington	SBA Express Export Express	20,000--1 million
First Citizens	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide		100,000--750,000
First Community Bank	Primarily 504	Lexington, Newberry and Richland counties and Camden		100,000--600,000
First National Bank of SC	504	Eutawville, Holly Hill		Insufficient data
First Reliance Bank	Primarily 504	Lexington		Insufficient data
First South Bank	7(a) and 504	Columbia		Insufficient data
Heritage Community Bank	7(a)	Camden		Insufficient data
NBSC (Division of Synovus)	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide	Preferred Lender SBA Express Patriot Express	50,000--2 million
Palmetto Citizens Fed. Credit Union	7(a)	Columbia area, Lexington		Insufficient data
Palmetto State Bank	7(a) and 504	Allendale, Fairfax		Insufficient data
PNC Bank	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide	Preferred Lender SBA Express Patriot Express	10,000--5 million
Regions Bank	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide	Preferred Lender SBA Express Export Express	50,000--2 million
Savannah River Banking Co.	504	Aiken area		Insufficient data
SCBT (SC Bank and Trust)	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide		100,000--1 million
Security Federal Bank	7(a)	Aiken area, Columbia area, Lexington		150,000-500,000
South Carolina Community Bank	7(a)	Columbia, Eastover, Orangeburg, Sumter		Insufficient data
Southern First	7(a) and 504	Cayce, Lexington		Insufficient data
SunTrust Bank	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide	Preferred Lender SBA Express Patriot Express Export Express	15,000--5 million
TD Bank	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide	Preferred Lender SBA Express Patriot Express Export Express	10,000--5 million
Wells Fargo	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide	Preferred Lender SBA Express	5,000--4 million

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Upstate and Catawba Region Lenders

Lender	Loan Program	Locations	Designation/ Subprogram	Loan $ Range (Estimated)
American Community Bank	7(a)	Blacksburg, Gaffney, Tega Cay	SBA Express	10,000--400,000
Ameris Bank	Primarily 504	Greenville		100,000--3 million
Appalachian Development Corp.	Microloan	Anderson, Greenville, Laurens, Cherokee, Greenwood, Oconee, Pickens, Spartanburg counties	Microloan Intermediary	5,000--50,000
Bank of America	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide	Preferred Lender SBA Express Patriot Express	15,000--4 million
Bank of Travelers Rest	7(a) and 504	Greenville, Marietta, Taylors, Travelers Rest	Preferred Lender SBA Express	50,000--5 million
BankGreenville	7(a)	Greenville		50,000--2 million
BB&T	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide	Preferred Lender SBA Express Patriot Express	10,000--5 million
BCI Lending	7(a)	Serving businesses statewide -- Greenville office	Preferred Lender SBA Express Patriot Express	50,000--4 million
BNC Bank	7(a) and 504	Greenville	Preferred Lender	200,000--5 million
Business Dev. Corp. of SC	7(a)	Serving businesses statewide (Columbia office)	Preferred Lender	50,000--5 million
Capital Bank	7(a) and 504	Greenville, Greer, Spartanburg	SBA Express Export Express	20,000--1 million
CertusBank	7(a) and 504	Anderson, Easley, Greenville, Greer, Mauldin, Spartanburg		Currently over 1 million
Citizens Building and Loan	7(a)	Greer		Insufficient data
Countybank	Primarily 504	Greenville, Greenwood		Insufficient data
First Citizens	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide		100,000--750,000
First Piedmont	504	Gaffney, Spartanburg		Insufficient data
First South Bank	7(a) and 504	Greenville, Spartanburg		Insufficient data
Greenville First	7(a) and 504	Greenville, Greer		Insufficient data
Greer State Bank	504	Greer, Taylors		Insufficient data
NBSC (Division of Synovus)	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide	Preferred Lender SBA Express Patriot Express	50,000--2 million
Palmetto Bank, The	7(a) and 504	Abbeville, Anderson, Cherokee, Greenville, Greenwood, York, Laurens, Spartanburg counties		Insufficient data
Peoples Bank, The	Primarily 504	Anderson, Iva		Insufficient data
Pinnacle Bank	7(a) and 504	Greenville, Powdersville		Insufficient data
PNC Bank	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide	Preferred Lender SBA Express Patriot Express	10,000--5 million
Regions Bank	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide	Preferred Lender SBA Express Export Express	50,000--2 million
SCBT (SC Bank and Trust)	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide		100,000--1 million
SunTrust Bank	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide	Preferred Lender SBA Express Patriot Express Export Express	15,000--5 million
TD Bank	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide	Preferred Lender SBA Express Patriot Express Export Express	10,000--5 million
Truliant Federal Credit Union	7(a)	Greenville	SBA Express Patriot Express	25,000--3 million
Wells Fargo	7(a) and 504	Locations statewide	Preferred Lender SBA Express	5,000--4 million

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Out-of-State Lenders Serving S.C. Businesses

Lender	Loan Program	Locations Served	Designation/ Subprogram	Loan $ Range (Estimated)
American Business Lending Inc.	7(a)	Entire state	Preferred Lender	200,000--5 million
Bank of Atlanta	Primarily 7(a)	Entire state	Preferred Lender Small Loan Adv	1--5 million
Bancorp Bank, The	7(a) and 504	Entire state	Preferred Lender Small Loan Adv.	150,000--1 million
BBVA Compass Bank	7(a)	Entire state	Preferred Lender SBA Express Export Express	100,000--5 million
Celtic Bank	7(a)	Entire state	Preferred Lender SBA Express Patriot Express Export Express	20,000--4 million
CIT Bank	7(a) and 50	Entire state	Preferred Lender SBA Express	350,000--3 million
Cornerstone Bank	7(a)	Entire state		200,000--2 million
Evolve Bank & Trust	7(a) and 504	Entire state	Preferred Lender	300,000--5 million
First Chatham Bank	7(a)	Entire state		100,000--5 million
First Financial Bank	7(a)	Poultry businesses statewide		10,000--2 million
First Intercontinental Bank	7(a)	Entire state	Preferred Lender Small Loan Adv.	30,000--2 million
First Western SBLC (aka PMC Trust)	7(a)	Entire state	Preferred Lender	100,000--2 million
Hana Small Business Lending	7(a)	Entire state	Preferred Lender	150,000--2 million
Live Oak Bank	7(a)	Veterinary, Dental, Pharmacy businesses statewide	Preferred Lender SBA Express	200,000--2 million
Midwest Business Capital	7(a) and 504	Businesses statewide (refi, acquisition and construction purposes)	Preferred Lender	500,000--5 million
Newtek Small Business Financing	7(a)	Entire state	Preferred Lender	50,000--5 million
Ocean Capital	7(a)	Entire state	Preferred Lender SBA Express	250,000--5 million
Queensborough Nat'l Bank & Trust	7(a) and 504	CSRA area	Preferred Lender SBA Express	20,000--1 million
Spirit of Texas Bank	7(a)	Entire state	Preferred Lender SBA Express	20,000--3 million
Stearns Bank	7(a)	Entire state	Preferred Lender SBA Express	100,000--5 million
Superior Financial Group	7(a)	Entire state	SBA Express Patriot Express Export Express Small Loan Adv	5,000--25,000
Truliant Federal Credit Union	7(a)	Businesses statewide; 1 S.C. office in Greenville	SBA Express Patriot Express	50,000--2 million
West Town Savings Bank	7(a)	Entire state		300,000--5 million
Zions First National Bank	Primarily 504	Entire state		Up to 5 million (SBA portion)