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SBA is Recipe for Success
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/sba-recipe-success… a brick-and-mortar location. Ms. Chavez applied for an SBA loan to open her first location which had four tables and … SBA loans have helped her in different ways. Her start-up loan helped her get her foot in the door and purchase the necessary equipment to open her business. The PPP loan helped her to recover all of her lost inventory. The … -
Hop City Craft Beer & Wine
https://www.sba.gov/success-stories/hop-city-craft-beer-wine… of a previous auto repair business but still needed a bank loan. What challenge did you have? “We thought of Atlanta as … the sale of the auto repair shop but also needed a bank loan. That proved to be very difficult. They kept telling me … up going to 32 different banks before finally getting a loan from a private bank that was opening a branch in … -
Moriarty Meats & Cafe Expands Its Whole Animal Butchery Business with SBA Support
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/moriarty-meats-cafe-expands-its-whole-animal-butchery-business-sba-support… Animal Butchery Business with SBA Support With an SBA loan, a Buffalo-based butcher shop and cafe expanded … on Buffalo and were introduced to SBA. Through SBA’s 504 loan program, they were able to acquire the building in 2019 … We would not have been able to do it without that 504 loan." - Caitlin Moriarty, Co-Owner of Moriarty Meats & Cafe … -
Statement by SBA Administrator Guzman on Agency’s New Equity Action Plan
https://www.sba.gov/article/2022/apr/14/statement-sba-administrator-guzman-agencys-new-equity-action-plan… gaps through smart tools and resources, re-engineering loan programs such as Community Advantage, and building … as a Small Disadvantaged Business. Improve Access to Disaster Assistance: The Equity Action Plan will further help … ready to provide these business owners with low-interest disaster loans and help them recover from declared disasters. … -
ICYMI: SBA Administrator Provides Maui Recovery and Relief Update in Interview with Hawaii News Now
https://www.sba.gov/article/2023/09/19/icymi-sba-administrator-provides-maui-recovery-relief-update-interview-hawaii-news-now… Maui wildfires, the SBA has: Approved over $85 million in disaster assistance for Hawaii residents 71 SBA staffers on the ground 8 outreach centers in Hawaii 3 Disaster Recovery Centers (DRCs) 3 Business Resource Centers (BRCs) 1 Portable Loan Outreach Center (PLC) 1 Joint Field Office/Interim … -
SBA Announces Call for Nominations for the 2023 National Small Business Week Awards
https://www.sba.gov/article/2022/sep/01/sba-announces-call-nominations-2023-national-small-business-week-awards… Small Business Exporter of the Year Phoenix Awards for Disaster Recovery: Phoenix Award for Small Business Disaster Recovery Phoenix Award for Small Business Disaster Recovery - Mitigation Phoenix Award for Outstanding … -
5 Simple Questions to Help Determine Your Business Financing Options
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FACT SHEET: The U.S. Small Business Administration is Delivering Support to America’s Small Businesses, Helping Them Recover from the COVID-19 Pandemic
https://www.sba.gov/article/2021/nov/24/fact-sheet-us-small-business-administration-delivering-support-americas-small-businesses-helping… Biden’s American Rescue Plan (ARP) and other traditional loan programs have helped the smallest of small businesses … Operators Grant ($13.4 billion), COVID Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program ($88 billion), and COVID EIDL … or expand their businesses, or recover from a declared disaster. It delivers services through an extensive network … -
Readout of SBA Administrator Guzman’s Participation in Events with Congressional Black Caucus Foundation
https://www.sba.gov/article/2023/09/26/readout-sba-administrator-guzmans-participation-events-congressional-black-caucus-foundation… Administration . Since 2020, the number of loans, total loan dollars, and overall share of loans going to Black-owned … grow, expand their businesses, or recover from a declared disaster. It delivers services through an extensive network … -
Customer Service Plan
https://www.sba.gov/document/report--customer-service-plan… to small businesses. The Agency also provides disaster assistance through direct loans in communities that … days more people visit www.SBA.gov than get an SBA backed loan in an entire year! As SBA’s senior leadership team has … on approval for direct loans made by our Office of Disaster Assistance consistently averages lower than the … -
Coed Sportswear Pivot to New Opportunities with the Help of the NH SBA
https://www.sba.gov/success-stories/coed-sportswear-pivot-new-opportunities-help-nh-sba… business operations and remain open. They heard of the disaster assistance being offered through the SBA, and … owners through the process of applying for SBA’s direct disaster loan, the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program and … -
Administrator Loeffler Applauds Congressional Proposal to Increase Capital for Small Manufacturers
https://www.sba.gov/article/2025/05/01/administrator-loeffler-applauds-congressional-proposal-increase-capital-small-manufacturers… new legislation that will double the individual loan limit for 7(a) and 504 small business manufacturing … Made in America Manufacturing Finance Act will double SBA loan limits for small manufacturers, supercharging the return … and expand their businesses or recover from a declared disaster. It delivers services through an extensive network … -
Utah Businessman Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding the COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program Out of Over $628,000
https://www.sba.gov/article/2025/06/25/utah-businessman-sentenced-prison-defrauding-covid-19-paycheck-protection-program-out-over-628000… $628,307 from a COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loan in 2021 by submitting a fraudulent loan application in the name of his business. The COVID-19 … 2021 to May 5, 2021, Torre fraudulently submitted a PPP Loan application through U.S. Bank for approximately $628,307 … -
SBA Approves Siemens Financial Services as 7(a) Lender
https://www.sba.gov/article/2026/06/17/sba-approves-siemens-financial-services-7a-lender… financing, technology, and partnership, SSBL’s SBA 7(a) loan capability will allow us to help small businesses gain … to 85,000 small businesses through its 7(a) and 504 loan programs, leveraging a network of over 4,300 lenders. … and expand their businesses or recover from a declared disaster. It delivers services through an extensive network … -
Record-Shattering 20 Million Business Applications Filed Under Biden-Harris Administration
https://www.sba.gov/article/2024/11/14/record-shattering-20-million-business-applications-filed-under-biden-harris-administration… $1.5 billion to Black-owned businesses, a tripling of loan count relative to FY20. 9,600 loans totaling $3.3 … billion to Latino-owned businesses, more than doubling the loan count relative to FY20. 15,500 loans totaling $5.6 … or expand their businesses, or recover from a declared disaster. It delivers services through an extensive network … -
South Carolina Businessman who Operated Bowling Entertainment Business in Massachusetts Charged with $1.2 Million COVID Relief Fraud
https://www.sba.gov/article/2025/12/10/south-carolina-businessman-who-operated-bowling-entertainment-business-massachusetts-charged-12… spent more than $1.2 million in Economic Injury and Disaster Loan (EIDL) money that he obtained from the U.S. Small … by calling the Department of Justice’s National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) Hotline via the NCDF Web Complaint Form … -
NC 15696 - SBA Business Recovery Centers Closed in Honor of National Day of Mourning for President George H. W. Bush
https://www.sba.gov/article/2018/dec/06/nc-15696-sba-business-recovery-centers-closed-honor-national-day-mourning-president-george-h-w-bush… Closed: Sundays Additional details on the locations of Disaster Recovery Centers and the loan application process can be obtained by calling the SBA … or expand their businesses, or recover from a declared disaster. It delivers services through an extensive network … -
TNR Accounting and Management Consulting
https://www.sba.gov/success-story/tnr-accounting-and-management-consulting… Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) application processes. Once educated, the firm … in COVID-19 EIDL and $20.8k in PPP funds; for their PPP loan application, they obtained assistance from Amegy Bank. … -
South Carolina Businessman Who Operated Bowling Entertainment Business in Massachusetts Pleads Guilty to $1.2 Million COVID Relief Fraud
https://www.sba.gov/article/2026/03/30/south-carolina-businessman-who-operated-bowling-entertainment-business-massachusetts-pleads-guilty… Breen spent more than $1.2 million in Economic Injury and Disaster Loan (EIDL) money that he obtained from the U.S. Small … by calling the Department of Justice’s National Center for Disaster Fraud (NCDF) Hotline via the NCDF Web Complaint Form …