SBA Lenders in Tennessee
136 SBA lenders have funded 8,622 approved SBA loans for Tennessee businesses.
24 are based in Tennessee; the rest are national or multi-state lenders that actively fund Tennessee businesses.
SBA lenders serving Tennessee
All 136 lenders that fund SBA loans for Tennessee businesses — 24 based in Tennessee, plus national and multi-state lenders. Multi-state listings link to their branch finder for Tennessee.
Top-rated in Tennessee
Volunteer Bank, A Division of Lawrence Bank
3200 West End Ave, Ste 100
Nashville, Tennessee
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136 lenders
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Beacon Bank and Trust
2 Harvard Street
Brookline, Massachusetts
Serves Tennessee — 30 approved
Find a local branch →Bank5.0(8)
Community Bank of Mississippi
1905 Community Bank Way
Flowood, Mississippi
Serves Tennessee — 12 approved
Find a local branch →Bank5.0(8)
Farmers State Bank of Alto Pass, Illinois
55 N Elm St
Alto Pass, Illinois
Serves Tennessee — 11 approved
Find a local branch →Bank5.0(7)
BankFirst Financial Services
900 Main St
Columbus, Mississippi
Serves Tennessee — 20 approved
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Commonwealth Business Bank
3435 Wilshire Blvd, Ste 700
Los Angeles, California
Serves Tennessee — 5 approved
Find a local branch →Bank5.0(6)
Bank5.0(2)KeyBank National Association
127 Public Sq
Cleveland, Ohio
Serves Tennessee — 9 approved
Find a local branch →Bank5.0(2)Centerstone SBA Lending, Inc.
700 S Flower Street
Los Angeles, California
Serves Tennessee — 7 approved
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Lendistry SBLC, LLC
767 South Alameda Street
Los Angeles, California
Serves Tennessee — 38 approved
Find a local branch →Bank4.8(3862)
First Commonwealth Bank
654 Philadelphia St
Indiana, Pennsylvania
Serves Tennessee — 5 approved
Find a local branch →Bank4.8(438)
Florida Business Development Corporation
1715 North Westshore Blvd
Tampa, Florida
Serves Tennessee — 5 approved
Find a local branch →Development Company4.8(8)
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Meridian Bank
9 Old Lincoln Hwy
Malvern, Pennsylvania
Serves Tennessee — 7 approved
Find a local branch →Bank4.7(40)
Coastal States Bank
5, Bow Circle
Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Serves Tennessee — 14 approved
Find a local branch →Bank4.7(16)
Powell Valley National Bank
33785 Main St
Jonesville, Virginia
Serves Tennessee — 5 approved
Find a local branch →Bank4.7(6)
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First Bank of the Lake
4558 Osage Beach Pkwy, Ste 100
Osage Beach, Missouri
Serves Tennessee — 52 approved
Find a local branch →Bank4.6(207)
Banc of California
11611 San Vicente Blvd, Ste 50
Los Angeles, California
Serves Tennessee — 14 approved
Find a local branch →Bank4.6(22)
First Bank
205 SE Broad St
Southern Pines, North Carolina
Serves Tennessee — 15 approved
Find a local branch →Bank4.6(10)
Peoples Bank
160 E Maud Ave
Mendenhall, Mississippi
Serves Tennessee — 16 approved
Find a local branch →Bank4.6(9)
The First Bank and Trust Company
359 W Main St
Lebanon, Virginia
Serves Tennessee — 56 approved
Find a local branch →Bank4.5(25)
The Citizens National Bank of Meridian
512 22nd Ave
Meridian, Mississippi
Serves Tennessee — 16 approved
Find a local branch →Bank4.5(20)
Columbia Bank
5885 Meadows, Ste 400
Lake Oswego, Oregon
Serves Tennessee — 59 approved
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First Internet Bank of Indiana
8701 E 116th St
Fishers, Indiana
Serves Tennessee — 13 approved
Find a local branch →Bank4.4(557)
McKenzie Banking Company, A Division of Foundation Bank
676 Main St North
Mckenzie, Tennessee
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JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
1111 Polaris Pkwy
Columbus, Ohio
Serves Tennessee — 42 approved
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Bank Five Nine
155 W Wisconsin Ave
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
Serves Tennessee — 42 approved
Find a local branch →Bank4.3(78)
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Gulf Coast Bank
221 S State St
New Orleans, Louisiana
Serves Tennessee — 19 approved
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Magnifi Financial CU
20 4th Ave E
Melrose, Minnesota
Serves Tennessee — 8 approved
Find a local branch →Credit Union4.3(20)
Every SBA lender serving Tennessee, A to Z
The complete index of all 136 lenders that fund SBA loans for Tennessee businesses. Every name links to that lender's full listing.
A
- ACC Capital — Little Rock, Arkansas
- Altra FCU — Onalaska, Wisconsin
- Ameris Bank — Atlanta, Georgia
- Apex Bank — Camden, Tennessee
B
- Banc of California — Los Angeles, California
- Bank Five Nine — Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
- Bank of America, National Association — Charlotte, North Carolina
- Bank of Bartlett — Bartlett, Tennessee
- Bank of Hope — Los Angeles, California
- Bank of Tennessee — Kingsport, Tennessee
- Bank OZK — Little Rock, Arkansas
- Bank3 — Memphis, Tennessee
- BankFirst Financial Services — Columbus, Mississippi
- BankPlus — Belzoni, Mississippi
- BankUnited, National Association — Miami Lakes, Florida
- BayFirst National Bank — Saint Petersburg, Florida
- Beacon Bank and Trust — Brookline, Massachusetts
- Brightbridge, Inc. — Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Builtwell Bank — Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Byline Bank — Chicago, Illinois
C
- Capital Bank, National Association — Rockville, Maryland
- Celtic Bank Corporation — Salt Lake City, Utah
- Centerstone SBA Lending, Inc. — Los Angeles, California
- CenTrust Bank, A Division of SmartBiz Bank National Association — Northbrook, Illinois
- CIBC Bank USA — Chicago, Illinois
- Citizens Bank — Elizabethton, Tennessee
- Coastal States Bank — Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
- Colony Bank — Fitzgerald, Georgia
- Columbia Bank — Lake Oswego, Oregon
- Commercial Bank — Harrogate, Tennessee
- Commonwealth Business Bank — Los Angeles, California
- Community Bank of Mississippi — Flowood, Mississippi
- Community Bank of Pickens County — Jasper, Georgia
- Community Trust Bank, Inc. — Pikeville, Kentucky
- ConnectOne Bank — Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
- CRF Small Business Loan Company, LLC — Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Customers Bank — Malvern, Pennsylvania
D
- Decatur County Bank — Decaturville, Tennessee
E
- Encore Bank — Little Rock, Arkansas
- Evolve Bank and Trust — West Memphis, Arkansas
F
- Farmers State Bank of Alto Pass, Illinois — Alto Pass, Illinois
- Fifth Third Bank — Cincinnati, Ohio
- FinWise Bank — Sandy, Utah
- First Bank — Southern Pines, North Carolina
- First Bank of the Lake — Osage Beach, Missouri
- First Business Bank — Madison, Wisconsin
- First Commonwealth Bank — Indiana, Pennsylvania
- First Farmers and Merchants Bank — Columbia, Tennessee
- First Financial Bank, National Association — Terre Haute, Indiana
- First Horizon Bank — Memphis, Tennessee
- First Internet Bank of Indiana — Fishers, Indiana
- First Merchants Bank — Indianapolis, Indiana
- First National Bank of Pennsylvania — Greenville, Pennsylvania
- First National Bank of Pulaski — Pulaski, Tennessee
- First National Community Bank — Chatsworth, Georgia
- First US Bank — Birmingham, Alabama
- First Vision Bank of Tennessee — Tullahoma, Tennessee
- First Western SBLC, Inc — Dallas, Texas
- Five Star Bank — Rancho Cordova, California
- Florida Business Development Corporation — Tampa, Florida
- FWBank — Chicago, Illinois
G
- GBank — Las Vegas, Nevada
- Grasshopper Bank National Association — New York, New York
- Guaranty Bank and Trust Company — Belzoni, Mississippi
- Gulf Coast Bank — New Orleans, Louisiana
- Gulf Coast Bank and Trust Company — New Orleans, Louisiana
H
- Hancock Whitney Bank — Gulfport, Mississippi
- Hanmi Bank — Los Angeles, California
- Harvest Small Business Finance, LLC — Laguna Hills, California
- Heritage Bank Inc — Burlington, Kentucky
- HomeTrust Bank — Asheville, North Carolina
- Hope FCU — Jackson, Mississippi
I
- IncredibleBank — Wausau, Wisconsin
- Independence Bank — East Greenwich, Rhode Island
J
- JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association — Columbus, Ohio
K
- KeyBank National Association — Cleveland, Ohio
L
- Legence Bank — Eldorado, Illinois
- Legends Bank — Clarksville, Tennessee
- LendingClub Bank, National Association — Lehi, Utah
- Lendistry SBLC, LLC — Los Angeles, California
- Live Oak Banking Company — Wilmington, North Carolina
M
- Magnifi Financial CU — Melrose, Minnesota
- McKenzie Banking Company, A Division of Foundation Bank — Mckenzie, Tennessee
- Meadows Bank — Las Vegas, Nevada
- Meridian Bank — Malvern, Pennsylvania
- Metro City Bank — Doraville, Georgia
- Mountain Commerce Bank — Knoxville, Tennessee
N
- New Millennium Bank — Fort Lee, New Jersey
- Newtek Bank, National Association — Miami, Florida
- Newtek Small Business Finance, Inc. — Lake Success, New York
- North State Bank — Raleigh, North Carolina
O
- Old National Bank — Evansville, Indiana
- Optus Bank — Columbia, South Carolina
P
- Paragon Bank — Memphis, Tennessee
- Pathward National Association — Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- Peoples Bank — Mendenhall, Mississippi
- Pinnacle Bank — Nashville, Tennessee
- Planters Bank Inc — Hopkinsville, Kentucky
- Platinum Bank — Oakdale, Minnesota
- PNC Bank, National Association — Wilmington, Delaware
- Powell Valley National Bank — Jonesville, Virginia
- PromiseOne Bank — Duluth, Georgia
R
- Readycap Lending, LLC — Berkeley Heights, New Jersey
- Regions Bank — Birmingham, Alabama
- Renasant Bank — Tupelo, Mississippi
S
- Seacoast National Bank — Stuart, Florida
- ServisFirst Bank — Birmingham, Alabama
- Shoreham Bank — Warwick, Rhode Island
- Simmons Bank — Pine Bluff, Arkansas
- SmartBank — Pigeon Forge, Tennessee
- Sonata Bank — Brentwood, Tennessee
- SouthState Bank, National Association — Winter Haven, Florida
- Stearns Bank National Association — Saint Cloud, Minnesota
- Stone Bank — Mountain View, Arkansas
- Studio Bank — Nashville, Tennessee
T
- T Bank, National Association — Dallas, Texas
- TD Bank, National Association — Wilmington, Delaware
- The Bancorp Bank National Association — Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- The Citizens National Bank of Meridian — Meridian, Mississippi
- The First Bank and Trust Company — Lebanon, Virginia
- The Huntington National Bank — Columbus, Ohio
- The Park National Bank — Newark, Ohio
- Touchmark National Bank — Alpharetta, Georgia
- Tower Community Bank — Jasper, Tennessee
- TowneBank — Portsmouth, Virginia
- Truist Bank — Charlotte, North Carolina
- Trustmark Bank — Jackson, Mississippi
U
- U.S. Bank, National Association — Cincinnati, Ohio
- United Community Bank — Greenville, South Carolina
- United Cumberland Bank — Whitley City, Kentucky
- United Midwest Savings Bank National Association — De Graff, Ohio
V
- VelocitySBA, LLC — Irving, Texas
- Volunteer Bank, A Division of Lawrence Bank — Nashville, Tennessee
W
- Wayne County Bank — Waynesboro, Tennessee
- Wells Fargo Bank National Association — Sioux Falls, South Dakota
Z
- Zions Bank, A Division of — Salt Lake City, Utah
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How many SBA lenders serve Tennessee?
136 lenders have funded SBA loans for Tennessee businesses (8,622 approved loans in total) — 24 based in Tennessee, plus national and multi-state lenders that fund Tennessee borrowers. Counts are sourced from SBA loan records by borrower location.
Can I use an SBA lender outside Tennessee?
Yes. SBA loans are federal, so an out-of-state lender can fund your Tennessee business. National SBA lenders like Live Oak Bank and Newtek lend in all 50 states. A local lender still helps when the deal needs site visits or local market knowledge.
Who is the best SBA lender in Tennessee?
"Best" depends on your loan size and industry, but Google ratings are a fair starting signal. First Horizon Bank currently holds the top rating among Tennessee-based SBA lenders at 4.8 stars. Preferred (PLP) lenders move fastest on approval timelines.
Top SBA lending markets in Tennessee
The Tennessee cities where businesses have won the most SBA 7(a) & 504 funding, ranked by real approval volume from public SBA FOIA data. Each links to the lenders most active in that market.