SBA Lenders in Connecticut
113 SBA lenders have funded 11,583 approved SBA loans for Connecticut businesses.
23 are based in Connecticut; the rest are national or multi-state lenders that actively fund Connecticut businesses.
SBA lenders serving Connecticut
All 113 lenders that fund SBA loans for Connecticut businesses — 23 based in Connecticut, plus national and multi-state lenders. Multi-state listings link to their branch finder for Connecticut.
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113 lenders
Beacon Bank and Trust
2 Harvard Street
Brookline, Massachusetts
Serves Connecticut — 402 approved
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127 Public Sq
Cleveland, Ohio
Serves Connecticut — 506 approved
Find a local branch →Bank5.0(2)Centerstone SBA Lending, Inc.
700 S Flower Street
Los Angeles, California
Serves Connecticut — 6 approved
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Hana Bank USA National Association
201 Main St
Fort Lee, New Jersey
Serves Connecticut — 11 approved
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Lendistry SBLC, LLC
767 South Alameda Street
Los Angeles, California
Serves Connecticut — 17 approved
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Community Capital New York, Inc.
44 Executive Blvd
Elmsford, New York
Serves Connecticut — 5 approved
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Citizens Bank
300 Broad St
Elizabethton, Tennessee
Serves Connecticut — 11 approved
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Florida Capital Bank, National Association
10151 Deerwood Park Blvd, Ste
Jacksonville, Florida
Serves Connecticut — 6 approved
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First Bank of the Lake
4558 Osage Beach Pkwy, Ste 100
Osage Beach, Missouri
Serves Connecticut — 27 approved
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Banc of California
11611 San Vicente Blvd, Ste 50
Los Angeles, California
Serves Connecticut — 11 approved
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First Bank
205 SE Broad St
Southern Pines, North Carolina
Serves Connecticut — 15 approved
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Columbia Bank
5885 Meadows, Ste 400
Lake Oswego, Oregon
Serves Connecticut — 6 approved
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First Internet Bank of Indiana
8701 E 116th St
Fishers, Indiana
Serves Connecticut — 9 approved
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The Bank of Princeton
183 Bayard Lane
Princeton, New Jersey
Serves Connecticut — 13 approved
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JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association
1111 Polaris Pkwy
Columbus, Ohio
Serves Connecticut — 252 approved
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Bank Five Nine
155 W Wisconsin Ave
Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
Serves Connecticut — 9 approved
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Eastern Bank
Oliver Street Tower, 125 High
Boston, Massachusetts
Serves Connecticut — 8 approved
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Gulf Coast Bank
221 S State St
New Orleans, Louisiana
Serves Connecticut — 9 approved
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Westfield Bank
141 Elm St
Westfield, Massachusetts
Serves Connecticut — 16 approved
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GBank
9115 W Russell Rd, Ste 110
Las Vegas, Nevada
Serves Connecticut — 8 approved
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Leader Bank, National Association
180 Massachusetts Ave
Arlington, Massachusetts
Serves Connecticut — 9 approved
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Gulf Coast Bank and Trust Company
200 St. Charles Ave
New Orleans, Louisiana
Serves Connecticut — 9 approved
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New Millennium Bank
222 Bridge Plz South, Ste 400
Fort Lee, New Jersey
Serves Connecticut — 15 approved
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Celtic Bank Corporation
268 S State St, Ste 300
Salt Lake City, Utah
Serves Connecticut — 179 approved
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ConnectOne Bank
301 Sylvan Ave
Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
Serves Connecticut — 5 approved
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First Merchants Bank
8711 River Crossing Blvd.
Indianapolis, Indiana
Serves Connecticut — 12 approved
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Shoreham Bank
One Shoreham Way
Warwick, Rhode Island
Serves Connecticut — 20 approved
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Every SBA lender serving Connecticut, A to Z
The complete index of all 113 lenders that fund SBA loans for Connecticut businesses. Every name links to that lender's full listing.
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- 360 FCU — Windsor Locks, Connecticut
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- Ascend Bank — Guilford, Connecticut
- Avidia Bank — Hudson, Massachusetts
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- Banc of California — Los Angeles, California
- Bank Five Nine — Oconomowoc, Wisconsin
- Bank of America, National Association — Charlotte, North Carolina
- Bank of Clarke — Berryville, Virginia
- Bank of Hope — Los Angeles, California
- bankESB — Easthampton, Massachusetts
- bankHometown — Oxford, Massachusetts
- BankNewport — Middletown, Rhode Island
- BankUnited, National Association — Miami Lakes, Florida
- Bankwell Bank — New Canaan, Connecticut
- Baycoast Bank — Swansea, Massachusetts
- BayFirst National Bank — Saint Petersburg, Florida
- Beacon Bank and Trust — Brookline, Massachusetts
- Bristol County Savings Bank — Taunton, Massachusetts
- Byline Bank — Chicago, Illinois
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- Capital One, National Association — Mclean, Virginia
- Celtic Bank Corporation — Salt Lake City, Utah
- Centerstone SBA Lending, Inc. — Los Angeles, California
- Centreville Bank — West Warwick, Rhode Island
- CenTrust Bank, A Division of SmartBiz Bank National Association — Northbrook, Illinois
- Chelsea Groton Bank — Norwich, Connecticut
- CIBC Bank USA — Chicago, Illinois
- Citibank, N.A. — Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- Citizens Bank — Elizabethton, Tennessee
- Citizens Bank, National Association — Providence, Rhode Island
- Colony Bank — Fitzgerald, Georgia
- Columbia Bank — Lake Oswego, Oregon
- Community Capital New York, Inc. — Elmsford, New York
- Community Investment Corporation — Hamden, Connecticut
- Connecticut Community Bank, National Association — Norwalk, Connecticut
- ConnectOne Bank — Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey
- Customers Bank — Malvern, Pennsylvania
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- DR Bank — Darien, Connecticut
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- Eastern Bank — Boston, Massachusetts
- Essex Bank — Essex, Connecticut
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- Fairfield County Bank — Ridgefield, Connecticut
- FinWise Bank — Sandy, Utah
- First Bank — Southern Pines, North Carolina
- First Bank of the Lake — Osage Beach, Missouri
- First County Bank — Stamford, Connecticut
- First Internet Bank of Indiana — Fishers, Indiana
- First Merchants Bank — Indianapolis, Indiana
- First National Bank of Pennsylvania — Greenville, Pennsylvania
- Firstrust Savings Bank — Conshohocken, Pennsylvania
- Five Star Bank — Rancho Cordova, California
- Florida Capital Bank, National Association — Jacksonville, Florida
- Fulton Bank, National Association — Lancaster, Pennsylvania
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- GBank — Las Vegas, Nevada
- Gulf Coast Bank — New Orleans, Louisiana
- Gulf Coast Bank and Trust Company — New Orleans, Louisiana
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- Hana Bank USA National Association — Fort Lee, New Jersey
- Hanover Community Bank — Mineola, New York
- Harvest Small Business Finance, LLC — Laguna Hills, California
- Hometown Bank — Kent, Ohio
- HSBC Bank USA National Association — Tysons, Virginia
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- IncredibleBank — Wausau, Wisconsin
- Independence Bank — East Greenwich, Rhode Island
- Ion Bank — Naugatuck, Connecticut
- Ives Bank — Danbury, Connecticut
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- Jewett City Savings Bank — Jewett City, Connecticut
- JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association — Columbus, Ohio
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- KeyBank National Association — Cleveland, Ohio
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- Leader Bank, National Association — Arlington, Massachusetts
- LendingClub Bank, National Association — Lehi, Utah
- Lendistry SBLC, LLC — Los Angeles, California
- Liberty Bank — Middletown, Connecticut
- Live Oak Banking Company — Wilmington, North Carolina
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- Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company — Buffalo, New York
- Metro City Bank — Doraville, Georgia
- Monson Savings Bank — Monson, Massachusetts
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- NBT Bank, National Association — Norwich, New York
- New Millennium Bank — Fort Lee, New Jersey
- NewBank — Flushing, New York
- Newtek Bank, National Association — Miami, Florida
- Newtek Small Business Finance, Inc. — Lake Success, New York
- Newtown Savings Bank — Newtown, Connecticut
- North State Bank — Raleigh, North Carolina
- Northwest Community Bank — Winsted, Connecticut
- Nutmeg State Financial Credit Union — Rocky Hill, Connecticut
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- Pathward National Association — Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- Patriot Bank, National Association — Stamford, Connecticut
- PeoplesBank — Holyoke, Massachusetts
- PNC Bank, National Association — Wilmington, Delaware
- Poppy Bank — Santa Rosa, California
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- Readycap Lending, LLC — Berkeley Heights, New Jersey
- Rockland Trust Company — Rockland, Massachusetts
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- Santander Bank, National Association — Wilmington, Delaware
- Seacoast National Bank — Stuart, Florida
- Shoreham Bank — Warwick, Rhode Island
- Simmons Bank — Pine Bluff, Arkansas
- SouthState Bank, National Association — Winter Haven, Florida
- Spring Bank — New York City, New York
- Stearns Bank National Association — Saint Cloud, Minnesota
- Stone Bank — Mountain View, Arkansas
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- TD Bank, National Association — Wilmington, Delaware
- The Bancorp Bank National Association — Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- The Bank of Princeton — Princeton, New Jersey
- The Huntington National Bank — Columbus, Ohio
- The Washington Trust Company of Westerly — Westerly, Rhode Island
- Thomaston Savings Bank — Thomaston, Connecticut
- Torrington Savings Bank — Torrington, Connecticut
- TowneBank — Portsmouth, Virginia
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- Union Savings Bank — Danbury, Connecticut
- United Community Bank — Greenville, South Carolina
- United Midwest Savings Bank National Association — De Graff, Ohio
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- VelocitySBA, LLC — Irving, Texas
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- Webster Bank National Association — Waterbury, Connecticut
- Wells Fargo Bank National Association — Sioux Falls, South Dakota
- Westfield Bank — Westfield, Massachusetts
- Windsor Federal Bank — Windsor, Connecticut
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How many SBA lenders serve Connecticut?
113 lenders have funded SBA loans for Connecticut businesses (11,583 approved loans in total) — 23 based in Connecticut, plus national and multi-state lenders that fund Connecticut borrowers. Counts are sourced from SBA loan records by borrower location.
Can I use an SBA lender outside Connecticut?
Yes. SBA loans are federal, so an out-of-state lender can fund your Connecticut 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 Connecticut?
"Best" depends on your loan size and industry, but Google ratings are a fair starting signal. Fairfield County Bank currently holds the top rating among Connecticut-based SBA lenders at 4.8 stars. Preferred (PLP) lenders move fastest on approval timelines.